Settling Into Christmas

by Noella Noelophile®

December sunset over Second Street with palm trees, poinsettia tinsel decorations on the lamppost and "Christmas tree" made of lights in the center median

My husband used an interesting phrase last evening.   “It’s time to settle into Christmas”.

I love that!  It brings to mind red-and-green patchwork quilts, warm cocoa and fireplaces.  And it’s something we all tend not to do, with the crazy to-do lists that can happen during the Christmas season.

With that in mind, here are three of my favorite “settle into Christmas” moments from Christmas season 2018:Pathway lit with blue-and-green lights to L.A. Zoo Lights

  • Sunset on Second Street, in Belmont Shore, during the first week in December;

 

  • Dinner in our favorite Irish pub in Seal Beach, with lots of greenery, a fireplace and Christmas lights, just before the Seal Beach Christmas Parade;

 

  • A meeting of our Toastmasters club, in mid-December, where the organizer brought Santa caps and reindeer-antlers for everyone and Table Topics speakers interacted with funny “singing” Christmas trees, snowmen and Santas!

Red poinsettia with green leaves in a white circular pot in a plaza

Now, what are some of your favorite “settle into Christmas” moments?   I hope a lot of new ones happen for you today.

Merry Christmas 2018!!!  Hope it’s a light-filled, joyous holiday for you and yours.

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