Sensory overload
Seeing… lots of lights when we drive home after dark. Looking for the star on the side of Signal Mountain (does some still light that? I remember it from when I was a kid.)
Hearing…songs that I love. My children have adopted my love of the Band-Aid song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Plus anything from the A Very Special Christmas CD from the 80s. I need to get Annie Lennox’s album too. But I digress….
Smelling… well, the tree obviously. The distinct smell of cold air with fireplace smoke in it. The very distinct smell of snow coming, which we don’t smell often in December here.
Feeling… cold air, or warm air with a storm coming. Or both in one day, somehow. Warm blankets in my old, cold house.
Tasting… something new this year! The old treats won’t work anymore so I’m learning how to do Christmas baking all over again. But hot chocolate still works the same. And wine too.
(Today was Alexander’s First Reconciliation, so here’s a picture of him lighting his candle. Below that a link to Band Aid’s video, because Simon le Bon.)
