A love note to the festive season ✨

A Love note to the festive season

That lovely pocket of time between Christmas and New Year!

It’s approaching that magical time of the year…the slow, dreamy state that is the seven perfect days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Time is suspended, we feel cosy sitting next to the open fire, decorating the Christmas tree with all sorts of old and new decorations we found in our favourite charity shop. We spend extra time wrapping with care the gifts we got for our special ones and putting them under the tree, waiting patiently for Christmas Eve to open those presents.

It's the time when we let ourselves relax, wearing our flashy pyjamas and thick socks, baking all sorts of ginger cookies using old family recipes, cooking gravy for the roast turkey, mashed potatoes, and a variety of cheeses for dessert.

After a flurry of festivities, a moment of stillness. The time we give ourselves permission to do whatever we want. Stretch out into the wide-open days. Pop our feet up on the sofa. Take a break. Have as many naps as possible. The fridge is full of our favourite food. Many delicious leftovers awaits: cake for breakfast, potatoes for brunch, and cheese for dinner. Each day seeps blissfully into the next. A week when we watch and re-watch all our favourite shows on Netflix.

We flirt with the general concept of New Year’s Resolution, but from the convenient vantage point of it being too early to have to implement them. Instead: there are new books to read. Slow laps around the block to embark on. It’s a time we spend only with those we are closest to.

And perhaps that is part of what makes this time so special — the joy we share, the traditions we return to and the memories we create together.

Here are my favourite ways to spread some festive bliss

For me, festive bliss is found in the things we share. Sending a handwritten note to thank someone for being part of your life. Baking homemade cookies with family and sharing some with the neighbours. Reconnecting with old friends, spending time with family and giving the people we love our full attention.

It’s getting a hot chocolate at the Christmas market and wandering through the city under the Christmas lights. Making someone smile and reminding them how loved they are. Creating a thoughtful handmade present, or giving a new life to books and clothes we no longer use by donating them.

At home, I love bringing back decorations from Christmases past, reusing beautiful gift boxes and putting on a Christmas playlist to dance around the house to.

And then there are the memories. Writing down those special moments, taking far too many pictures and videos to look back on one day. Because in the end, that is what festive bliss is really about: sharing joy, creating memories and making the people around us feel loved.

I hope you enjoy this special time between Christmas and New Year as much as I do ❤️