Not long now
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Let me be the first DadTalk blogger to make mention of that dreaded word -Christmas!
Yep it’s not quite December I know but like the rest of the world I can’t miss the TV adverts (thank you John Lewis’s), the street lights and even the occasional house already lit up like the proverbial Christmas tree.
I have this feeling that the boys are just about to press their internal excitement buttons and every conversation, remark and comment will be based around some aspect of the 25th December. Gift lists, decorations, food, sweets, these will all be discussed in timely fashion so that from their prospective nothing is missed out.
I think we have done quite well to get to the 28th November already without the topic cropping up much, but as I say I fear this is all about to change. Harvey saw an advert on TV this weekend and for him it awoke the realisation that it’s really not long to go now! We also had that “conversation” with them; you know the one about gift lists. We like so many of our counterparts who have relations dotted around the four corners of the country have succumbed to the convenience of Amazon. I hope that Santa has the internet because it does feel like all the kids I know have written their wish list on that site this year. We’ve promised to go buy the Christmas tree next weekend and have a big family party in London on the Sunday so I have resigned myself to the inevitable. Christmas in our house starts next weekend.
It does feel a little odd because this time last year not only was everything covered in snow but tomorrow marks a whole year since I wrote this blog entry - Lego helps you grieve.
Losing your father is always a milestone in life that has ongoing effects. The biggest effect it’s had on me is bringing me closure to Jasper and Harvey. So with that in mind am I really bothered that the tree will go up so early or that I will live with two overly excited boys for the next month? No, when looking at things from the bigger prospective what are a few weeks of manic excitement. Maybe I could learn a something about excessive happiness from them. I wouldn’t mind being remembered as an excessively happy dad!
