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A Merry, Cherry, White Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

December 25, 2012 By JJ 5 Comments

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A white Christmas. As hard as mother nature tried this year, all she could do was rain on Sydney, not a single snow flake in sight. Not particularly surprising – but it’s ok, because this time around I’ve taken it on myself to create my own white Christmas. Inspired by an image and a conversation seen on sesameellis’s Instagram recently I was determined to get a big’ol fake white tree this year.

But it was only days before Christmas once I made up my mind, and it was all just too hard, so I settled on finding one of our fake green table top trees and figured I’d put a white one on the list for next year. However Santa must have been looking out for us on Sunday afternoon as after a stop at Marrickville Markets to pick up some sour morello cherries [more on those another day] I spotted the Creative Vintage Centre.

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RJ humoured my ‘I must go in there immediately, you know, just to look around…‘ and what would you know but there was a white Christmas Tree – albeit a flat one more suited to being attached to a fence than standing in a living room – but it was white! and as tall as me! and iridescent-sparkly! and there were two of them! And neither were for sale. Damn. But wait…

It went a little something like this…

CVC:  oh, that one isn’t for sale
JJ:  *crestfallen face*
CVC:  I do have more in the back…
JJ:  yes please, I’ve been wanting a white tree, we’ll take one!
CVC:  um, I was wrong, they are green, and not trees
JJ:  *very crestfallen face*
CVC:  ok, you can have one of mine
JJ: are you sure? that would make my Christmas…
CVC: yes, and it’s pretty dusty so I’ll give you a discount
JJ: *looks around for Santa, sees RJ rolling eyes, ignores him and buys tree*

So we took it, dust and all, and hosed it down in the driveway once we got home. It’s propped against the wall and attached to a hook so it doesn’t fall over. And it is perfect.

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We decorated it late on Christmas Eve somewhere in between icing dozens of cookies and baking yet another pie. This morning I added a new snowman ornament from mom, then we headed off to eat ourselves silly on prawns, homemade rolls and dessert. It will stay up well into January.

So with that, I send best wishes your way for a wonderfully festive holiday season – whether you celebrated weeks ago or are celebrating now – and a prosperous New Year! I’ll think of you when I’m eating leftover Pumpkin Pie and Gingerbread Cookies for breakfast tomorrow morning!

Happy Holidays from 84thand3rd!

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Comments

  1. Christine @ Cooking Crusade says

    December 26, 2012 at 10:33 am

    Merry Christmas JJ! That is a super cute Christmas tree!

    Reply
  2. Liz says

    December 26, 2012 at 10:36 pm

    What a beautiful tree! We’re in the midst of a blizzard and I think I’d rather have your white tree! Hope your Christmas was magical!!!

    Reply
  3. Tina @ bitemeshowme says

    December 27, 2012 at 8:32 am

    Hope you had a lovely Christmas, JJ! It’s not often you see a white Christmas tree but whenever I do, I fall in love because it’s just so beautiful. x

    Reply
  4. My Kitchen Stories says

    December 27, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    Well done JJ, now you will also have spare time next year when you dont have to look for a tree. That photo of the cherries is just beauiful. Happy Holidays

    Reply
  5. brenda hayes says

    January 3, 2013 at 3:27 pm

    Great ornament collection. Your tree made me smile.

    Reply

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