One down....

[poliphilo]

Yesterday I...

(i) Took down the Christmas tree (yes, I know there are twelve Days of Christmas, but, frankly, I've had enough)

(ii) Took down last year's Harry Potter calendar and put up this year's calendars (three of them) with artwork by Picasso and Dali.

(iii) Watched the latest Poirot mystery starring David Suchet. (You'd think by now that Poirot would have worked out that by exposing the murderer in a room full of innocent bystanders you give him or her the heaven-sent opportunity to grab a hostage and cause considerable unpleasantness- Lord knows, it's happened often enough- but no, he, Poirot, keeps on setting up those theatrical denouements of his.)

One down. 364 to go.

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[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

I aim to keep my tree up until Twelfth Night: a twelve day Christmas feels about right to me, I enjoy celebrating when you've finished the main fuss, and it's all optional.

But what I meant to ask was, re ii): do you deliberately have three calendars, or did they just happen? I have years when everyone gives me calendars (like last year, when I bought one myself and was given two), and years when no-one does (like this year: I shall be looking in the sales, maybe tomorrow).

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

They just happened.

We were in Barcelona and we wanted a Picasso calendar but there were two to choose from and we liked them so much we ended up buying both.

And then, by an odd coincidence, my sister-in-law was in Barcelona later in the year and she brought us back the Dali calendar.