First

I love Christmas. In my country you start hearing Christmas songs the moment a "ber" is attached to the month. So, yes, September is officially the start of the season in the Philippines.Or so the malls would like us to believe.

I've relaxed a lot about Christmas since we moved to the UK and had Dylan. This year our tree is little (don't want to deal with a frisky cat and crawling baby toppling over twigs and leaves)BUT I insist on having the tree up first week of December -- a week later is just not acceptable. No humbugs here!

It may be a simple first Christmas but it's still going to be lots of fun. Lots of wrappers to destroy and boxes to enjoy.