Ahhhhh Christmas

Yes folks its that time of year again! Deck the halls! Fallalalalalllllaaaaalaalaaaa! Drink, eat and be merry! What a wonderful time of year. However, I have to ask, why can't Christmas ever be like it is in the movies? Why can't I have a props department that works magically overnight so when I wake the next morning there is a glorious tree adorned and lit with gorgeous flashing lights and a beautiful Angel perched on top whilst beneath the tree lays an abundance of fabulously wrapped, to perfection I might add, Christmas presents. In the background softly plays Christmas Carols supplied by the music department. The costume department has also supplied my family and I with the perfect Christmas day outfits. There is a Christmas Feast with all the trimmings waiting in the kitchen...and the whole family is happy!!!!

Don't get me wrong folks I absolutely LOOOOOVVVEEE Christmas its just that being a woman and a mother I sometimes feel like I just want the day off!!! And this would be where a movie crew, with a reasonable budget, would step in! A woman can dream can't she? So instead i play the props department. This means that will spend hours scouring through old boxes,  cupboards and plastic bags in search of last   years deco's in the hope that they haven't been eaten by bugs or are to outdated. If I have no luck with the old outdated and half eaten ones from previous years then, and with much dread, I am off to face the holiday Christmas shopping, slow walking, trolley ankle crushing, children screaming, ear drum blowing crowd at the local shopping centres. This alone is enough to drive one to the drink- so therefore it is understandable that I will always stop at the Bottle-o on the way home to purchase a bottle of vino to calm my nerves.

I will then become the costume department as well which again means that if I can't find anything simple from last year that can perhaps be changed slighty with say accessories or if the kids have grown into giants over the year then off to the shops again!!!

I will also be a caterer whereby I will sit down and plan a Christmas menu after everyone has shouted at me from different rooms in the house their favourite food requests for the day. Christmas day food shopping would have to be my least favourite thing to do. In Australia we love seafood, particularly prawns, for Chrissy day. Often times this means, unless you buy frozen which isn't quite as nice, that you have to either pre-order your seafood so you don't risk missing out, or brave the crowds of last minute shoppers and get it the day before. Once I have gathered all my ingredients, much hasn't changed for women in thousands of years, I will slave and slave and slave in a hot kitchen baking the perfect ham, making salads and sauces, and baking cakes and berry tarts so I can have a wonderful feast for my beloveds. And again this is where the girls best friend, VINO, will come in and help me prepare the feast!

 We are Wonder Woman embodied. We have superhuman strength! And we definately, at the end of it, need a holiday from the holidays!!! Every year I say that I will organise things earlier. Make sure presents are purchased by at least November and that the food is stored away in anticipation. But alas it never seems to happen and I guess perhaps I don't really mind all the challenges because on the day it is worth all the traffic jams and trolley leg smacks and screaming kids to see my families happiness on Christmas Day.

Merry Christmas everyone....love Bree xoxoxoxox