Happy Christmas!!
Well, it's been a while since I've written. Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.- returned from Poland with a whole whack of brilliant photos and met up with the always lovely Mike Morris for a few days of much anticipated last minute London shopping, sightseeing, a football match at Highbury, and ice skating.
- got invited to quintessential London City Workers Christmas Party. Insane. However, the party gods took my bag as a sacrifice for this madness, including my digital camera with the aforementioned photos on it...
- after an exhausting 20-hour flight, arrived home via Dallas.
- became the hermit of North Delta, spending entire days just talking with my conversation-starved mother.
- my only sister Anna got engaged.
- said my goodbyes to the super wonderful Gina - another SCARPie spreading her wings.
- passed my last surgery follow-up with flying colours, but will have to have plastic surgery sometime next year to fix the scar from this operation. (Merry Christmas to you to, Dr. Miller!!)
- a week of late nights, visits with friends, and probably too much alcohol.
"English Town Deathmatch: London vs. Sheffield".
Any of you who have seen Love Actually will know that Christmas in London is a much-celebrated and well-lit affair.
The tree in Trafalgar Square;
(nb. I did not take this picture.)
The lights; 
the window displays; 
with carollers - and of course, mulled wine - while you're shopping...However, I was even more fortunate to have been in Sheffield the weekend they had their annual Christmas Fair Weekend, and it quickly became one of the highlights of my trip. I mean, who wouldn't love:
...the way they kept the secret of the artificial snow such a mystery from the children? (and look at the way the kids stand, like, only 8 inches away from the massive turbine spewing chemical foam into their faces???)
...the super creepy Pinocchio musical puppet show?
(there were a ton of kids - with chemical foam in their hair - plunked on the cold concrete crowded around this "show" while their parents visibly shuddered at the back. And Andy and I ran away quick - CREEPY...)
...homeless Santa
...and - because no Christmas fair is complete without one - a camel on The Moor!We may not have been able to see Postman Pat come out to light the Christmas tree later that evening, but even still...
Winner: Sheffield. HANDS DOWN.
Anyhoo, I am hoping I'll be up to full social-butterfly strength in the next couple of days and will get out to see all of you I have not had the pleasure of seeing since I got home. Keep an eye out for my traditional "new year" cards!
posted by Aleksandra @ 9:50 AM
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