Fighting Tiger

You know what? I really am not getting into the holiday mood this year…

Maybe it is the result of too much work, living alone and not having anyone to decorate the house for, not having any small kids around to be excited for, feeling totally over the entire capitalist nature of contemporary “holidays” and having been away from family Christmas celebrations for three years. I just haven’t been looking forward to the entire experience at all.

Also, having recently spent the greater part of a year in a chilly Northern clime, I’ve come to the very firm conclusion that Christmas in summer is not just weird, it’s frustrating. In winter there’s nothing much to look forward to unless there’s a pagan festival smack bang at the darkest time of year. Christmas in summer just takes up valuable hanging out time and is the wrong traditional festival for summertime.

I’ve only just started my Christmas baking and the first batch of biscuits had their rice paper stick to the tray. That isn’t all bad as I’ll eat that batch and make another batch to give away - but it has reinforced my blase feeling about the next week.

Oh well, the mood will strike soon I guess… Happy Midsummer to the southerners and midwinter to those in the North, here’s a card I made to celebrate the solstice and associated religious holidays.