It doesn't feel like Christmas..........

It doesn't feel like Christmas. I'm not trying to be all bah humbug, it's just that the Christmasy feel has hit me yet.

When I think about what defines Christmas for me, in the run up to the big day I think about: winter, short days, Christmas carols, decorating the tree and rubbish Christmas lights on high street to name a few.

Then there are all of the rituals. Christmas Eve drinks with the neighbours and the whole village turning up at the pub for the once a year catch up. It's a family time; opening my stocking with my sister and Christmas lunch round my parent's dining table. It's been the same for the past twenty eight Christmas' in a row.

This year I don't have any of that. It all feels a bit wrong.

Some great friends have invited me to spend Christmas with them and I know in a short time I am going to be thrown into all of the Aussie rituals. I'll have a fantastic time. But right at this moment Christmas fever hasn't hit me yet and if I'm honest I feel a little bit sad.