When I came back up to Rochester after Thanksgiving break, I brought as much Christmosity with me as would reasonably fit into my station wagon. This includes a full artificial tree, glass ornaments, garland, about 1200 mini bulb light strings, ribbon, a mini tree for standing on a desk, It’s a Wonderful Life, White Christmas, cookies, holiday coffee mugs, penguins dressed for the occasion, and a santa hat for myself.
What better way to kickstart this holiday season than to invite over a few friends and decorate the apartment? On such short notice, I could only scrounge together eight people (that includes my fellow apartment-dwellers). There was expresso, sand tart cookies, popcorn, garland, music (some christmas and some not), more expresso, and even a scene from White Christmas.
Even though I really didn’t do much actual decoration myself, I enjoyed watching others participate in the festivities (I was busy running around getting the expresso made, unpacking the decorations, finding tools and materials, and providing cookies). It’s like I’m providing an avenue for others to experience the holiday like I see it in my mind: lots of crazy things done for the hell of it all in the name of Christmas and community, pattern and tradition.
And, yes, there will be Boyer Christmas Candy once again.
(More photos of the event are available on my Flickr account.)
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