So, when we come to Europe, we DO NOT let the lackluster "yay .. er .. Christmas .." (spoken in ~5dB) stop us from our (somewhat premature) festivities.
We could not WAIT to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas, so we got a little headstart mid-November.
(oh, and Halloween too.)
PIES. Pies are essential. We have ovens. Why not make pies? They're easier than cooking an entire turkey. Plus, we'd been severely craving pumpkin pies since Halloween. So ... we embarked on our cooking adventure, the entirety of which ended up being a 4-hour endeavor. YESS.
[all the tasty spices ... smell the HOLIDAY SPIRIT!]
[making pumpkin pies ... from scratch]
[pumpkin pies, fresh out of the oven]
[pies, milk, whipped cream, roasted pumpkin seeds ... check]
[DELICIOUSNESS]
[festive pies with the Americans]
[PIE TIME]
[Market Square Cambridge city Christmas lights "Big Turn On"]
[11/15 lighting of Christmas lights in Market Square :D]
[Market Square with a ... sheet? of lights]
See, even people in overly-holiday-eager America would say 11/15 was a bit too early to light up the town with Christmas lights ... I say it's never too early.
In my book, the existence of each year is simply 10 months of waiting for October to roll around so we can start GETTING IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT AGAIN!!!
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