Let it snow, let it snow...

Well, no snow here in Germany for that Christmas. At least not outdoors.
This year is somehow strange. It is only three days to Christmas Eve, which is absolutely my favorite day of the year. Ok, maybe the favorite day is my birthday, I don't know. But I really, really love Christmas. Usually I have all the Christmas decoration up in early December, I am singing Christmas songs and even use some of my old music instruments to try and play the easy songs on them. I watch the Muppets Christmas Movies every week and really feel "christmasy". But this year is strange. Maybe it is because of the much too warm temperatures beginning of December. Maybe it is travelling so much on weekends, maybe it is working overtime almost every day....
Today was my last working day for this year and so tomorrow I can start to relax. Or better: prepare for Christmas. The tree is already in the house, but still green without any lights or ornaments. I cleaned a little bit, but still need to do a lot. And then I have to go groceries shopping tomorrow, which I hate. It will be crowded with long lines at the check out. But I have all the Christmas presents!!! And they are already wrapped!!! Hopefully tomorrow I will have some time to visit the Christmas market again. I did it three times this year. Once I've been to the market in Essen and two times to the market at the big shopping mall in Oberhausen. And the last one is what made me think of this blog's title: The whole mall is decorated very nicely, but the best thing happens in the middle dome. Every full hour they let it snow there. Indoors. Real snow. Wow, that is so amazing. I love it. Well, I would love to have some real snow covering my backyard and everything here as well, but the indoor stuff is better than nothing. I hope you all can enjoy a white Christmas. That might be at least true for the ones of you living in Alaska. To all my friends: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2007.