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Miscellany of Christmas

Thursday, December 27th, 2012

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Switzerland is nothing if not serious about seasonal decorating. Christmas is one of the few holidays I’m not a total hater about*, so I’m especially psyched to be here right now. The population of Davos is only about 11,000 people, but every shop, supermarket and town square is full of Christmas trees, decorations, poinsettias, LED light up animals and the most incredible variety of advent calendars I’ve ever seen (we got magnificent Kinder ones which made every day between the 1st and 25th of December An Event in itself**).

Hope the holidays have been jolly for you too, wherever you are in the world!

* understatement - Crimbo rules and Valentine’s/Halloween etc drools, imo.
** Yeah, I’m 26 years old. No shame.

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I bought one of these totally healthy poinsettias and killed it within just a couple of days, which might be a new personal best for me.

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Adorable little pinecone dudes!

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This is what a low crime rate looks like – at night they just leave the christmas trees outside and presumably no-one steals them??? Unimaginable at my local branch of Morrisons tbh.

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Everyone goes all out with outdoor fairy lights so the dark early afternoons aren’t even depressing, just chocolate-box beautiful.

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Lovely, lovely Davos.

Window shopping lately

Friday, December 14th, 2012

Kebab shop that is only open between 9am and 6pm on weekdays, Davos (not sure they quite get the Kebab shop concept)

Halloween display somewhere in Camden Passage

Barrel distortion outside COS in Brighton

Bread rolls and hedgehogs, a classic window display combo for a bakery

Everything in this photo is awful, EVERYTHING, I can’t stop looking at it

Pleasing bin/wall colour clash

Dolls in varying shades of creepiness

Felted animals in the window of Waterstones (from this book, if you’re after your own felt pug)

Fancy wood things? Pretty, niche.

As good inside as it is outside

Mastering the no-bullshit cover, by DIVA

Playing hotel staff seems a little dry, but if that’s what kids are into these days…