Hello December

And it is snowing out :D

It is December today. My favorite month of the year. For many a reason. It is the end of a year for many, but for me it is the beginning of the next year. It is also the beginning of the cold season, and I love cold. The extent of this love came crashing down on me during my recent visit to the tropics. I hate the heat; I bore it somehow earlier, but now my body and mind revolt vociferously. My skin was stretched thin over my(now) bony frame and looked extremely splotchy. I got mysterious cuts and bruises all over my arms and legs ( bil and sis think it is a case of voodoo magic). My brain refused to function, surrounded by the yummiest food ever, my appetite deserted me and I felt anything but me. I was greeted by below freezing temperatures on my arrival. Today it is snowing, suddenly all is well :)

Back to December; most people are off for most of the month, which means I can get a lot more work done at work. It is an efficient month... somehow days seem to be unhurried and a lot longer. I like that. And I get to not talk a lot. I love that. It is my month of re-charging.

It holds some important days too. I get officially older in this month( even though I insist on rounding of to the next number after six months have passed). December also holds the day I came to live, in this city I call home, many many years ago. That to me, is perhaps, one of the most important days in my life (next to the day my child was born).

December is also the holiday month. I have a brightly decked Christmas tree (which I have been setting up on the thanksgiving weekend for quite a few years now). Holiday season also means gift giving season, means I get to shop. I love that, mostly because I am shopping for people I love. Packing the gifts and putting them under the tree as I imagine the look of surprise (and hopefully joy) when they see them.
I love the smells of this month, the fire in the fireplace, the warm spices and soups, ginger and nutmeg, the smell of cookies and pies and meat curries... hot chocolate doesn't taste this good any other time of the year.

Despite the cold, it is a warm month. My home is warm and welcomimg each time I come back.
Maybe it is the cold outside that puts warmth in perspective or I just love the frost and the dreamy white look of the lanscape... either way

Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!