I don’t like the word “window shopping” for this small tradition in our family, it’s a leisurely stroll enjoying the lights and the seasonal displays. It usually happens during the time we call “between the years”, i.e. between Christmas and New Year when all the shopping (and running and rushing) is over.
You’ll find more traditions over at Paula’s Thursday Special.
It looks like a Christmas subject but I did find it in a garden in late summer, honest! Probably a forgotten bauble. Since I am taking my seasonal decorations down today I think I can just get away with it.
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I think Christmas times in South Africa have spoilt me for years to come: I rather have hot weather, sunshine, braai vleis, and lazing around the swimming pool than the North and Middle European variety. But for what it’s worth I was happy to receive one of these little wooden figures each year as a present from my home town, and they have been part of our Christmas decorations every since.
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