Christmas is my fave holiday, I prefer it to birthday. I simply couldnt pass by this nice contest 'Christmas atmosphere' run by @adeljose and WORLD OF XPILAR.

So, my receips of Christmas spirit. Focus on all good things around you, not on your job. Focus on your family. Surround yourself with good stuff, including food and drinks. You better start big drinking session earlier!

We unpack toys for decorating Christmas tree.

Every year we buy +1 new toy to our collection. Last year I bought a miniature "Golden Deer Bambi", glass-blown, delicate and fragile. This year got nothing (yet).

My daughter decorates herself too.

We decorated the windowsills - used leaves and nuts I collected in October.

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Christmas tree

We have fancy exclusive eco-friendly reusable Christmas tree! Every year we dress it with sweets and cookies. When we put it away until next year, not a single candy remains there - thanks to our grown babygirl!

Candies I prepared for decorating the tree.

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greeting cards

We love receiving postcards from friends, and remind friends of ourselves too.

I bought 10 postcards with jokes about my city of St. Petersburg. For close relatives and godfather, my daughter and I made cards ourselves. I love mail art and DIY!

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gifts

Wrapping gifts in beautiful paper is exciting experience that always raises the Christmas mood! (Well, unwrapping gifts too!)

And I have a great stock of paper, as you can see. My baby tried to make gifts for all her classmates, I helped her with packaging!

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candles

Stock up candles, if havent done yet. x100 package of simple candles from IKEA is comically cheap!

It's worth buying fireworks and sparklers - every year we have 2-3 packs by our hand. Our Tradition says we should go outside and give light signals, so that the New Year will notice us and not pass by, in wrong direction :)

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drink more and relax!

Mulled wine (warmed wine with spices) is ideal for wintertime, will raise greatly your Christmas mood! My recipe: dry red wine, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, lemon, ginger, honey, anise, black pepper, spoonful-of-brandy.

Perhaps, thats enough.
Merry Christmas!

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bonus: city of St.Petersburg decorated, waiting for Christmas!

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All images taken by me (c) @qwerrie

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