Christmas
It's so interesting to see how life unfolds. Last year, I spent the 24 and 25 December in a ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki and a hotel in Helsinki. I was moving countries on my own, with all my possessions that fit in a small tote bag and a backpack. This year, I will be on my own most of the 24th. My loved one and I will be celebrating this Christmas separately. In the evening of the 24th I will visit his father and stepmother. I've only met them once but I love them a lot. They are very inspiring and wise fellow humans. They didn't want anything for Christmas, but I felt I wanted to bring something for them. I usually give either what persons ask for exactly, or food and drinks, or something zero-waste. For this couple, I got soaps from a local Danish company that I also used myself. When I bought the soaps, the fellow human at the store put them in some brown paper bags. I simply left the soaps in those bags and used some ribbon that was left from wrapping gifts for the kids. I also used a tiny branch of thyme that grows outside my home here in Copenhagen. I put thyme branches in a jar too, as they look beautiful and festive. I didn't come across a fir tree from whom I could take a small branch to decorate my home. So I used thyme instead. I also kept a few oranges. Naturally, the oranges and thyme will be eaten.
