Welcome to Our Random View’s Christmas Special Writing Prompts.  Today’s theme – It’s Beginning to Feel a lot like Christmas (https://ourrandomview.wordpress.com/2017/12/04/christmas-special-2017-writing-prompt-4-its-beginning-to-feel-a-lot-like-christmas/)

Well, when I lived in Regina, it was after the first real snowfall (even if it happened in October.)

However, it doesn’t snow very often here, but this morning I had to scrap the car windshield for the first time this winter, so the answer to this question is: Today.

Time to put up the tree!

Welcome to Our Random View’s Christmas Special Writing Prompts.  Today’s theme – Christmas Shopping (https://ourrandomview.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/christmas-special-2017-writing-prompt-3-christmas-shopping/)

So, the questions are:

When do you start your Christmas shopping?

La la la la la la la…

Have you done it already?

See above.

If you haven’t, when do you plan to?

Hey, I still have 3 weeks man!  Don’t rush me.

Welcome to Our Random View’s Christmas Special Writing Prompts.  Today’s theme – Do you buy an Advent Calendar to countdown to Christmas (https://ourrandomview.wordpress.com/2017/12/02/christmas-special-2017-writing-prompt-2-advent-calendar/)

The answer to this question is: No, but we should.

There are SO many amazing advent calendars out there now.  The delicious chocolate ones, the beer ones (I always wanted a BC brewery one, but don’t do my homework early enough.  How about a wine one?  Perhaps a bit pricey, but then you’d have a great excuse for drinking a bottle a day.  I also heard that there was a scotch one…Kevin might like that one.

But for this year, the one I am really looking forward is the one below – apologies for going all political for today’s post…I just couldn’t help it!

 Welcome to Our Random View’s Christmas Special Writing Prompts.  Today’s theme – How did you Spend Last Christmas (https://ourrandomview.wordpress.com/2017/12/01/christmas-special-2017-writing-prompt-1-last-christmas/)

Every December I look for Christmas prompts, but I didn’t even have to search this year because this one just landed in my email!

Last Christmas we spent with mom and dad and Bill and Darnell eating steak and prawns and garlic mashed potatoes!  And, since Christmas Day is also mom’s birthday, add on a little birthday cake action to finish off the evening.   This is the way to spend Christmas!!

Day 17 of the Christmas Writing Prompt (at https://ourrandomview.wordpress.com/2016/12/23/christmas-writing-prompt-17-ideal-christmas-day/).

My ideal Christmas Day?  The one day I can listen to Christmas music all day with Kevin’s blessing.  Of course, I play Christmas music for months before Christmas while he is not around, but on Christmas day, we even have it playing for dinner!  It’s then followed by my ideal Boxing Day, which is one where I stay in my pjs all day long 🙂

Day 16 of the Christmas Writing Prompt (at https://ourrandomview.wordpress.com/2016/12/22/christmas-writing-prompt-16-perfect-christmas-dinner/).

Well, the perfect Christmas dinner used to be turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy.  Now, it’s whatever we decide to make because the perfect Christmas dinner is about the family and friends around the table (oh, yeah baby – mushy mushy mushy…it’s Christmas!!)

This year, it will be mom and dad, friends Darnell and Bill, Kevin and I, with BBQ steak, mushrooms, garlic mashed potatoes (ok, it can’t be Christmas dinner without the garlic mash…) probably some asparagus, with salads by Darnell and mom, and a special dessert.

There you go – the perfect Christmas dinner!

Day 14 of the Christmas Writing Prompt (at https://ourrandomview.wordpress.com/2016/12/20/christmas-writing-prompt-14-write-a-letter-to-santa/).

I have a lot of things I would like to ask Santa for this Christmas, but I’ll settle for asking for 2017 to be a better year than 2016.  Please???

Day 13 of the Christmas Writing Prompt (at https://ourrandomview.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/christmas-writing-prompt-13-how-late-do-you-leave-your-christmas-shopping/).

I have always had goals of finishing my Christmas shopping early, but there is always one more thing to get the week before.  Or more than one more thing.  In Kevin’s case, we were always out shopping on Christmas Eve day and wrapping until the wee hours.  But that was a long time ago.

This year I’ve been done for a few weeks…well, except for those one more things I need to get this week…

Day 12 of the Christmas Writing Prompt (at https://ourrandomview.wordpress.com/2016/12/16/christmas-writing-prompt-12-favourite-christmas-memory/).

My favourite Christmas memory is singing Oh Holy Night at the RCMP Chapel in Regina.  I did that for several years when a friend’s father was the chaplain there.  They stopped doing Christmas Eve services there many years ago, but I still remember those beautiful services in that lovely little chapel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCMP_Academy,_Depot_Division#Chapel