I suppose I need to decide if I want one soon

[ellestra]

Europe has been freezing and been covered in snow in past few days. It's the coldest November on record in England and temperature is suppose to drop dow to -20C in Poland tomorrow. There have been some airports closed and generally everyone is a little unprepared as it's not suppose to be so wintery so soon. However, looking at pictures of snow covered landscapes I finally started to feel that Christmas are just around the corner. It's good as people here are already bringing Christmas trees and putting lights on. It surprised me at first as in Poland it's just for the malls. We put ornaments on Christmas just before the holiday. My family usually does it on the weekend before but some do it on Christmas Eve but then we keep the tree for weeks after, sometimes even till the beginning of Carnival (and sometimes that's February). Here in US it's the opposite. They put it on now and then throw the tree out right after Christmas, sometimes, I'm told, even before New Year. My Polish friends who live here for a while said they just combine it. They have to buy the tree early because later there are non and then keep it for at least two weeks of January.

Here weather got worse on Thanksgiving (last Thursday). First it rained and then it got cold during weekend (it was still +10C but the air was chilly and it felt colder) so almost all the leaves are down and trees are bare. It finally looks like November ( which in Polish is called listopad - leavesfall). Just in time for the last day.