Christmas away from home

Christmas is strange for me this year as it's the first one where I will have spent the build up to it away from home.

Although I'll be home with my family in time to put up the Christmas tree and decorate the house, and I will have around a week and a half to spend with them before Christmas day, it's still felt a bit odd getting excited about a time that is normally spent with family away from them.

That said, Christmas in Lincoln has still felt special. The town is already pretty enough without lights, but when they decorated the whole of the high street with Christmas ones it just made it look even nicer. 

The flat all really got into the Christmas spirit and decided to buy a tree, decorate the windows with snow spray and put some lights up. I was so proud of the way it turned out, and this weekend we're exchanging Secret Santa presents at the same time as having a lovely Christmas dinner!

Holidays are coming

 Not only that, but at the beginning of this week the 'Holidays are coming' Coca-Cola truck made it's way to Lincoln for the day. My friend and I went down to get a free can of coke and a selfie with the truck itself (however the ones we got are far too uncool to ever grace the fact of the internet).

They also had the Christmas market here (that I was far too cold to take photos of), with stalls selling mulled wine, mince pies and hot chocolate, a choir singing in the background and plenty of places to pick up quirky little stocking-filler presents. 

I also went for a skate on an outdoor ice rink with my course mates, which is the most fun I have ever had whilst feeling completely not in control of my limbs. I've never ice skated outdoors before - I felt like I was in some kind of cliche Christmas film or something!

I think I've realised that although Christmas is always going to be a family-orientated holiday for me, the feeling that Christmas gives is so infectious you can't help but get into the spirit no matter where you are. 

Providing you're with people that love Christmas as much as you do, you can almost guarantee that you'll have an amazing time anywhere.