Since I moved out east to Ontario I’ve never really done a proper Christ­mas here. I’ve either gone back out West to my par­ents’ or they’ve come out to Toronto and we’ve done Christ­mas some­where else.

This year Jasna wanted a Christ­mas. She grew up in Ser­bia where Christ­mas is a reli­gious hol­i­day and observed in Janu­ary. They do the tree/​Santa/​gift thing on New Year’s but I sup­pose it’s not quite the same, so this year we decided to do a real Christ­mas. We bought a proper (arti­fi­cial) tree, which you can see above and dec­or­a­tions and what­not. We bought stock­ings, too, though I some­how missed get­ting them in that picture.

We’ll still be doing Christ­mas proper some­where else, but at least we’ll have our own build-​​up to Christmas.

Since I moved out east to Ontario I've never really done a proper Christmas here. I've either gone back out West to my parents' or they've come out to Toronto and we've done Christmas somewhere else. This year Jasna wanted a Christmas. She grew up in Serbia where Christmas is a religious holiday and observed ...