I’m not sure what it is but Christmas is redecorating time in my house. For some reason, around this time every year, as the holiday season digs into our lives, my household decides the time is right for a new look.
Most of the time it doesn’t get too major (though this year we did toss around the idea of painting the entire house a new colour 
). Our changes are more on the surface – new curtains on the windows, new mats on the floor, new shower curtains, new towels, new bathroom stuff, new sheets, pictures go up on the wall… and that’s my room alone. 
A lot of people see the new year as a time for the new start, the spring cleaning, but my family seems to see the Christmas season as a more suitable time for this. I guess having new things in the home, everything looking all spiffy helps to stir up the joy. Especially since these redecorations are almost always a family affair. Each room requires a caucus to decide on colours, textures, styles.
Every family has their own traditions and I guess this is one of those that makes my family what it is. Gotta love ‘em.
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thats funny, cuz in trinidad its like a tradition that ppl paint ther house and put up curtains for Christmas. dont know y
But you still found them. I suggest you don’t leave again. They won’t make the same mistake twice!
LOL!!!!!!
They Did what!!!!?????
I have had that, I went away for one year and my family moved house.
My house is definitely different. Things happen in my house when someone is away. Every time my mother goes overseas, my father throws out a half of the house. And everytime someone goes away to school or something, some part of the house is re-done (my sis has NO CLUE that anything is being done to our kitchen.