'Tis the season...

Wow, so I'm home for Christmas.  Already?!  I am utterly confused as to how almost four months of my life managed to flash by without me really noticing and land me back in England before I knew what was happening.  

While I have had an absolutely amazing time in France over the past few months, it's rather lovely to be back in sleepy Surrey for a while.  There's something wonderful about cosy evenings in front of the fire and home-cooked food that I've never managed to replicate when living away and I intend to maximise my enjoyment of all these home comforts during the next month - hopefully it will be enough to keep me going through the next five months of being abroad!

Having rather underestimated the chaos that always occurs at this time of year, as well as the mayhem that I have created for myself by leaving all of my shopping to the last minute, my absence from the blogging world has continued for far longer than anticipated.  However, I do promise an exciting and dramatic return after Christmas (and my 21st birthday!!) when I will have a brand new laptop and DSLR camera to play around with and possibly even some money to spend on lovely new things for my wardrobe...

In the meantime, I'll leave you with a Christmas playlist to fill your hearts with all sorts of festive joy.  I'm rather bored with the usual Christmas songs that surround us at this time of year, so instead have compiled an alternative playlist, brimming with slightly different but utterly festive songs - I hope you enjoy it!

an alternative christmas playlist

1. Nat King Cole - The Happiest Christmas Tree

2. The Hives & Cyndi Lauper - A Christmas Duel

3. Pet Shop Boys - It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas

4. The Wombats - Is This Christmas?

5. Lady Gaga & Space Cowboy - Christmas Tree

6. Sufjan Stevens - That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!

7. Twisted Sister - Heavy Metal Christmas

8. The Beach Boys - (I Saw Santa) Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

9. The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song

10. Slow Club - Christmas TV

11. The Raveonettes - Christmas Ghosts

12. Frightened Rabbit - It's Christmas So We'll Stop

13. The Kinks - Father Christmas

14. Sufjan Stevens - It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad!

15. The Beach Boys - Santa's Beard

16. The Who - Christmas (Remixed Album Version)

17. Sufjan Stevens - Did I Make You Cry On Christmas? Well, You Deserved It!

18. KT Tunstall - Mele Kalikimaka (Christmas In Hawaii)

19. Smash Mouth - The Christmas Song

20. Jackson 5 - Someday at Christmas

Happy Christmas!