Visiting New York City the week before Christmas, our senses went into overload as we got into the Christmas Spirit. Festive decorations were displayed in every store, live pine trees for sale in the streets scented the air, carols could be heard everywhere and candy cane and cinnamon hot chocolates quickly became favourites. It felt like Christmas, but in a way we had never experienced it before. During a walking tour, we came across a “12 DAYS OF XMAS IN THE CITY’ neatly written on the sidewalk in coloured chalks. Passers-by were careful not to walk on it and many took photos. It was an act of kindness, a Christmas gift to the neighbourhood.
This was my inspiration for today’s Five Senses #BLOGMAS.
An Australian Twelve Days of Christmas
Twelve cicadas singing
Eleven prawns a-peeling
Ten surfers surfing
Nine wrappings rustling
Eight beaches bustling
Seven sunburns sizzling
Six Santas sweating
Five friends a chatting
Four footpaths flaming
Three mango munchers
Two* hot for cooking
Under one scorching Summer sun
[* Please note: I am aware this is incorrect usage of ‘two’ and should be ‘too’ but have chosen to exercise some poetic license.]
Anna xo
Ordinarily Extraordinary Anna 