November 28, 2012

When do you put up the tree?


Suburban Chicago, January 1964. We must be expecting guests. My paternal Grandmother Tatjana's favorite reading chair and its corner area have been straightened; that spot is not in its usual arrangement.

3 comments:

Peter Hoh said...

When do we put up the tree? When it's Christmas.

The advent of Advent is still a few days away.

Speaking of preparing for Christmas, I was wondering if you have any opinion about David Abulafia's The Great Sea.

Irene said...

We usually put a few decorations out on Christmas Eve.

I would endorse anything by David Abulafia. He was a "must read" when I was in grad school thirty years ago, and his scholarship is unparalleled.

Irene said...

Here's a review by another excellent scholar.