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Christmas magic and winter solstice

December 21, 2014

Winter solstice

The days have sped by in a sort of twilight as we’ve approached the shortest day this week. Each day It has seemed it never become quite light , before dusk fell again and the birds silent for the night as we retreated indoors. This week I set up my alternative Christmas tree as we approach the Winter solstice and looked for a little bit of that special Christmas magic.

 

Making a little Christmas magic

A beautiufl hawthorn tree came down in the gales this year but I saved a little to decorate our guests sitting room. A big branch was cut and carried home to be carefull wedged into a pot loaded with rocks. This pot in turn was hidden within a traditional wicker basket.



I love the contrast between the twisted interlacing branches laced with collection of lichen my collection of golden cherubs and swooping birds; musical instruments and staves; moons and stars, that I have built up over the years. I added a few startling purple baubles and well – because at Christmas time it is possible to be as “glitzy as you would like to be ……just for once!

2019 and a beautiufl lichen laden branch agian fell on the farm


2014 Winter decorations

Alternative Christmas tree
Baubles and faux fruits
Christmas decoration
Ott baubles
Faux fruits and musical instruments
Sherry decanter


A season to have fun and push away the dark nights as we travel forwards now with spring days ahead, ready to anticipate the long summer days.

Ednovean Farm breakfast table

I suppose we are all looking for a little bit of Christmas magic and as the years go by you have to admit that the first giddy infatuation of childhood will never return. So now is the time to create a little Christmas magic all of your own.


Taking time to set the scene, to trigger the imagination, to suggest a mood that is what will bring us a little bit of grown up magic at this time of year. In the mornings for instance, if I have guests I like to light the candles in the chandeliers overhead to cast moving shadows among the rafters and cast a soft glow over the dining room.  

  • Dining room by candle light
  • Ednovean Farm dining room
  • Rafters by candle light


Winter Solstice and Montol

In Penzance tonight they will celebrate Montol, to welcome the light back to the world with masked parades and dancing. I mentioned in one of my earlier blogs but for us – a warm home and a cosy chair will be fine tonight thank you!

Happy Christmas decorating!! Back soon!!

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About Christine Taylor

Christine has written a weekly blog about life at Ednovean Farm and interesting places to visit in West Cornwall for over ten years now, concentrating on those off the beaten track places that only the locals find.

Charles and Christine Taylor have hosted Luxury Bed and Breakfast at Ednovean Farm Nr Penzance in West Cornwall since 1991 and live there with three cats and five horses, including a Spanish Stallion called Danni.

Ednovean Farm has been awarded AA five star gold for Bed and breakfast and is included in The Michelin Guide and The Alastair Sawday Guide .

The Farmhouse and gardens has been featured in BBC Homes and Antiques, Homes and Gardens. Period Living and 25 Beautiful Homes as well as being used as a film and photo shoot location.

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