In my heart is Christmas in July
I don’t know a single person who celebrates Christmas in July, but I’m here to tell you it might soon be me.
For the past four years, July has gained a particularly festive season in my world. Firstly, it’s usually the time when my parents and family will come visit me in Edinburgh. I take a few weeks off work, they visit, we travel. Then, quite literally on Christmas in July, the 25th of July, it’s my birthday! Four days later, it’s Angus’s birthday. It’s also his twin sister’s birthday, and his mom’s birthday. Earlier in July, it’s his dad’s birthday. There’s a lot of birthdays.
Naturally, July has taken on a celebratory, holiday-esque feel to it since Angus and I got together. What’s new is my urgent and deep need for it to be Christmas now.
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