崭新的一年

I know it's still a few weeks more, but hey, my family already had our reunion dinner! (Due in part to my dad's club restaurant voucher that he was desperate to use before expiry)

Time to keep the Christmas tree & break out the pussy willows in giant porcelain vases (I swear we decorate it in the exact same way we do up the Christmas tree, just with different ornaments). The mistletoe & cowbell ornaments are swapped with peony blossoms & the 'Merry Christmas' Santa carboard cutout replaced with 春联. It's like, to save the trouble of rethinking the decor for each season, my mum has devised a way to simply replace the existing season decoration tit-for-tat. Smooth mummy, smooth...