I certainly do. Whenever I see a falling star. At fairy fountains (you need to throw in something shiny in exchange, so always keep a couple of polished coins in your pocket). When I pass beneath a rainbow. Some of these things happen to appear unexpectedly, therefore it’s best to have a range of ready wishes in your mental store so as to always be prepared for the occasion.
Plus the usual rules, don’t tell anybody what you’re wishing for and be careful what you wish for.
When I was little I used to write up my Christmas wishes on a piece of coloured paper and laid it outside the window on the sill for the angels to pick up and deliver to Baby Jesus (it’s Jesus who’s responsible for the presents where I come from – think a putto flying baby Jesus version delivering all the presents and the Christmas tree on the 24th right into your drawing room, including real wax candles already lit).
I don’t remember a single wish I wrote up on these coloured scraps of paper, yet I vividly remember the wonderful feeling of excitement and Vorfreude, plus a deep trust that miracles, after all, do happen.
*This is Les Poissonchats Wondrous Advent Calendar! Advent calendars are a big tradition where I come from: every day until Christmas Day you prepare a small gift for a loved one, fourandtwenty little surprises. Advent calendars come in beautifully old fashioned prints on cardboard, extra glitter and glory, and each day there’s a little perforated window waiting for you be opened. Others are more elaborate, pretty baskets filled with twenty four numbered parcels, red velvet ribbons and sprigs of fir. The one I’m making for you this season is a different one altogether, it comes in digital form. Unless specially marked, all content is hand-stitched by myself, lovingly compiled and written for your amusement.
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