Winter in a baggie!

:)

I'm freaked out about American Christmas and I'd like to remind my partner that there's more to winter than the holiday season. That means I don't want anything holiday related, like holly berries, poinsettias, Christmas decorations, and the like. Although this swap happens in November, please think ahead, skip December and think of January and February, so to speak :)

I am not a fan of foam things. Please don't send things made out of foam. Thanks!

PrunellaModularis: What do you mean by "freaked out about American Christmas?" Is that a horror movie I haven't heard about? Otherwise I think your comment is both offensive and completely unreasonable.

sunshinegirl76, I mean people celebrate and decorate for Christmas in different ways in different cultures. Some do more Christian, some more secular. Some do contemporary, some do traditional. Some do cutesy, some do classy. I mean I'm not the fan of the American way I see on tv, for example: (fake) trees with so many decorations that you can't see the tree itself. Also, we don't use holly berries here at all, nor consider snowmen or penguins to have anything to do with Christmas. We eat ham, not turkey. Besides, in the swap description it says this swap isn't about holidays, just winter itself, and I wanted to underline that, as at this time of the year people tend to think about Christmas and the other holidays a lot. I just would like to get something I would like to use after the holiday season in January and February too. I don't think that's unreasonable. I know us Northern and Eastern Europeans tend to sound offensive to Americans so I don't take offense to your comment.