Christmases at home always make me feel nostalgic. I remember Christmases spent building cubby houses, watching DVDs (or videos), building marble racing tracks (which my parents had way more fun doing than us kids) and reading new books. I'm a big one for Christmas traditions, and as my sibblings and I got older I began to long for the gold ol' days - back when my brothers enjoyed the Christmas preparations as much as I did, and joined in, back when everything felt magical and special. I guess everyone goes through that stage as they get older, hit their teenage years where the magic of Christmas doesn't feel quite real anymore. It does come back though, and I still find Christmas a magical, fun, traditional time, although not quite in the same way I did when I was 7 or 8.
Christmas nostalgia reminds me of my childhood and the things I enjoyed as a child - the TV shows and the music and the movies and the books I loved. Which is probably why my latest cross stitch patterns feature these things.
Firstly there is The Incredibles. I was a teenager when this movie came out, but I loved it immensely and it is still my favourite Disney Pixar film. I'm always sad that there was only one of them.
Then there are The Rugrats. Lil and Phil were always my favourites. In fact, there are two versions of The Rugrats patterns. Firstly there is Tommy and his Friends, ready for mischief and adventure:
The second pattern features all of the Rugrats families. Stitch the whole pattern, or for a quicker project, why not stitch an individual family?
I hope you are all enjoying the holidays, however you are spending them.
Happy stitching!
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