As July
draws to a close, we can look forward to our last bash of summer hopefully in
August before ‘blissful autumn’ sets in.
The QVC
Christmas in July couple of days was fun last week and I see from Twitter loads
of the Yankee Army have stocked up on Christmas fragrances and accessories.
Quite a few
other Yankee Candle retailers have got on board with the Christmas in July idea
and have run their own special promotions and features.
So just
before we put Christmas things to one side for a few months, wipe the
perspiration from your brow for one last Christmas in July bit of fun courtesy
of Andy’s Yankees!
As my collection
has grown at home we ran out of space in our main Yankee cupboard (I’m sure you
know the feeling!) so I gave up my precious 1930s bookcase as an extra storage
area. We decided to use it for out of season candles so at the moment it is my
very own 'Christmas In July' cupboard (including a touch of Halloween and autumn
too)!
My Christmas Yankee cupboard..
It’s
incredible for me to take a step back sometimes as last Christmas was when it
all started for me and Yankee Candles. It was with an Encore candle called
Christmas Fir that we picked up in a charity shop in Brighton for £2! It has
been a long journey over the past few months and I wonder what I used to fill
my time with before I discovered Yankees.
Our first
two proper Yankee Candle purchases were Cherries On Snow and Sugared Apple (I
think) in a post Christmas sale at our local garden centre. I really thought I
was pushing the boat out by splashing out £20 on two candles!! The rest is
history.
Although my
Christmas Fir is getting low after burning all last Christmas, Christmas Tree
is fairly similar so I am glad to have a medium jar of that and also White
Christmas has similar fir/pine notes.
I love the
full on nature of Apple And Pine Needle and Sugared Apple and we were burning
these through January and February.
Lots of the
others in the cabinet have been picked up since then so have to wait until late
autumn before I’ll allow myself to try and enjoy Sparkling Snow, Happy
Christmas and others. I may make an exception for Snow In Love which has
brighter perfumy notes.
One thing is
for sure – opening the doors of my Christmas Yankee Candle cupboard certainly
brings a whole cacophony of seasonal fragrance into the room and I look forward
to the new 2013 Christmas range which all looks delightful (see last week’s article here – also includes a list of other Festive fragrances that are
returning in 2013).