We decorated the apartment for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. Winter village, manger and angels atop the mantle, and the Christmas tree—fully decorated—all erected and lit by evening.

Is it unusual, then, that Mira and I spent our first day of December taking her sisters to the Met Cloister?

brisk afternoon

yet still lingering

the sun

how the days count down

to Christmas

for Tanka Poets on Site: Gerry Muse #434. Prompt for 7th December 2024 (occasional tanka prose)