Alpacas and Santas Reindeer

I've gotten over my initial reaction of  'Christmas, Already?'

Maybe it was because this year has just flown by and I was thinking it just couldn't be Christmas yet!  What is all this stuff doing in the shops so early? 

But it's not that early. Really.
 A friend pointed out we usually don't see the Christmas stock out until Halloween has been and gone.  I'm not sure why this year is different.  Maybe the economy is a little better and that's being reflected in the stores setting up for Christmas a little early.

While I am constantly thinking Christmas year round, I'm just not used to seeing it in the stores in September : )

My love for the Christmas Holidays is huge. 
I admit I have been playing Christmas Cd's sporadically since August. 
I have crates upon crates of Christmas decorations and multitudes of Christmas Trees  which take weeks to set up. 
My Sweetie prides himself on his outdoor lighting display and until our move to the country we raised funds for the Children's Hospital, with donations from passers-by visiting our Christmas Lights display.

I'm still not sure why I was so taken aback by seeing the Christmas stock on shelves late September.

And  as I am talking Christmas, I thought I'd introduce you to our alpacas.  The connection? We named our herd after Santas Reindeers, of course! 
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen.  Of course, we also had Rudolph.
Then came Frosty and GingerBread Man.
 Last seasons babies were named Mistletoe, Snowflake, SilverStar and... Boris. 
Yes, Boris.

I'm not sure why Boris was named Boris, only that Boris definitely looked like a Boris, so Boris he is. 
Or should I say, SHE is. 
Because Boris turned out to be a girl.
But she was already named and so Boris she stayed. 
Miss Boris to be exact.

It was a really hard decision to sell our herd.  Really hard.  The alpacas were much loved. but we need to utilise the land to it's fullest potential- they were taking up valuable space that could be put to use as cropping fields. Sadly we relised the herd needed rehoming and set about finding great new families to adopt them.

Two were decided to be kept on Jingle Bells Farm as guards. 

Miss Boris was a natural choice, she was orphaned at a few months old and had been hand raised after loosing mama.  Dancer was chosen for the bond already established with Miss Boris.  They are a gorgeous pair, and wonderful cuddlers.  I am so glad we were able to make room for them!