James Takes the Matter Up

James still regards his room as a structure separate from the rest of the house. Well, not HIS room. Technically it's a house he shares with George.

But that being the case, he needs Christmas decorations for him and George that are different than the ones downstairs. (In OUR house.)

So once we finished setting up the Christmas tree yesterday and strung up all the lights and stockings, we proceeded upstairs to set up James' Christmas tree (the tiny fake one that we bought in North Carolina) complete with three decorations, a bow, and a window candle.

He even remembered which decorations he had from last year. An clay star with the letter R on it, a Winnie-the-Pooh ornament, and an "apple." (Really an old red bulb that used to have an R on it, but was long ago rubbed off.) "R stands for Christmas" he told me.

We didn't get around to setting up the odd strand of colored lights yesterday before we gassed out on finishing the decorating. James had requisitioned them by that point for his tree. (Me and George need some lights for our tree up in our house.) He went to sleep last night reminding me that we needed to set up his lights in the morning time. And also to have some Cinnamon Crunch Toast cereal.

The first thing he asked for this morning when his eyes opened were to have the Cinnamon Crunch Toast cereal, and then to decorate his tree. I'm not entirely sure that he slept.

He hasn't been holed up in his room (house) all day, though. He's set up a juice stand underneath our Christmas tree and is taking orders for juice and selling them to me, J, and Owen.

J is currently re-reading the Harry Potter books, and we were jokingly going through what we thought we might see in the mirror of Erised the other night. I asked "What do you think James would see in the mirror of Erised?"

We just sort of looked at each other for a long time. As someone who knows him well recently said "Isn't he just a psychological treasure trove?"

I don't claim to know what he wants at his deepest, most subconscious level. (And I'm not sure he knows either.)

But he definitely loves Christmas.