Tuesday, December 26, 2017

And let Christmas part 2 commence

A lovely Christmas day.

For the first time in thirty-eight years Husband and I woke up alone in the house on Christmas morning. You might think that would mean a lazy lie-in but no! Granny gets far too excited to stay in bed for long.

We did open our presents in bed - another first - and Husband enjoyed his first chocolate of the day while still snuggled under the duvet. Then it was up and pondering how long the turkey would take to cook. Husband made the stuffing - two-sorts: sausage meat and chestnut, and sausage meat and chilli - before enjoying a champagne breakfast.
Once all that was done it was just a case of waiting for the first arrivals - and they made us wait! But at last Younger Son, Nuora and GrandSon4 arrived and it was dinner time.
Christmas dinner table
I think GrandSon4 enjoyed his Christmas Eve curry at Mumbai more than his Christmas dinner but we all loved our reusable crackers including Christmas hats made by Nuora, with jokes and riddles courtesy of YS. And they even came with a bang so, unlike Tom and Barbara (The Good Life) we didn't have to make the sound effects.
Daughter and family arrived before we'd finished eating and much to GrandSon2's distress present opening had to wait.

Everyone was happy with their presents, much food was enjoyed and the cousins had a good time playing together. Today we await the arrival of Grandsons 1 and 3 along with Elder Son and Daughter-in-law. Then Christmas part 2 can begin.

And the only Christmas television I watched was The Good Life on Christmas Eve and Doctor Who on Christmas Day. A most satisfactory state of affairs.

But before I leave I must show you one of the presents I received from Husband.


A motion sensitive (obviously) nightlight to make your midnight trips to the toilet that little bit more fun.




3 comments:

SmitoniusAndSonata said...

The lamp is only a light, one hopes.
I mean , it doesn't whisper 'It's in here ...' or anything, does it?

nick said...

Champagne for breakfast? My goodness, how decadent. Clearly they do things differently in Wales....

Anne in Oxfordshire said...

Wow .. we spent Christmas day alone for quite a few years .. since my boys had their own children ..and then Boxing day they came to us .. we had everything prepared from day before .. I loved my champagne , scrambled eggs and salmon with bagels ..and then we had Christmas dinner with more wine ...Brandy at the end of the day .. good night's sleep and then we start again ..it is what works for the family. .