Christmas Day has arrived - very cold and icy. Unlike previous Christmases, nobody seemed in a hurry to get up this morning - including the children who had to be woken up. Sara made tea for us and as traditional has it put a splash of Scotch in mine. The children came in and we opened our stocking presents - generally small items which we allow ourselves to have before breakfast and our trip to church. I served up cold gammon and warm boiled eggs for breakfast washed down with ornage juice. Elizabeth took a pack congregation for the Christmas Day Eucharist in her usual relaxed and humorous style - using her shoes to bring across the message that Jesus came down to Earth and is always in our shoes which ever ones we are wearing. After the service we returned home and I lit a nice wood fire and served bucks fizz before we opened our presents. We haven't gone mad this year but had a very good spread of gifts. Sara was given a new digital camera from me and she gave me some Vie aftershave and quite a few books and DVDs. The children had a variety of quite inexpensive presents. We missed the Queen's Speech this year as we were still at the dinner table - traditional turkey, pudding and Stilton cheese with a good vintage (1988) Medoc wine. The diet has certainly hit the buffers today! The Stilton was placed on our coffee table and over the course of the evening shrank dramatically and pieces of cheese were scooped out using my 1912 antique Stilton spoon. Such a lovely cheese - but deadly for the diet! We had a very quiet day with no phone calls from any relatives and this year we made none. Tonight we watched TV (Dr. Who and On the Buses films) before having a relatively early night at 11.15 p.m. Need to get some walking in over the next few days!
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Christmas Day 2010 - A Stilton Fest!
Christmas Day has arrived - very cold and icy. Unlike previous Christmases, nobody seemed in a hurry to get up this morning - including the children who had to be woken up. Sara made tea for us and as traditional has it put a splash of Scotch in mine. The children came in and we opened our stocking presents - generally small items which we allow ourselves to have before breakfast and our trip to church. I served up cold gammon and warm boiled eggs for breakfast washed down with ornage juice. Elizabeth took a pack congregation for the Christmas Day Eucharist in her usual relaxed and humorous style - using her shoes to bring across the message that Jesus came down to Earth and is always in our shoes which ever ones we are wearing. After the service we returned home and I lit a nice wood fire and served bucks fizz before we opened our presents. We haven't gone mad this year but had a very good spread of gifts. Sara was given a new digital camera from me and she gave me some Vie aftershave and quite a few books and DVDs. The children had a variety of quite inexpensive presents. We missed the Queen's Speech this year as we were still at the dinner table - traditional turkey, pudding and Stilton cheese with a good vintage (1988) Medoc wine. The diet has certainly hit the buffers today! The Stilton was placed on our coffee table and over the course of the evening shrank dramatically and pieces of cheese were scooped out using my 1912 antique Stilton spoon. Such a lovely cheese - but deadly for the diet! We had a very quiet day with no phone calls from any relatives and this year we made none. Tonight we watched TV (Dr. Who and On the Buses films) before having a relatively early night at 11.15 p.m. Need to get some walking in over the next few days!
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