Somehow it’s a month since Christmas. I know it doesn’t look like that, but I’m writing this at the end of January and backdating.
Christmas was busy, you see. Too much to eat, too much to do, too much snow (although not actually on Christmas Day) and plenty of people to see. We decamped to Galleywood on Christmas Eve for the traditional pheasant casserole (vegetable pie for some of us) and stayed over so we didn’t have to drive home. Oscar and the chickens spent Christmas Day alone with a feeding/watering visit from next door to keep them entertained.
Christmas Day itself was the usual carnival of food: cheesy toast for breakfast, a late lunch when everyone had assembled and a buffet we didn’t need but all enjoyed in the evening. I do think the telly went on once. In fact I’m sure it didn’t, and I’m glad Christmases are like that now. Years ago we would have had it on from the end of lunch until bed, but now we play games or cards and talk about how we’ve all eaten too much.
Oh, and Viv told us about the time she sat on a jellyfish. I don’t think either of them particularly enjoyed the experience.
We toyed with the idea of staying over on Christmas night, too, but in the end came home to a very grateful cat. It was ultimately the thought of all the preparations would have to do the next morning – Boxing Day – that brought us back. Sue and Bart were coming down, dad was coming over, and Sal and Dan were coming with Will, all in time for lunch.
It’s a frightening thought that this is already the third Boxing Day lunch we’ve cooked in this house.
This year it was lasagne, but I think we would all have been happy with a snack. Still, all but a couple of spoonfuls were eaten and the chickens polished off the end of it.
Sue and Bart stayed for two days; dad popped in and out over the Christmas period, and on Monday we drove up to Lowestoft to see Ean and Vikki and the ever elusive Boo, who did us the honour of staying in and letting us tickle her.
It was a good Christmas. We have a few programmes stacked up to watch, and now have plenty of books to read and DVDs to enjoy throughout the year, but much though we enjoyed ourselves I think we’re all glad to get back to normality after the busy festive season.
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