This has been a lovely family Christmas, and who could ask for more? Everything was very traditional, and the only exception was that our Jamie is far away in New Zealand, so this was our first Christmas in nearly twenty seven years without him. However we are very lucky that (really quite recent) technology such as FaceTime means that we can dial up and chat to him, free of charge, almost as if he was in the same room. When we were Jamie's age the only way of contacting home from abroad was by expensive phone calls using a pile of coins in a phone box to pay!
Grandma really enjoys talking to Jamie by FaceTime, so after our Christmas dinner (Boxing Day morning for Jamie who is thirteen hours ahead of us) we set up the large computer screen and were soon chatting and hearing about his Christmas adventures. It's summer there, so they had a Christmas Eve barbecue, and then had lamb for Christmas dinner. During our call it was dark and rainy here in Scotland but Jamie took his laptop out to the balcony of his house to show us the beautiful sunny morning that he was enjoying in Dunedin!
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