We have been watching a bit of festive television over the last few days. Not all of the time, I hasten to say! But there tend to be a few good quality programmes on the box at this time of year, as well a few Christmas specials of old favourites.
One of these was a one off festive edition of "Outnumbered", a situation comedy which started about ten years ago about a family with three children (hence the title, because the children in the family outnumbered the parents, much like our own!) The issues faced by the Mum - bringing up three lively children while taking care of an elderly parent and dealing with work issues - always seemed to echo my own life, and there were times when a situation would be so similar to things in my life that I was left gasping! In last night's Christmas edition the children are all grown up and they are on their way to scatter their Grandad's ashes. The episode was gently amusing, and at the end the parallels with my own life continued when the eldest son announced that he was going to go to work in New Zealand for a couple of years! Let's just say that the Mum's upbeat brave face, with her cheerful talk of FaceTiming, was very familiar! I miss Jamie very much.
This evening James and I sat down together to watch the Disney film "Frozen" because we had never seen it and felt that the this was a good time to remedy the situation. It did not disappoint and I can see why it has been such a huge hit since it was released in 2013. The animation was brilliant and the music was great, especially "Let it Go", and I was so glad that I watched it.
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