Christmas Day will be over here in Glasgow in a few minutes. Jamie is well into Boxing Day in New Zealand where it is already lunch time. Cat and her family however are still in the middle of Christmas Day in Vancouver in Canada; it’s only four o’clock in the afternoon there. However we have all celebrated the day in our different parts of the world and have thought of each other and exchanged messages.
We had a lovely family day here. First of all Ally and Davie and Chanel opened their Christmas stockings and I think that they all felt that Santa had been good to them! James and I also received a Christmas stocking to share which was very thoughtful of Santa. We had carefully planned the timings for dinner so the turkey went into the oven at 9.45 a.m.
Marjory, Forrest, Jenny, Neil and Lucy came round in the morning for champagne and sausage rolls and we all had a nice chat. We watched the Queen’s speech at 3 pm and then served our Christmas dinner, which went very smoothly - everything was ready at the right time! Before we started eating we raised our glasses and drank a toast to Grandma. This has been our first Christmas without her - in my case for thirty-four years (since we got married) and for James and the boys, the first Christmas without her in all of their lives. We ate hugely but there was still lots left, so there will be plenty of leftovers for at least several days. We moved through to the lounge and played a card game called Codenames which was really interesting and challenging; I loved it. And later James and I went out for a walk to aid our digestion. The streets were unusually quiet as we strolled along. It’s a funny old day, Christmas; both strange and familiar. I’m glad that it has gone well.
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