Delivering Christmas Cards

Another Tier 4 Lockdown weekend has just gone by, and it has been very pleasant despite mixed weather. On Saturday afternoon James and I went out to hand deliver our Christmas cards in our local area. It was raining quite hard when we set off, but we decided just to go for it anyway, and we were rewarded with a dry spell in the middle of our journey. As usual James expertly sorted the cards by street and number, which resulted in a roughly circular route. On our way we met and chatted with Ian and Margaret, who were also carrying a bundle of Christmas cards to deliver, and we found Sheila and Kathryn making a Christmas tree in their garden using a length of copper pipe and strings of outdoor lights. I saw a photo of it later, all lit up, and it looked fantastic. The rain came on again as we approached home, so we were glad to get indoors for a warming cup of tea and one of Cat’s delicious cup cakes. 

Cat and I conspired to choose a film that we both fancied on Saturday evening; Holidate, a new romantic comedy. It started Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey as a couple who don’t want to feel pressured into having a proper date for holidays, so agree to be each other’s “holidate” as friends only. It was all very light-hearted and silly and it did have some genuinely funny moments. The plot didn’t bear close scrutiny and Ally’s hilarious sarcasm about it only added to the fun. James of course had fallen asleep within the first fifteen minutes! 

James and I also watched a six part mini series on HBO called “The Undoing” which has been much hyped recently. It starred Nicole Kidman who looked ethereally beautiful and Hugh Grant who looked rather old. The plot was very slow moving (which meant that Ally and Cat were able to easily catch up and watch the last couple of episodes with us) but it was quite a good story - although ultimately I found the denouement to be a bit disappointing. Donald Sutherland turned up as Nicole Kidman’s character’s father looking great at 85 years old, with amazing old man’s white eyebrows which were like birds’ wings. All good entertainment.