The kids made a fabulous gingerbread house which, if left to me, would have been very different! As all the pieces in the box were smashed, I would have put ice cream on it and eaten it as a mess!! but Paul.......stuck all the bits together with icing, reinforced it with sticks of licquorice, used wattle and daub, and held it all up with marshmallow towers, which (had I not been making bread sauce and mince pies from scratch) could have been very intimidating! It whiled away the whole afternoon on Christmas Eve and kept everyone entertained for hours- and the enjoyment continued as they ate it for dessert today.....
This morning Nigel put two 10 lb turkeys on the rotisserie (under the watchful eye of Jonathan and Lizzie) and delighted me with an empty oven for all the veg and trimmings. As it was 72F (21C) we had our smoked salmon and champagne outside by the pool.........
Gorgeous..!!
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Oh we`re so sorry for you! Here in Guisborough we had a sudden drop in temperature overnight on Christmas Eve, and we awoke to a magical thick blanket of snow everwhere. After taking the children sledging we warmed up with some jolly good mulled wine then in the evening Anne and I went skiing on the friendly farmers field by torchlight with all our neighbours. We sang carols on the way home and suddenly people started weeping and turning from their sins, revival broke out, Father Christmas arrived on his sleigh with extra presents of magical talking bibles for everyone!
Merry Christmas, we are going to hit the sales today - curry tonight!
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