Christmas 2008

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Date: 31 December 2008 00:24:38

It has been quite different this year. We went to the in-laws for Christmas, which is a first for me (not my husband of course) in the past we have always been just after Christmas as close as boxing day but never actually Christmas day. We spent a lovely Christmas Eve with a group of people. Christmas day involved the usual sorts of things but had more of a holy focus than we would get with my parents.

It was lovely, very different and a lot more peaceful, my own family gatherings aren't huge but are generally not peaceful for a number of reasons. They continued this tradition without me but the days that we were there were also a lot calmer than usual.

We had a powercut one evening when we were with my parents, as this came before cooking and then lasted we went to the local village with such things to get fish and chips, we then had the dilemma of what to get as the fish and chip shops decided not to open. We decided on pizzas from a local restaraunt as my parents aren't really Chinese or Indian food type people. It was a really nice evening and, as my dad pointed out, it meant we all actually talked to each other (though he is the worst culprit of not chatting, the rest of us aren't bad at it). We even went for a walk the following day, I like it once I'm out it's just my laziness that means I don't go very often.

Once we returned home we collected two very cold cats from the cattery. Evie had been on the board as Eric for the duration, so I think she is developing identity issues, she is also sneezing but I don't think this is related to being called Eric.

All in all a good Christmas.