Same to you!! Keep those pics of Grim coming and have fun!
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Sunny &Bright here too. Enjoy! I’m going out to build a fire as well. I think we are going to bake some sweet potatoes & roast more chestnuts tonight.
Sunshine? What's that!
Happy Christmas Eve everyone. I was up bright and early to collect our Christmas turkey from the butcher and have spent the rest of the morning doing preparations for tomorrow.
Daughter baked a Chocolate Log
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and I baked a Stilton, port, cranberry and apple filo pie. This is a recipe I found at least 25 years ago and we have it every Christmas Eve with jacket potatoes and salad.
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JoesDad has collected his parents as they’re with us for the next two nights.
This evening we head to the nearby village of Hadlow, where we used to live, to join the village singing Christmas Carols in the village square accompanied by a brass band
@Yvonne G my card from you arrived yesterdayThank you to everyone who has sent me a card. They’re lovely!
Have a good Christmas everyone however you choose to spend this period!
It’s a beautiful fare that y’all have made. merry Christmas!
It’s so rare lately that the things powered by solar panels are struggling!!!! I’m lucky that I still have my daughter here to send into town for things i’ve Forgotten...I won’t be getting out either! Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you and your wife Doug!
So many people have to work through the festive season and they get forgotten. My daughter’s flatmate is a paramedic and has to work throughout Christmas. Daughter is with us and her flatmate’s Mum Is staying in their flat so the flatmate doesn’t spend Christmas alone
That’s good to hear. Have a good Christmas Heather x
Merry Christmas to all my CDR roommates. You are the best all over the world !
Sabine
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tinny reindeer.
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!
"Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid! on, on Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of Toys, and St Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.
A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler, just opening his pack.
His eyes-how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly!
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself!
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk.
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"
Twas the Night before Christmas Story
A Free Short Christmas Story
Sabine
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tinny reindeer.
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!
"Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid! on, on Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of Toys, and St Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.
A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler, just opening his pack.
His eyes-how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly!
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself!
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk.
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"
Twas the Night before Christmas Story
A Free Short Christmas Story
We have a nice bottle of red wine to accompany it. Have a great Christmas Mark
Happy Christmas to you and your family Brandy
We have a nice bottle of red wine to accompany it. Have a great Christmas Mark
And to you & your family - Happy Christmas & Boxing Day ! Now, how”s the figgy puddin coming along?
Merry Christmas to you and Keri too. My hope is I can go out tomorrow morning and get some distilled water for Saphire's humidifier...and everyone else stays home. My Christmas will be a lot merrier without having to face all the crazy drivers out there.
Merry Christmas. It's supposed to be even warmer tomorrow around here also. Baked fresh sweet potatoes with just butter sounds wonderful. I'll put that on my shopping list for tomorrow. Since all the nuts will be roasting at home it'll be a quick trip.
Merry Christmas, roommates! Don't forget to wear some cool shades -- the tree out of stacked hedgehogs and jellyfish glows very brightly tonight.
Oh, mince pie, anyone? (Recipe suggested by @JoesMum
)
Pictures tomorrow when we light the flame
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Merry Christmas, roommates! Don't forget to wear some cool shades -- the tree out of stacked hedgehogs and jellyfish glows very brightly tonight.
Oh, mince pie, anyone? (Recipe suggested by @JoesMum
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Merry Christmas Lena
And I know this picture is a little poignant, because Joe is no longer with us, but it’s a favourite and makes me smile
Merry Christmas CDR Roomies
Merry Christmas CDR Roomies
The same to u. I only have 1 family Christmas goody bag to get out of my home forever and ever. I can't wait....Merry
Merry Christmas Cathie
