Re: Christmas Holidays
Three weeks in Portugal, Lisbon mostly, but also Alentejo & Algarve. I like Lisbon at xmastime (I like it anytime), nice seasonal feel, fab lights down the main avenue, tastefully decorated cafes, roast chestnuts in the street.Re: Christmas Holidays
It.ll be dinner for six, me, my husband, my son, my dad, my dog and my parrot!. Christmas dinner at home.Re: Christmas Holidays
The only reason I do Christmas is because I am with the grandchildren so I become the child again as we go out into the night on Christmas eve as we look for Santa and the reindeers . The excitement and the magic comes alive in their eyes. Then Christmas day I usually cook the dinner for daughter and family ( their kitchen , which is a blinking nightmare to work in) but I do it because I want a decent meal otherwise my daughter burns or overcooks the meat till its dry and turns the vegetables into watery mush . Her knifes are always blunt and searching for saucepans and things drive me blinking bonkers and I also need alcohol.to help me get through the hundreds of presants that fill the lounge as I wonder just how many hundreds of £ s have been spent this year . It takes a very long time to watch the girls open presant after presant then discard it for the next one . Usually I get a bottle of baileys which I drink as I smile remembering how my two children were lucky to get maybe 6 small wrapped gifts from father Christmas. But it is Christmas day and I want the girls to be happy and excited so I pour another glass of baileys as I peel the potatoes and season the meat humming Carols .Re: Christmas Holidays
I've told family and pals to ignore us this Christmas as my hubby is having a hip replacement next week and im not sure how he will recover (he has other health issues)
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