Christmas: the day after

Christmas Day - the day after

"Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house, Enid was stirring as quiet as a mouse.........

After a lovely few days over Christmas, I'm enjoying a strong coffee after a somewhat early night and an 8 hr sleep. I'm fresh and rejuvenated and have lovely memories of the loveliest Christmas. 

It's been a busy few days with an early start to buy the Christmas day food before work on Wednesday. Then it was a dash from work on Thursday to get my booster covid shot (hallelujah) and then on to the hairdresser. The next day was Christmas Eve where we had a Christmas lunch with friends which we started with a pre-lunch cocktail in our house before heading over to the club across the road. 

Christmas Day

Christmas Day started with a glass of champagne in hand while we opened presents with a cheesy Christmas movie playing in the background. We followed this by watching Casablanca for the first time - wow what a great movie. 

Christmas Dinner

Dinner on Christmas was a wonderful affair. Ciaran had selected a boned and rolled Turkey and Ham from James Whelan Butcher. The meat was stuffed but I made additional stuffing too (you can never have enough stuffing in my opinion!) and we had lots of sides including roast potatoes, cabbage, brussels sprouts, cheesy cauliflower along with a carrot & parsnip mash mix. Along with a bottle or red wine we had a very tranquil and quiet dinner. Music was played on Ciaran's new wireless speaker (Santa was good to him) and all in all it was just perfect. 

The aftermath...

And so after a Christmas dinner and a small pre-lunch cocktail with friends on Christmas Eve, here's the extent of the recycling. Can't say it's too bad - we were fairly restrained this year ;-) 

But there's still a few days of celebration left so watch this space!

And what's next on my agenda you ask.......well it is to enjoy some homemade pate (thanks Gerry!) on crackers with a glass of prosecco......well it is still Christmas after all!