Well, here we are, nearly at Christmas! I absolutely love Christmas time. I love the lights, the glitter, the magic, the sparkle and everything! I love the snow too (so long as we don’t have to drive anywhere in it!) We have had a bit of snow here this year, but not enough to get the sledges out unfortunately! But seeing the snow falling was brilliant! The kids have broken up from school (yay!) the presents and food are just about sorted, just a few last minute bits to do, so it feels like it can really begin now! The girls are all incredibly excited, it’s funny, when you’re a child, you spend so long looking forward to something that is all over in a flash! Abbie can barely wait, she is so excited!! But give it a couple of days and that’ll be it for this year, and it’ll be another whole year to go.
The down side of Christmas though is all the extra cooking, cleaning, sorting, shopping and preparation that go into the all important couple of days!! Then, you wonder, as you try desperately to get the door shut on the ‘over full’ fridge, whether all this extra food is really necessary? It’s not as though we are going into hibernation for the winter, although, quite probably, we have enough food to last us until about March.
Then there’s the ‘half a toy shop’ worth of toys that will appear under the tree for four very lucky little girls. I have tried to have a bit of a pre-Christmas clear out in anticipation of the onslaught of new stuff, but I’m still not sure where they’re going to put it all. I have no doubt, that come Christmas day, we will be in danger of drowning in a sea of festive patterned wrapping paper!!
Next is the cooking of the turkey........ Delia? Jamie? Or Nigella? Oh the decisions! Whichever we choose, a good few hours of preparing, cooking and cleaning up is still ahead! All for a meal that is over in a matter of hours!
The down side of Christmas though is all the extra cooking, cleaning, sorting, shopping and preparation that go into the all important couple of days!! Then, you wonder, as you try desperately to get the door shut on the ‘over full’ fridge, whether all this extra food is really necessary? It’s not as though we are going into hibernation for the winter, although, quite probably, we have enough food to last us until about March.
Then there’s the ‘half a toy shop’ worth of toys that will appear under the tree for four very lucky little girls. I have tried to have a bit of a pre-Christmas clear out in anticipation of the onslaught of new stuff, but I’m still not sure where they’re going to put it all. I have no doubt, that come Christmas day, we will be in danger of drowning in a sea of festive patterned wrapping paper!!
Next is the cooking of the turkey........ Delia? Jamie? Or Nigella? Oh the decisions! Whichever we choose, a good few hours of preparing, cooking and cleaning up is still ahead! All for a meal that is over in a matter of hours!
I can already feel the over-indulgence kicking in, better loosen that belt a bit and start my diet with vigour in the New Year!!
I hope that you all have a really wonderful and magical Christmas...I hope Father Christmas brings you all you want and that whatever you get up to, you have a brilliant time!!
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