Getting into the Christmas swing of things, the December scavenger hunt is bigger, better and festively themed.
Kathy has set us the challenge of an A-Z of Christmas. Well, here is my attempt. Slightly early, because I am now busy/away until the end of December, but it's here!
A is for...alcohol
Um, I don't know why we have seven bottles of Prosecco for two people...
B is for...beaded baubles!
Made by my own fair hands. This is the tasteful layer of the tree. It's a wonderfully colourful mess lower down.
C is for...cards
Woop, it's Beard-f
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D is for...decorations
What, you
don't decorate your stairs? For shame people, for shame.
E is for...earrings
A small but rather nice collection methinks.
F is for...film
We shall be watching Cary Grant on Christmas Eve. Heaven.
G is for...Gaudete
My joint favourite Christmas carol, along with the Coventry Carol.
H is for...homemade goodies
Bloody Florentines. When I was making this batch I ran out of flaked almonds and spent over an hour finely chopping blanched almonds...then I found another bag of flaked almonds. D'oh! Apparently they taste good though, so that's the important thing.
I is for...Irregular Choice
My most festive pair. Aren't they beautiful?
J is for...jingle bells
Arm-warmers knitted by my friend Sharon, complete with jingle bells.
K is for...kitsch decorations
It's Spot the Dog. Nuff said.
L is for...Liverpool style decorations
Well hello there festively wrapped Superlambanana, and a Merry Christmas to you (and to my Auntie Diane)
M is for...my small festive treat to myself
I like to read something nice in bed on Christmas Eve. I like Rob Ryan. Perfect combo.
N is for...nativity.
A tiny, tiny one!
O is for...Oscar
He is everso fond of the curly ribbon.
P is for...(new) pj's
Thank you H&M for having them on sale in mid December.
Q is for...the Queen's Speech
I have no idea if we'll actually be watching it this year or not.
R is for...Rockin' Robin.
He's older than I am.
S is for...Secret Santa
I have been extremely good and resisted the temptation to open my presents from the lovely
Curtise, courtesy of the
FHC Christmas swap. I don't think you can quite see it in the photo but next to it is another present courtesy of the Secret Santa that
Char organised there too. I shall report back on what they contain!
T is for..tv
It's one of the traditions: sitting down with the bumper edition of the Radio Times and a pen and marking off everything you want to watch/record.
U is for...a uniformed toy soldier on the tree
He's got moving arms and legs and everything.
V is for...visiting pals
I love my girls but we're all a bit scattered now, so we don't meet up as often as we'd like. I've seen them all over the past week though - hurrah! I got to hold Baby Jack too. Can you see the terror in my (weirdly squinty) eyes? He is absolutely adorable but I just don't know what to do with babies.
W is for...wrapping
I did it all in one night. Bish bash bosh.
(um, this is where it gets rather far fetched...)
X is for...you lot being eXtremely disappointed if I don't feature some odd socks
Christmassy ones, natch.
Y is for...yoghurt.
Oh what else was I supposed to do? Dairy-free house - we don't have Yule logs and suchlike! I put some curly ribbon on it...
Z is for...Zen-like calm
There is nothing better than sitting in the peace and quiet with a cup of coffee (star jumping cat mug optional) and just the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree to keep you company.
Here's wishing you all a very merry Christmas.
Really must get round to ebaying these shoes as they're far too big. Anyone a size 7?
