December Scavenger Hunt

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-fàçê Santa.


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.