I am curled up on the sofa. It's been a lovely relaxing Christmas this year. Yesterday we woke to a winter wonderland. The stockings were opened while we had our first coffee of the day. Small jokey types of gifts go in the stockings each year. Then it's downstairs, lights on the tree, roaring fire and onto opening all the gifts under the tree.
We almost lost Lucy under the discarded gift wrap!
She of course had lots of her own gifts to play with. But liked the ribbon that decorated them more!
Then with the turkey in the oven we went for a pre-lunch walk. Time to try out my surprise Christmas pressie from hubby-new walking boots!
(I will show you the photo's from our Christmas day walk tomorrow).
Back home you can just spy another Christmas pressie off Hubby above (I hinted heavily!) a Cath Kidston three tier cake stand!
The light was fading as we sat down to eat. It was worth waiting for. The chutney my sister-in-law made was perfect with the turkey.
We did not have any dessert and just opted for an espresso coffee and some after eight mints. Feet up and a bit of television-perfect!
Today my family came over for lunch. 
We ate and drank then we relaxed before they braved the snow and ice and set off for the hour long drive home.
They broke down half way there and have just phoned to say the tow truck had just arrived to tow them the rest of the way!
The light was fading as we sat down to eat. It was worth waiting for. The chutney my sister-in-law made was perfect with the turkey.We did not have any dessert and just opted for an espresso coffee and some after eight mints. Feet up and a bit of television-perfect!Today my family came over for lunch. The table set again but I didn't do turkey. I made a beef and vegetable pie. I made it Christmassy though by putting pastry holly leaves and berries on it!
We ate and drank then we relaxed before they braved the snow and ice and set off for the hour long drive home. They broke down half way there and have just phoned to say the tow truck had just arrived to tow them the rest of the way!We are just tucking into a turkey sandwich!
How I wish we'd had snow ! but the sun did shine for Christmas day .
ReplyDeleteI had new boots too !
All the food looks yummy. There was a recipe for a Cottage pie in the December issue of British Country Living I'd love to try... the recipe to yours would be great too.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it funny about cats, they're like children they prefer the box better than the contents and the string or in Lucy's case the ribbon more than the gift itself.
Susan
Hi Lyn,
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a lovely time, including Miss Lucy! The pie looked scrummy but what a shame your family broke down. Here's to a great New Year.
Hen xxx
Sounds like a delicious Christmas, ie lots and lots of food, presents and snow. Actually I've just about had enough of the latter, Boxing night and its still coming down.
ReplyDeleteYour Christmas looked perfect... Hope the family have now got home safe. xxxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteSounds like a couple of lovely days. Hope the family is well. Nice to visit.
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Your home looks so cosy and festive - glad you had such a relaxing time and managed to fit in a lovely walk in the snow as well!
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what is it about cats and Christmas paper - our Moffat who is 13 was picking it up and throwing it around and chasing it like akitten!! glad you had a good time - love the cake stand - did he actually go to the shop or buy it on line?!
ReplyDeleteit looks like a delightful christmas you all had! i sure wish i had some of that chutney. it looks and sounds yummy. loving how lucy liked the ribbon more than the toys. our puppies are in love with brown paper bags and the cardboard paper towel rolls.
ReplyDeletelooking forward to seeing your wintery walk photos!
A bit late but I hope you had a wonderful Merry Christmas and you are still enjoying the season! Happy New Year too - been a bit lax with the blogging as I relax myself but hope to be back on it in the New Year! take care xxx
ReplyDeleteYour table and home look lovely and I'm so glad you had a good day, and that Lucy enjoyed herself! Newton is very poorly and is supposed to be resting and not playing with anything at all, but that's not stopping him rolling around trying to play with the tablecloth! xx
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping in to my blog. Your home looks very festive - glad you had a good Christmas and that your family got home safely in the end. They must have been so cold waiting for the tow truck. We had a male cat with similar markings to Lucy many years ago - she is so beautiful. We now have a black cat called Hamlet who is 17 - he is very spoilt because I think he is in pain sometimes. He is quite stiff some days and not nearly as agile as he used to be.
ReplyDeleteHow festive and fun! Thank you for sharing all these great photos. May your holiday season continue on a bit longer, Lyn! xoxoxoxo
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