Knitted for the cold by Nanny. Family demonstration time - Christmas morning
Christmas is never the same without a hearty chorus of "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
Carving the turkey for lunch - all hands to the pump!
Final preparations before take off - Christmas lunch with Sarah's family
Sarah presented the family with a selection of Australian wines to enjoy over lunch. Much appreciated and completely consumed. Waste not want not.
Bread sauce a la "Liz" specially created by Gillian to be served with the turkey which was stuffed with sausage stuffing, roast potatoes, glazed pumpkin, Swedish red cabbage and everyone's favourite Brussel Sprouts (actually Sarah does like but only when grown in the UK)
Time to create some extra warmth (not that we needed it) by setting the pudding alight
Served with brandy butter (homemade by Heather) and cream. Talk about that sinking feeling. Absolutely delicious but with a nagging feeling that many weeks of exercise would need to be undertaken to eliminate its effects.
Lego activity post lunch for B&H
After a long day of excessive eating, present giving and opening and a 3 team event for the board game Articulate the younger members of the family started to flag
We all however put on our coats and went out for a long walk around the village to work off some of the copious quantities of calories that we had consumed throughout the day. We then returned and were force fed chocolates.
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