Christmas 2014
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Teresa always prepares
early for Christmas, with most of the presents and food supplies bought or
ordered long before the event.
However, the first visible signs don’t appear until nearer the time. The tree, for example, was bought on Friday
12 and brought into the house and decorated the following week. Early signs around the house, from left to
right below, were the camel guarding the stairs, the advent calendar and
crackers on the desk and a crib scene in the hall. |
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Roger had a symbolic contribution on top of his
bookcase ► |
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The scene was now set
for our Christmas Eve meal – steak en croûte for Roger and Teresa, duck for
the girls
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Helen and Jay in their
reindeer disguises
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There
was a preliminary drink of sparkling rosé for Helen and mulled red for Roger
and Teresa, while we listened to the service of carols from King’s on the
television The table is prepared ► |
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◄ Helen waits to begin Teresa with her dessert ► |
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An innovation this year was this spectacular indoor
firework |
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And so to Christmas Day, which featured the traditional Christmas lunch of roast turkey and all the trimmings |
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◄ A pre-meal drink – champagne this year
thanks to a very competitive price at Tesco |
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◄ Roger serves himself … … as does Jay ► |
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The indoor fireworks
made a further appearance before the special chocolate dessert for Roger and
the girls, and Christmas pudding for Teresa It was then into the
sitting room for the presents |
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Roger delighted with a
tub of liquorice allsorts … |
… and a new
state-of-the-art weather station |
Roger has a ruler from
the Oxford Castle |
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Helen in a new shower
hat |
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◄ Helen models a jerkin knitted by Teresa
(note the cable stitching on the front!) … … and a new woolly hat, all the way from Enstone ► |
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And so, after a long
afternoon and some favourite party games, to bed |
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