Today was the first Christmas day when I haven't had a younger sibling aged 6 or less in the house, and consequentially I didn't get out of bed until 10am.

A mince pie for Santa, a carrot for Rudolf

Santa had managed to find me despite me being 10,000km from home right now, and among the edible goodies in my stocking was a cool snowman chocolate mold, to help me with my Christmas cooking next year. Jo has a simple recipe for a fruity jelly thing that I'll be testing (tasting?) out in the months to come :-)

   

My New Hat

Peter gave me a nice warm hat, which is going to come in very handy in Ireland next week. I'm really hoping for snow there. He also showed his ingenuity by wrapping this crazy shape without the use of sellotape, and it held together very well.

   I saw a little bit of the Queen's message, but frankly it bored me. I've watch a fair bit of telly and eaten plenty of turkey. After lunch I was completely stuffed and I couldn't eat another thing but Peter that shocked us all by taking another helping and finishing everything on his plate. Dinner is on the way now, and I think I finally have room for more.