Christmas Morning

[ailbhe]

Well, I think I woke at about 9:30 am, which wasn't too bad considering we'd been up until after 3. Rob made tea, and I went downstairs and sat on Niamh's bed in the dining room waiting to wake up. We put the turkey in the oven and turned the oven on. Rob went and looked at the stockings laid out in the library, but didn't open anything (good boy!). Niamh had woken up twice in the night feeling sick with excitement!

Janice came downstairs and we all had some tea and woke up a bit more. Then we trooped into the library. My stocking was laid out on the wing chair, Rob's and Janice's were on the two folding armchairs, and the Mustard's was on his scratching post.

The stockings were really good. There was enough stuff that everyone had some presents piled up outside the stocking. Everyone got socks, and I got knickers. There were little cars, and plastic diggers, and diaries, and chocolate and toffee and sweets. Everyone got a Terry's Chocolate Orange. I got a Fiona Apple CD! or maybe it was the soundtrack to 10 Things I Hate About You that was in my stocking, and the Fiona Apple one was under the tree. I can't remember what everyone else got, but it was all good.

We had breakfast then - Kellogg's Variety Pack, as is traditional in our family. Believe it or not, some people will eat Corn Puffs, or whatever they're called.

Um, after that we cooked - carrots and parsnips, mashed potato, roast potato, baked ham, stuffing, gravy, breadsauce, the aforementioned turkey, brussels sprouts, mixed frozen veg. . . sherry trifle (sponge, raspberry jam, fruit cocktail, sherry, custard, whipped cream, glace cherries to garnish) and steamed pudding.

Then we laid the table beautifully again, with crackers and so on.