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A bit of a late night last night and perhaps just one rum more than was perhaps advisable left me feeling a little groggy this morning, but a cup of tea followed by a walk in the woods where the icy wind and brilliant sunshine perked me up a little. The late night was down to watching the inspirational, moving and highly amusing Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People. I think that this could become another annual tradition!



Back home with the turkey underway (all thanks to the advice of the blessed Saint Delia) and it was time for presents - guess who got to open his first.



As usual, everybody got everything that they wanted - a Magic Mouse and some moleskine notebooks for Jan, Assassin's Creed II and some new trendy t-shirts and hats for Jamie, tops and a Joan Baez DVD for Alicia and books, an iphone dock alarm and a new Zelda game for me. Hurrah!

Lunch was the traditional monster affair with turkey, sprouts, potatoes mashed and roasted, parsnips, carrots, bread sauce, cranberry sauce and gravy. Not surprisingly I was too full for any pudding and needed another walk to wake up again.

Doctor Who is recording, so we'll be watching that later. I hope everybody else is having as much fun as we are!