This year it will be a simple affair, as shown in the picture attached. Jim and the kids will do all the work and I will mingle around all day, and end the night with a foot massage, back rub, a hot cup of tea, a pumpkin scone and a nice night of undisturbed sleep in a new pair of warm Christmas flannel PJ’s
My mother in law is an excellent judge of character. She chose my father in law - a warm, caring man who is so great with his grandchildren; she chose me to marry her son - and we all know he got the better end of that bargain (just kidding!!); and she has befriended an almond grower who sends her a beautiful selection of Blue Diamond almonds for Christmas. This year, his very generous gift arrived during one of our December visits, and she turned over to us a container of these Blue Diamond Natural Oven Roasted Almonds. Oh my goodness. I am so in love.
Another year, another party. I made some old, familiar mistakes this year - plus a bunch of new ones! But I think overall, our crowd of around 60 people seemed to enjoy themselves. No one was any wiser for the things I forgot or ran out of time to do. As usual, we have our list of must do’s and don’t do’s, and I’ll share the list with you.
So, growing up, it seemed to me the men-folk were the ones who did all the fancy ‘lectrical stuff around Christmas time. It was the strong, handsome men hanging lights in the windows and stringing the Christmas tree.
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