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\"advent25\"<\/a>I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. I could write volumes about mine, but that would probably bore you rigid, so I’ll just do my top hits and misses (in no particular order) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Top Ten Hits:<\/p>\n

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  1. 4 generations of family and friends (27 people) for Christmas Eve – noise, chaos, laughs, booze and enough food for an army, (contributed by members of all 4 generations).<\/li>\n
  2. Not having to drive home afterwards, so being able to drink lots of fizz.<\/li>\n
  3. \"image\"<\/a>The round of applause (and subsequent praise) for my salmon \ud83d\ude00 –><\/li>\n
  4. Family board games on Christmas Day and subsequently (and some outrageous cheating just to wind up DD)<\/li>\n
  5. Rare verbal, rather than written, conversations via that tellingbone\u00a0voice gadget thingy with my Eviller Twin<\/a>\u00a0and my Good Twin<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Receiving some lovely gifts, including hand-knitted socks from someone I’d never met before (made by her Mum)<\/li>\n
  7. Niece persuading me to have a birthday party next year<\/li>\n
  8. Nephews refusing to believe my age on aforementioned\u00a0birthday (and estimating more than a decade less) and so many lovely personal compliments on Christmas Eve \ud83d\ude00<\/li>\n
  9. \"IMG_1151\"<\/a>Finishing Dexter’s fleece coat in time. (He loves it )<\/li>\n
  10. Having turkey and all the trimmings on Christmas Day, for the first time in at least a decade, mainly because I couldn’t be bothered to make the planned \u00a0Beef Wellington on the day<\/li>\n
  11. Oh, and DS’ very cool socks (my sisters adhering to my Mum’s tradition of sock buying at Christmas) \ud83d\ude00<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Top Misses:<\/p>\n

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    1. Failing to finish knitting DS’ mitts in time and being a bit too pissed to care on Christmas Eve \ud83d\ude41<\/li>\n
    2. Not quite getting all the tidying done, so having to overcome my hangover on Christmas morning to do a bit more.<\/li>\n
    3. The Christmas tree lights (and the spare set) not working\u00a0and\u00a0the decorations being\u00a0virtually non-existent (see above) :\/<\/li>\n
    4. Standing outside in my PJs in the freezing cold at midnight on Christmas Day, trying to retrieve the dog, who decided to escape from the garden and go exploring<\/li>\n
    5. Discovering how snappy stress and hangovers make me \ud83d\ude41<\/li>\n
    6. Erm…I think that’s all<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Looks like, on balance, the hits far outweighed the misses, and there was food, booze, chocolate, fun and lots of lovely pressies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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