Christmas 2025

[Tashyboy]

Me also yesterday. Had no time for this forum as I do all the cooking and all the washing up, by hand no dishwasher. Mrs V has a complete day-off. My 4th year doing this.
Two polo shirts from one B-i-L and 12 TM RBZ Speed balls from the other - along with much booze and scoffs.

But today, I get to do sweet Francesca Annis and golf tomorrow morning.

done Christmas Day dinner for as long as I can remember, a lot of prep Xmas eve. And busy busy yesterday. Lord know how many time the sink was refilled with fresh water. Apart from cooking dinner and fetching daughter then an hour later fetching parents. Me feet were on fire last night.
Got a message off SIL Late last night. “ how was the Turkey”. In between chasing round I forgot to put the oven on at 10.00. Missis T reminded me at 10.25. SIL found out off Missis T and told her. Why? We had crimbo dinner at her house 2 years ago and she completely forgot to put the oven on for 3 hours. So we had Christmas tea instead. She took great delight in reminding me. Loved the fact the grandkids wept popping in and helping me.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Future SIL prepared a marvellous spread for us and his family…lovely to have them all at ours. Now it’s my job to prepare the Turkey and Ham pie with the leftovers (enough to feed a five thousand). I have a high bar to reach.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

My ‘new’ music for Christmas 2025. New vinyl: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue; Franz Ferdinand - 1st (eponymous) album. Plus @£1 each from Sally Army Chesterfield: Stylistics - The Best of…; Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five (eponymous).

All just so good in their own very (very) different ways.

ETA..and my mrs has just told her pal that I’m getting a new amplifier for my Christmas. So it’s a done deal. New streaming amp with integrated phono pre-amp, plus new speakers and a new cartridge (think she may have forgotten about the speakers and cartridge - must remind her vs )