Day 349: Happy Christmas

We have had a very nice Christmas day. We were at church again with Nan where Exile #3 had a starring moment when she was the only volunteer to unwrap a 'present' - the last candle for the Advent-crown and then light the five candles. We also saw one of Exile #2's old friends now a once in a couple of Christmas services acquaintance.

All those present including E5N1 enjoyed Christmas dinner, although he bowed out before pudding - no-one else did. We missed Exile #2's sister-in-law who died unexpectedly this year. It is the first time that I have been somewhere where I would have expected to see her and I miss her moral-support as an outsider.

We unwrapped presents after lunch - as you can see Exile #3 has some new cold-weather clothing (ear-muffs included). Exile #4 has some cards to burn during the winter to keep herself warm (just joking of course - they won't give off enough heat to keep her warm). Of course each gift is potentially the straw that breaks the back of our transatlantic luggage so we may need some creative thinking on how to manage transportation on the way back.