With Alicia feeling unnecessarily guilty for taking me away from the family for the festive period, she had done her very best to provide me with a home from home Christmas day and apart from the lack of freezing temperatures and snow, I must say she did a splendid job!
With Christmas day excitement stirring, we awoke early and exchanged gifts with each other and her parents. For a now 30 year old expecting socks and handkerchiefs at best, I think I came off quite well being gifted with two shirts, a pen and a trendy cap to keep the sun off. We then chowed down on an all inclusive fry up including beef bacon, chicken sausage, beans , scrambled eggs and toast and then retired for the "traditional" English Christmas Day post breakfast nap (this isnt really a tradition in our family but it was a suitable excuse for an extra hours shut eye!).....
Around 2pm we all made our way to Sian's Mum's house, 5 mins down the road, for more present exchanging and pre-dinner drinks. The feast was presented to us an hour later and we enjoyed a full Christmas lunch of chicken, lamb , divine roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings and veg complete with crackers inclusive of cheesy jokes and low quality toys closely followed by a 4 layer chocolate cake, apple crumble and mince pies....I entertained our guests with a few games that lost their appeal in my household many many years ago, and then we retired home to slump in to a food induced coma!!!
All in all a perfectly English Christmas day, well done everyone involved in and responsible for preparations!!!
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