xmas 08

we went to the supermarket for a french stick at lunchtime yesterday.  big mistake.  very busy

so, yesterday morning, the girls and i went to cut down a tree at the local tree chopping place. it was twice as expensive to chop a tree down than to chop your own, but it’s a tradition now so we have to go through with it

unfortunately the stock of trees seems to be reducing each year so it took us quite a while to find one we wanted.  we also did more checking for dead branches after last year’s ‘dead stick’ look.

here’s kezia at work with the saw

eventually the beast was felled

and then it was back home to get it decorated before it had realised it had even been dug up.

and this year, just to prove we’re especially holy, we’ve got three angels (that’s a triangle)

classic british christmas lights display.

i’ve no idea what this was about, but it was at the back of our church on sunday

my secret santa present arrived at work this morning

it was well wrapped in a jiffy bag then countless (err 2) layers of bubble wrap

so at 6am this morning i was in a dark office on my own on the outskirts of london opening a suspicious package from an unknown stranger (i know plenty of strangers, but this was an unknown one)

first thing i came to was this lovely red reusable guerilla carrier bag

i unravelled it a bit and there was something inside

so i reached inside and there were two more bubble wrapped items

inside the bubble wrap was tissue paper

and finally, the contents were revealed

two fantastic and lovely egg cups

so hoorah.  a real success from mr or mrs tweetcret santa

you can view photos of other tweetcret santa gifts on the flickr pool here

a hideous santa light stuck on a wall

little bit of decoration that was on the floor at work

click to admire the novelties

with windows big enough to get a hoof behind

jane spotted this nativity in a shop window.  the cow looked very angry, but it’s only once i got home and looked at the photo that i realised the wise men look a bit bonkers too

it looks even better seen in it’s wider context with the santa and buddha

(note the drunk snowman in the background)

sleton quick bite

i had my first christmas lunch yesterday. 

and the lights are up and on in london.

so let me be the first to wish you happy christmas