Gracie’s Life Experiment

It’s Christmas Day!  It was the usual mayhem of my parent’s Christmas Day.  Woke up and helped to get the turkey in the oven (why turkey again!!).  Washed and got ready to go out.  Went to the local church.  It had an interesting talk (well it was brief as the kids were all there too) about the amount of rubbish that gets thrown away at Christmas and how Jesus shouldn’t get swept into the bin with all the wrapping paper after Christmas itself.  Smattering of the usual carols and a beautiful duet the Angels Carol by Rutter.

Rushed home to do rest of the lunch (I was in charge of the 2 ovens).  Sister in everyone’s face with the video camera – told her she was going into an oven if she didn’t stop!!  Total preparation time (4 pairs of hands) and about 6 hrs.  Total demolishing time about 1 hr.  But everything turned out good and there weren’t too many leftovers (although I’m afraid that everyone ate to excess which is a bit disgusting).

Opened presents once we could move again.  Nice selection of goodies again this year (including about 20 bottles of wine).  Hubby was very happy!  Got Mario and Sonic at the Olympics and The Simpsons games for Wii.  Had all the relatives young and old all playing Olympics.  Most of the oldies were in the dining room playing Rummikub – seems to be a bit of a resurgence in popularity.  18 relatives altogether.

Helped my mum to dry up while she washed.  Hubby loaded dishwasher.  Went to bed, knackered.

Summary of the day:  Church, Eating, Playing!