The snow outside is bidding a hasty retreat, much like Christmas 2010. It was fun while it lasted, but now it's gone and we have new things to look forward to. Hopefully, unlike the big thaw being experienced here, the post-Christmas period won't be as destructive. Apparently the rapid change in temperature created massive numbers of burst pipes and large swaths of Northern Ireland have been without water for the past week.
I was about to say that our Christmas was quiet, but it surely didn't start out that way. We went to our good friends, Erin and Todd, for a Christmas Eve fondue. Cheese, oil, broth and chocolate - the works. It was delicious and really good fun. The lively discussions over the fondue pots quickly subsided as our bellies filled and I was kind of glad we had the walk home to wake us up a little.
Christmas morning was what Christmas morning should be - breakfast and presents. Santa treated us both quite well. My themes were books (a couple more Churchills and the last book in Edmund Morris's brilliant Theodore Roosevelt biography) and puzzles, with some colorful socks thrown in. I also received a digital camcorder, so expect to see some more videos up on the blog in 2011. Fiona also had some books and several Wii and DS games, including the latest Professor Layton. Santa apparently also stopped by Tiffany, having heard that Fiona had been extra good this year. The rest of Christmas day was quite relaxed, a nap followed by fun in the kitchen preparing perhaps our best turkey ever. That poor bird put up a good fight, shedding perhaps only a couple of her 12 pounds on Christmas day, but has now been incorporated into a delicious turkey and leek pie.
Boxing Day and the next two days were spent enjoying the time together. Games were played. Darts were watched (Barney, Simon Whitlock and Phil (of course) are all looking good). Cricket was followed (England retain the Ashes). We contemplated the necessity of new car and balanced it against a possible warm weather February vacation. We paid our Christmas bills. All is well.
We hope you had a great holiday season as well.
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