Zorac (zorac) wrote,
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It's a Wonderful Life

Well, that's Christmas day over for another year. We all got up rather late, so after breakfast it was all hands to panic stations to sort out the turkey in my clearly under-equipped kitchen: No string to truss it? Try some cotton from a sewing kit! No skewer to keep the flap over the stuffing in place? Matches (decapitated, of course)! By the time that was sorted, it was time to retrieve presents from beneath my hobbit-sized Christmas tree. A good selection of loot - various eatables and drinkables, some kitchen equipment, a magnetic sculpture, a complete set of Hitchhikers' books, an umbrella and a photo of the original Star Wars cast looking hilariously posed.

We then did some improv jazz carols before the final stage of Kitchen Chaos and sitting down to our traditional Christmas dinner - turkey, sausage, bacon, roast potatoes and parsnips, carrots and broccoli with plenty of gravy and cranberries, followed (after a significant pause) by Mum's home-made Christmas pud and lashings of rum butter. A few 'phone calls to the rest of the family and it was time to veg out in front of the telly for a bit of Frank Capra - how much more Christmas can you get?

After the film, we had a game of Cluedo (Mrs. White in the Dining Room with the Rope, for those who care), before getting our second wind with some turkey and cranberry rolls, more drinks and a bit of Gilbert, Sullivan and Leigh. Oh, and some Christmas Cake - a few problems there, as Mum was unable to get hold of any ordinary marzipan in France, so that on our cake is ... pink ...
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jiggery_pokery

December 26 2002, 16:09:35 UTC 18 years ago

I saw It's A Wonderful Life one year. Couldn't stand it. From all I've heard, this probably suggests that there's something wrong with me.

Oh dear.