Christmas 2005

We like Christmas so much that we have two of them.  The first usually takes place on the last weekend before Christmas.  This is where we tend to get family and friends who live in England and have Christmas family commitments, spend a pseudo Christmas day with us. The second takes place on Christmas day and usually involve the family who live within Ireland.   Both follow similar patterns although the Christmas stockings are only filled on Christmas morning.  This page will deal with the Pseudo Christmas and the next page concentrates on the "real" Christmas Day.

Pseudo Christmas

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This year our pseudo Christmas guests were Robin and Angela, and Derek, plus Imelda, Sorcha, Pearl and myself.  Our guests arrived during the weekend of the 18th December  We had a Christmas meal of turkey, potatoes and vegetables, followed by Christmas pudding and choice of topping.  All washed down with copious amounts of wine and soft drinks.  The wearing of silly hats was voluntary, as was the pulling of crackers and the announcement of the jokes within them. We finished with a mug of coffee and After Eight mints.  

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We then retired to the lounge where we unwrapped some Christmas tree presents (jokey presents based on bad taste). Derek loved his French waiter's uniform. While I got a book entitled "Everything you can say to women without offending them" (it contained blank pages).   Finally, we showed some old videos of our guests at various functions between the previous ten to fifteen years. Our guests stayed for another couple of days, enjoying the country life before catching a plane back to to England.

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