HAPPY HAPPY CHRISTMAS !!!

 Well the Christmas season is well and truly here ...

we have family staying and plan on spending Christmas day like our early Christmas last year, on the deck with lots of good food and wine, I plan on making my baked cranberry chicken (so yummy and very pretty too) and my father-in-law has arrived with lots of amazing looking vegetables from his garden including some purple carrots (can't wait to try them) .... and there will be a big bread and butter pudding made with Bourke St  prune and almond bread and a flourless chocolate cake for dessert .... I think there will be some very happy tummies ....

It will be so lovely being home this year, no packing or driving long distances ....

I like spending the holidays at home.

Thanks so much for reading this blog and all your lovely comments throughout the year ....

Hope you have a wonderful and safe Christmas 

XXX 

pic via here

SCARY SANTA

When I was a kid I loved seeing Santa and sitting on his lap but that's not the case for every child .....

.... nice to see he can still make some boys happy !!!

photos found here

Christmas Gift Pictures

ALL WRAPPED UP

This year I thought I would try not to buy extra wrapping paper and instead use up some old rolls of white and brown paper I already had .... and I used some string for ties (already had that too) ...

.... that flash of red Christmas paper is a gift that was wrapped in the shop, nice to see a touch of Christmas wrapping .... a nice mix I think,

now they just have to be put under the tree ....

with this little guy, you know the verse "Not a creature was stirring ....."

Next comes the fun part !!!

ANOTHER CHRISTMAS DINNER

Last week it was an early Christmas celebration with my dad, last night it was Christmas dinner with my mum, her husband and a lovely old family friend .....  and tomorrow we leave to visit my husbands family on the South Coast for a few days and celebrate Christmas with them. 

It's kind of fun having lots of gatherings and not trying to fit everyone in on that one day .... really it is the Christmas "Season" .... we still haven't caught up with some of our special friends but sometimes it's nice to do that after Christmas Day instead of that busy pre-Christmas time (and there's always New Year)

So last night it was dinner on the deck, lots of great food and lots of laughs ..... (especially with that whooppie cushion !!!)

Dinner is served .... 

This is my beautiful mum (I did this post on her a while back) and our dog Elvis, he adores her too ....

.... and this is my husband, thanks to his Sunday fishing trip we got to eat some very fresh fish for dinner .... he's a good "hunter gatherer" !!!

My lovely Meg ....

.... and this is our great family friend Tiwi, he always spends Christmas with our family .... I just had to get him a bit early this year.

 A kiss for the cook .... that's me !!!!

 We went well into the night .... 

 I love using these jam jars for candle holders ....

 and Mr Scotty dog works very well .... I love him !!!

A very, very lovely night, 

the only person missing was our son Barney who is having Christmas and New Year in Bali,  It will be my first Christmas without him ... but he assures me he is having the best time !!!

So that's all for my Christmas posts ....

here's wishing you all a very happy festive season ... 

ENJOY !!!

XXX