This year Christmas has been a somewhat strange and difficult time for me but it has also been delightful, as strange and difficult things often turn out to be. I missed the children a bundle when they left half-way through to go to their father’s but then I admit I haven’t missed dealing with over-tired children on Boxing Day. Christmas has been more organic this year, more spontaneous – friends folded in with family across the events and small nice things happened unexpectedly.
I took a punt on things this Christmas, including recipes, and it all turned out a success.
Cormac and his baby cousin with the cat.
Cormac being taught to play Gainsbourg by a French friend.
The Dark by Lemony Snicket.
Christmas Eve game of monopoly.
Pre-Christmas dinner party with friends at my house.
Christmas breakfast.
Making Old Cubans on Christmas night. Man, I make a good cocktail, you can give me that.
(Christmas photo-blogging in previous years: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here).
How do you know so many effortlessly stylish people? Why hasn’t any of it ever rubbed off on me?
Glad to hear you survived. Sort of hope that the kids were a bit extra tired but that would be bad of me. xx
I love THE DARK by Lemony Snicket, and am glad you featured it.