Finally it was Sunday the 19th and our mulled wine & mince pies party was upon us. Unfortunately it snowed rather heavily in the morning so a couple of friends didn't make it and a few others were on christmas holidays somewhere hot and sunny but apart from that I think it was a resounding success.
There was only a couple of drivers in amongst all the guests so lots of wine was consumed and I think a happy time was had by all. We still have some mince pies left over which we are enjoying on a daily basis and I am already looking forward to doing it all again next Christmas - so keep the last Sunday before Christmas free if you want to come and do it all over again!

Mum & Dad arrived on Christmas Eve and we had a delicious Fish pie for dinner with a few cheeky glasses of wine - not too much though as there is nothing worse than a hangover on Christmas Day (I speak from experience - once and once only!) All too soon (Lily woke up at around 5am) Christmas Day was here and we managed to delay the opening of the stockings until around 6am when I admitted defeat and got up to put the heating on. After viewing what Santa had brought for Tom & Lily, Nick went down and made a pot of tea before we retired back to bed to open our stockings.
We could delay the inevitable no longer and had to get up, so after a starter breakfast it was through to the lounge around 8am to start with the presents under the tree. I needed a break by quarter to nine so we stopped for bacon butties and coffee before finishing off later in the morning when I then required some toast!
We sat down to our Christmas lunch at about 2pm and I have to say it was quite, quite delicious. We all managed to overeat and then we relaxed for the rest of the day. I ate so much at lunch that I didn't actually eat anything else except for a small piece of cheese later on in the evening to accompany a glass of wine and then it was bedtime.
We went for a nice walk along the beach yesterday and some friends popped in for coffee and a chat today and apart from that it's been very quiet and I am getting a bit agitated now and am looking forward to the return to school and work and all that that means;)