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Dec. 29th, 2005
And horay! That should be the end of the christmas music in the shops (humbug).
A rundown of presents:
A Shiny Palm TX.
Age of Empires III.
Neverwinter Nights.
Diary of a Nobody. My brother got this as well. Seems my mum thinks everybody should read it. My mum got it as well. My dad thought my mum should also have a copy if it's that good.
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks.
A USB cup warmer.
Chocolate
A card game - Skallywags.
Game was fun. Had to make sailors out of bits of sailors. And say "Arrr" from time to time (House rules). Also turned out to be very useful. For some reason, my dad has no interest in the non-food related aspects of Christmas. He's also the worlds slowest getter upper. So every christmas, we have to wait for him. After about an hour, he finally manages to come downstairs. Breakfast is more important than presents though... So we have to wait for that to be made. Then we have to eat it. Then we're finally allowed to open presents. Except Dad still isn't interested in his ones. Maybe we're just no good at finding him interesting gifts.
Got to mention the food - We don't do things by halves. We didn't just have any turkey - We had organically reared, free range, dry plucked Norfolk Bronze turkey, stuffed with sausage meat. Home made cranberry sauce. Home made christmas pudding. Brandy Butter (but no Vodka margarine).
A rundown of presents:
A Shiny Palm TX.
Age of Empires III.
Neverwinter Nights.
Diary of a Nobody. My brother got this as well. Seems my mum thinks everybody should read it. My mum got it as well. My dad thought my mum should also have a copy if it's that good.
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks.
A USB cup warmer.
Chocolate
A card game - Skallywags.
Game was fun. Had to make sailors out of bits of sailors. And say "Arrr" from time to time (House rules). Also turned out to be very useful. For some reason, my dad has no interest in the non-food related aspects of Christmas. He's also the worlds slowest getter upper. So every christmas, we have to wait for him. After about an hour, he finally manages to come downstairs. Breakfast is more important than presents though... So we have to wait for that to be made. Then we have to eat it. Then we're finally allowed to open presents. Except Dad still isn't interested in his ones. Maybe we're just no good at finding him interesting gifts.
Got to mention the food - We don't do things by halves. We didn't just have any turkey - We had organically reared, free range, dry plucked Norfolk Bronze turkey, stuffed with sausage meat. Home made cranberry sauce. Home made christmas pudding. Brandy Butter (but no Vodka margarine).