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The Christmas that was…

30/12/2012

It's been very quiet here on the blog over the last week or so. We've had a full house this Christmas and I've struggled to find time to blog inbetween entertaining guests, generally running the house, feeding Master C (almost constantly some days) and helping Little Miss C enjoy Christmas.

ChristmasCakeBox

The box that our delicious Christmas Cake from Heaven is a Cupcake came in

Things have been very different this year from all the previous Christmas Days that Mr C and I have spent together. This was the first year that we spent the day in our own home, but also the first year without my dad. My mum came down to stay with us for a week over Christmas and my sister and her husband also stayed for a weekend so that we could all celebrate together. In the three and a half years that we've lived here it was the most guests we've had staying in the house and having so many people to stay and for meals means that we also finally got to use some of the serving bowls that we were bought as wedding presents nearly five years ago!

BettysXmasPuddingBox

Old fashioned Christmas Pudding box design from Bettys

For Little Miss C this was the first Christmas that she actually "understood" something about. She easily grasped the concept of counting down with her advent calendar, and also the idea that come Christmas Day itself she might be lucky enough for Father Christmas to have bought some presents for her and her brother. For her one of the highlights in the build up to the big day was making regular visits to a local house that goes more than a bit mad with lights.

BeechRoadXmasLights

Luckily they are very welcoming to children running all over their driveway and each year they collect hundreds for charity from all the visitors. Pretty much everyone in St Albans has heard of this house's lights and you can't help but smile as you drive past. A visit with a toddler really helps you to get in to the festive spirit that's for sure!

Master C is obviously too young to follow what was happening, but there being lots of pretty lights to look at, more people around to entertain him and fuss over him helped him to get in the party spirit.

MasterCXmas

Father Christmas obviously decided that Little Miss C had been a good girl and she was incredibly lucky when it came to gifts, both from us and from other friends and family. As is always the way though with small children, one of the boxes did seem to prove incredibly entertaining for a good while on Christmas Day.

ChristmasBox

The word I'd most use to sum up this Christmas is "different". It's been a week or so very unlike previous years. It was a different group of us that gathered round the table for Christmas dinner this year – no Dad, but Master C sat there in his bouncy chair beaming with delight – and that's something that's still taking some getting used to. Watching LMC's enthusiasm for it all though made it hard not to raise a smile, and I'm sure that's what my Dad would have wanted too. 

There's been plenty of family time and combined with lots of good food and drink that's made it a special Christmas in its own way. Tears of both sorrow and laughter in equal measure. Life changes and we need to make the best of what we have, which is what I hope we have done this year. Wherever you are Dad I'm raising a glass and wishing you a Happy Christmas.

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  1. Clare says

    30/12/2012 at 11:04 pm

    aww – lovely post. Wishing you all a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year xxx

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  2. Tall_rich says

    30/12/2012 at 11:08 pm

    Lovely to hear that LMC enjoyed Christmas. Had been thinking of you all without your Dad – you came to mind with that line in the lessons & carols that says “all those… But on another shore” along with a couple more people I know who we’re facing their first Christmas without someone close.
    Glad that boxes proved such fun. B couldn’t even wait to unwrap his pirate ship before getting stuck in!

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  3. Mrs C says

    30/12/2012 at 11:36 pm

    Thanks for the kind words Rich x

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  4. Mrs C says

    30/12/2012 at 11:36 pm

    And you all too Clare x

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  5. Isabelle says

    31/12/2012 at 9:23 am

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from a faithful French reader.
    Isabelle, Brittany

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