CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

I'm now home, after a wonderful Christmas dinner with friends. Turkey, ham, and all the trimmings! (I don't think I'll need food for another 24 hours...). Before I left my friend's house my nephew initiated a video chat from his sister's house in England. That lasted around a hour, and it was great to at least chat and to see some of my extended family. My niece has four young children (the youngest members of my extended family), and I really enjoyed chatting to them, even though they were that hyper and noisy that at times I found it difficult to actually understand what they were saying! 

My sister, whose grandchildren they are, later sent me a photograph of the four of them (all wearing matching "Cosy Crew" tops) that she took after the video chat ended, where they almost look like normal human beings!  

There's a copy of it in spoiler tags below, but I would request that you delete it from any replies you may make to this post (I shall also be deleting it myself by the end of tomorrow).

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[EDIT] Image deleted for privacy reasons. [/EDIT]

That video chat really made my Christmas day all that more special this year.  

It's now 11:00pm, so I'm going to make myself a mug of cocoa and settle down to watch The Muppet Christmas Carol before heading to bed (I'm almost embarrassed to admit I've never seen it before).

Edited December 30, 2020 by Marty

[Drew Espinosa]

I ate nine tamales in one sitting. No regrets.

[Albert1434]

 

[Albert1434]

OMG

Edited December 26, 2020 by Albert1434

[Albert1434]

[Albert1434]

He’s 19 hands tall

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[Marty]

For @Drew Espinosa and his nine tamales:

Original French version:

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[Valkyrie]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

It's now 11:00pm, so I'm going to make myself a mug of cocoa and settle down to watch The Muppet Christmas Carol before heading to bed (I'm almost embarrassed to admit I've never seen it before).

That's ok... I watched Elf for the first time yesterday     

[Valkyrie]

57 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

OMG

How'd you get a pic of Joker?    

[Valkyrie]

Dinner came out amazing   The steak was incredibly tender and just melted in my mouth 🤤  The roasted squash was the perfect accompaniment.  It was a nice, relaxing day.   So relaxing my mom napped on the couch for two hours     

[Page Scrawler]

1 minute ago, Valkyrie said:

That's ok... I watched Elf for the first time yesterday     

That's 97 minutes of time you'll never get back. 

[Bucket1]

On 12/24/2020 at 1:25 AM, Drew Espinosa said:

The reason she puts it off so late is because of the cats;

I thought you had to worry about raccoons in Christmas trees 

[Bucket1]

On 12/24/2020 at 3:07 AM, Headstall said:

Lol. It was just a joke... it reminded me of the gif Val posts about the penguin pushing another one with its flipper.  

[Bucket1]

On 12/25/2020 at 1:00 AM, Drew Espinosa said:

Merry Christmas Eve, y'all!  How are y'all celebrating the holidays?

We drove to Dads and set up a huge feast for lunch. Sooooo much food.

Now it’s Boxing Day and relaxing

[Bucket1]

On 12/25/2020 at 1:48 AM, Headstall said:

My turkey is in the oven and smells so good. It's almost ready... maybe another hour.

No cooking here, all cold  We had a mountain of prawns as well as ham, turkey and silverside. Salads x4. Dips nibbles and cheese. Then hot Christmas pudding with chilled custard

[Bucket1]

10 hours ago, dughlas said:

We're having a bright but chilly and blustery Christmas. It was as cold as 34/1° but with the wind feels much colder. Cold enough to snow. Fortunately all the heavy rain happened yesterday. Saddly, the sudden change in weather is playing havoc with my head. Still, we had our brekkie frittata and opened prezzies. Now we're relaxing and reading before going next door for a late holiday lunch.

It was only 35C Christmas Day and a much cooler 27C today  

[Bucket1]

9 hours ago, Headstall said:

I just had a turkey sandwich with mayo, lettuce, and swiss cheese. It was delicious!  

Leftovers 

The plan here is to have prawn and coleslaw wraps for lunch  

[Bucket1]

Leftovers for lunch then churros for dinner, nothing else just churros... it’s Christmas 

[Headstall]

3 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

I ate nine tamales in one sitting. No regrets.

*high fives Drew*

[clochette]

7 hours ago, Marty said:

Pssst..... @clochette....

Gary doesn't mean you!  

Doesn't matter.  Irl or GA, sisters always are the smart ones in this family

[dughlas]

G'day y'all on this cold Second Christmas (an Amish tradtion) or Boxing Day or St. Stephen's Day or the day of recovery from over indulgence. It is currently 26/-3° here in our part of coastal SC but the wind is making it feel colder. While it may not have been the Christmas of your dreams I hope you all found some peace and joy in the day. Blessed be y'all 'cause Christmas has just begun it ain't over until Epiphany on January 6th.