...Yule, Saturnalia, etc ( Read more... )

Tonight I have put the decorations up at last. I do believe we are just about ready for Christmas.

Just looking at the TV listings, Channel 5 is already showing Christmas movies.

??!!!!!

Only watched once so far and with friends, so there was a lot of discussion going on at the time.

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Just found the BBC Christmas trailer. There are a number of Doctor who bits in it.

The best quality can be found here http://news.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/its-showtime-bbc-one-christmas-2012-trailer/

Unfortunately, when I go to Youtube, it would let me play it there, so I can't embedd.

Discuss.

Possibly the big expensive present this year was something ready for my trip to Mexico. A solar powered battery charger.

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.... Yule, Saturnalia, Solstice, Hanukkah, and whatever else you celebrate.

What a surprise! Once again I got a bit of a Doctor Who haul.


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So, it's been good to have time to ease myself into Christmas. I've had a whole week to put up the decorations, wrap the last few presents, complete the engineering project that is the card hanger on the stairs (I invented this system years ago and am the only person who knows how it works ( Read more... )

Finally, now that term has finished, I can really relax into Christmas ( Read more... )

Mother loves her new kneeler, and forgives all the secrecy in the garage over the past few days.

She tried it out briefly after the service this morning, but her back is bad at the moment so movement is painful.

This morning among my usual pillowcase presents, I got a jar of Nuttela. Yum! Also, space origami.