It feels like Christmas came early this year

[venta]

Gosh. It's snowy up here in Darlington. Apparently it wasn't particularly snowy up until we were about twenty minutes away last night, whereupon the sky threw snow around madly for around twenty five minutes. We arrived in appalling driving conditions, then the weather promptly settled down into a smug, festive, picturesque backdrop.

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[marjory]

Merry Chrstmas to you and yours!

My Mum is camping out in Cockerton Methodist tonight, being a steward. I don't remember if your Auntie Pat is on tonight, but suffice to say, she is doing a sterling job of helping keep my Mum appear, at least, superficially sane!

Yeah, the old-timers all call Cockerton 'The Village' and rest assured that every last one of them could write a book on you by now, Southerner as you have now become! They know everybody and everything... ;-)

Also, there is no such thng as too many baubles and fol de rols on a Christmas tree. That has been scientifically proven (by me!).

[venta]

And merry Christmas to you all, too! Are you up here, or still in shiny Sheff ? (Or none of the above...) And I'm not sure that living in Sheffield makes you count as northern any more - after living so shockingly south for a while that you fell off the bottom into foreign I'm not sure you'll be readmitted so quickly!

I think AP is on duty tomorrow; I don't know if that means she gets let off this evening!

[marjory]

There is no being 'let off' as a steward. Nivvah ivvah!

We are in Sheff this year again. After due consideration, I have conceded that it may be true North, at the very least due to its being in Yorkshire. Please ignore the fact that across the road is Derbyshire. I ought also to point out that I lived in Northern Germany!

I haven't been to Darlo in ages and ages, but this must change soon.

[motodraconis]

Bauble-tastic tree! It's a real tree so surely it has a plethora of sticky-out appendages.

Power-tool mayhem will migrate to my house tomorrow - I'm going to get my dad to do the drilling and putting up of the last of my pictures and whatnots. I could do it myself, but it'll please my dad to to the power tool thang.

[venta]

Yeah, there were plenty of sticky-out bits to hang stuff from. I've written about our tree before; it's pretty much always horrifically over-dressed and shockingly vulgar (as family trees should be).

[davefish]

Have a fantastic Christmas, and let us know if you are going to be popping in on the way back down. We would love to see you two.

[venta]

And happy Christmas to you two, too! I'm not sure what our southward plans are, but will consult when I know them to see if visitation is possible :)

[lathany]

I think the tree looks very Xmassy. Merry Christmas!

[venta]

Thank you! And to all of you, too :)

[erming]

Like the tree.

Not sure if you or Cecile is winning on the tree front...

http://morbidfrog.livejournal.com/960846.html?nc=3

[venta]

Wow, that tree is quite something. I think I like mine a little more... traditional, though :)