This year Christmas day will feel quite odd for a number of reasons. It's our first Christmas since my Dad passed away last May, and previous Christmases for the last few years centred around His and my Step mother's needs, playing ' Meals on Wheels' service to them which involved a 30mile round trip with a full hot 3 course Christmas Lunch on-board plus extra Turkey and trimmings for a sandwiches later, plus a Sherry trifle. To achieve all this and have their dinner delivered and on the table for them by 12noon, ment a 6am start for me, with the Turkey being put in the oven to roast. We had to be ready and packed to leave home by 11am, Get them seated with their meal by 12 noon, then leave and dash back home for about 2pm to reheat our Christmas Lunch in the microwave. We had very little chance to see any of our Daughters and Grandchildren on Christmas day, despite them all living fairly Local. However, my youngest Daughter did take pity on us last year and invite us round for Christmas Tea with our Grandchildren, which was nice, and it also helped stop DH from being grumpy as he remembers loosing his Mother to a heart attack on Christmas day a few years ago.
This year, due to Covid, we are just planning a quiet day at home, just a simple lunch for the two of us, no tight time schedule to have to keep to, and no big Turkey to roast, just a fresh Turkey Breast Joint from a local butcher, a pot of ready to steam fresh Vegetables, and a few trimmings, Job done!