Good Morning Thursday (Christmas Eve)

Here, south Denmark it is cold and dry.

Tonight is the big night, here, so I have just wrapped presents and am having a well-deserved rest until the roast needs to go into the oven.

Everything on track, after all I have been doing this since I was in my mid-twenties, so at 69 the Christmas check-list is fairly automatic.

Happy Christmas to you all, when it comes!

Good morning everyone. Mixed bag of weather this Christmas Eve.
Was woken up by carol singers at 6am, my niece1 and her husband, Ah, the exuberance of youth - she's 50! We then drove down, in separate cars, to the pier and went for a walk. Brr, it was chilly but ah it was lovely. We've just got back so I haven't had a chance to read all your busyness yet, but will.
Thought I'd share the flowers my WP bought me.

I hope you all have a pleasant Christmas Eve and manage to find a little bit of joy in whatever you are doing today. Stay safe, stay cosy, find a smile ?, it's Christmas Eve. Hugs to you all ❤️

Good Morning all from Sunny but very chilly Harrogate
This morning I've got a wash on and out!! Baked a Keto Chocolate Brownie for DD2 and done a bit of housework, Phew!! I'm knackered! When i've finished this post , I have just to wrap a few presents and make some brandy butter - then rest!! (Well after I've taken dog for walk! Yesterday on the dog walk I did it!! - I slipped in the mud (on a quite steep slope) and couldn't get up. Fortunately DH was on hand to haul me up. I told him and dog I am not going on any more muddy walks, or icy! They are lethal!!

Moan over. Now to enjoy my coffee and biscuit before the final stages.
Please keep safe and do your best to enjoy Xmas

Good morning. It is going to be a white
Christmas in the north of Scotland. Lots of window visits this morning. I’m hoarse having shouted conversations, but it has been fun. My son is in the annex and it is the first time his partner has experienced a a proper white Christmas and their excitement is infectious. It is so funny as theatre are making a snowman and it is like watching a silent film but in colour.
stillearning. ? for you.
grandmafrench. Wonderful. Enjoy.
marydoll. I got the family tablet recipe when I was in my fifties on pain of not sharing it. But my mother, having given me that, point blank refused to give me her batter recipe. Not that I planned to make spam or corned beef fritters but I certainly wanted it for the Friday fish.
The last presents to wrap for the annex, and my lovely neighbours who have constantly checked up on me and reminded me “you know where we are”.
have a lovely Christmas Eve. I shall be thinking of you all especially at the watch night service.

Greetings all GNs from a lurker-returner! Def. not a newbie - but took a break which seems to have gone on for longer than intended. Been tempted back by all the lovely posters on Mick's thread.

I have just made a cherry tart and an apple tart as DH isn't a lover of Mince pies but does like a fruit tart. It's just the two of us this Christmas, like so many but I am wearing a sparkly top and am determined to make it a special time.

DD is coming for a back gate present exchange later and we are having a family zoom call this evening with all our DGC and their parents.

This year is not one we shall remember fondly with DH's cancer op in July, covid riding rampant through the world and all the political ups and downs. But we have to KBO and surely 2021 will be a better year? Please let it be.

Sending the very best of Christmas wishes from the south coast to all GNs wherever you are.

GrandmaFrench Whoop, whoop, couldn’t happen to a more lovely person!!

Good Morning from a soggy N.W. Cambs., Although now dry, (in the sky!), we still have a flooded garden, so much rain yesterday & the ground is so sodden that there is nowhere for all the water to go.
We are lucky that our house is dry, others in our town have problems of flooding in their homes.

Lovely photos on here again today, thank you.
Pleased to hear some of you sharing good news.

Warm wishes to you all.

Take Care Folks

A chilly start here In Lancashire, Pendle Hill has a smattering of snow from what I can see (no witches out today)

Was up late last night putting GS new bike together.

Now got to find someway to sneak it into dd house

Good morning all GNs from a bright but cold Welwyn, Herts.
Just wanted to wish you all the best for Christmas and New Year.
Hopefully 2021 will be a better year for everybody, 2020 has been such a terrible year for many people, some touched by loss and sadness.
Hope we can all stay safe in this even more difficult time.

Oh, grandmafrench how wonderful! Enjoy your son to the full!!! XXXX

So pleased for you GrandmaFrench.Have a wonderful Christmas.x

Good morning all, from a sunny but cold West Yorkshire. (Perfect golfing weather which I shall be doing later!).
Haven't posted on this thread before, but saw this graph this morning and thought it would give you all a smile. Enjoy your day!

DD is in our bubble, so we are not breaking current guidelines ??

Good Christmas Eve morning Mick and all

I was just about to post when DD turned up with GC and their breakfast!!! So far I have got two gammons in the oven, made the stuffing and washed the cranberries ready to make the sauce with two very excited GC running round ???

Urms so pleased you are feeling better ??
stilllearning ??
GrandmaFrench what a wonderful surprise, to have your DS with you for Christmas
Hello Newbies ??

Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas Eve, keep safe and well folks ???

Crossed posts Grandmafrench. What a great present! Have a wonderful Christmas

Happy Christmas Eve from north Kent where it is bright and breezy but chilly.

Welcome to all the newbies and ? for Stillearning. Glad you feeling better Urms and also hoping that all is well with GrandmaFrench

Driveway visit planned for later from DD and family. She’s instructed us to have mulled wine and mince pies at the ready to keep the cold out.

Realised that it is the first time in 45 years that DH and I will be on our own for Christmas; start of new traditions. Will get the dining table looking festive later today.

I hope you all have the best Christmas Eve that you can and that worries and illnesses are a little better today. Stay safe

EvieJ thank you, enjoy your Christmas too.

Good morning all
I hope this message finds you all in good spirit
This is my first morning message
Well, the sun is shining here at Tower Bridge.
Little chilly, but i don't mind that.
Although i've woken up on my own, I tell myself, it will pass and all will be ok with the world soon.

After breakfast, i shall pack my presents up and over night bag, as i'm off to my daughters bubble tomorrow.
Enjoy your Christmas Eve and Day

Eve

Good Morning, I’m here Laura and I’m fine but very emotional.

???????? We have our Christmas miracle !
Our Son is here and is spending Christmas with us. I never imagined such happiness after 9 long months of separation.?????.

9 long months when people on this thread have been just wonderful, too lovely to thank properly for all the fun and support, kindness and interest and laughter. We’ve shared so much, haven’t we. You’re all ?⭐️✨

Well done Mick for so many Good Mornings! People power on a lovely thread. My heart is filled with love and good wishes to all of you.

Happy Christmas everyone, please keep safe. xxxxxxxxx

Thank you, Greyduster, for the mention of T.S. Eliot’s “The Coming of the Magi”. It brought back memories of getting a small group of Year 5/6 children in a village school to do it for the carol service which they did beautifully, much to the surprise of the head and other staff.

Like so many of you I am at something of a loose end with no last minute preparations since it’s only the two of us. I do feel really odd, having “done” Christmas so the majority of the last sixty years. But this year there has been no run up - no shopping trips, not much preparatory baking, no choir rehearsals, no parties or lunches out - so I do feel a bit flat.

Hope we all have the best day we can, and envious good wishes to those seeing family members, however briefly. We have Zoom meetings tomorrow which will have to do.

Espee has posted this song on another thread. I know she won't mind me sharing it. I have tears running down my face!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5I8jgWXxhI

'A cold time we had of it,
And just the worst time of year for a journey,'
My favourite T. S. Eliot poem. I used to teach it to fifteen year old. So full of hope and despair and longing. Thank you for reminding me.
Stillearning ?

Good morning from Morecambe Bay where the wet weather has turned seasonal and covered everything in frost beneath a pinkish sky. I shall wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and send you all some flowers as I don’t think I will get chance to post tomorrow as we are going to leave home at silly o’clock to spend the day with my friend. Now we can’t stay overnight we will have a longer day. I’m hoping the roads will be ok as I think it will be busier than usual.
A warm welcome to our new posters. Hopefully Gilly may think it’s a good time to start posting again. I do hope things have improved for her.
I have greengrocer envy Ashcombe other than the supermarkets, there isn’t an actual greengrocer here for miles.
Take care everyone, have the best Christmas you can, but above all stay safe.?

Marydoll, -The Journey of the Magi- is my favourite poem as well. We have very good taste! Had never come across it till an English lecture at college. Have loved it ever since.

Good morning Mick and all gn friends this Christmas Eve morning.
Woken by heavy rain battering the bedroom window, unusually from the the northwest so not sure if Pantglas will escape it. All quiet on Anglesey, truck drivers got through. Hope as many as possible get home for Christmas from Dover and that town can have a peaceful Christmas too.
We had decided on chips and egg for Christmas dinner but now will have that this evening and have a nice piece of beef for our meal tomorrow.
Seems strange to not be running around like a headless chicken but it’s quite nice too.
Stillearning
Hope MrDoodle is on the mend.
Hope Grandmafrench comes on today to say she’s okay.
Warm wishes to all who are feeling unwell or feeling low in spirits and to all the rest too.