One year my father asked my mother if an elderly man who drank in the local pub could join us for Christmas lunch he was widowed with no children, Dad said would come round about midday, my father spent the morning driving some elderly friends to their daughters and said he would be back about the same time. Around about 11ish there was a knock on the door an elderly man was standing there so mum invited him and gave him a drink and some nibbles and tried to keep him entertained, as children we thought it was funny as he still had his slippers on, I remember him telling us a bout the farm he grew up on , a while later there was another knock on the door and another old man standing there so mum invited him not quite sure what was going on but again offered him a drink and sat him next to Jim the first old man. Dad arrived home came into the lounge and said hello to Charles the second old man and asked who "Jim" was ! After a lot of discussion the police were phoned and it turns out Jim had walked out of his care home hence still wearing his slippers , dad asked if he could stay for lunch as he seemed to be enjoying himself and the police checked if the care home were ok about this and they were so he stayed with us all day and after that he every Christmas day for 11 years along with Charles as they had become good friends.
