Merry Christmas One and All
So far today, I have braved the throngs in Tesco to get all the christmas grocery shopping in (we are now £300 the poorer, but it would have been much less if I hadn't been stupid enough to leave Doug alone in the beer and spirits section) and now I'm cooking.
I've done the lemon and pancetta stuffing rolls, boiled the ham prior to glazing and cooking, am making the turkey stock and stuffing, and am planning to make a start on the bread sauce. All the while, I have been listening to Nine Lessons and Carols from Kings College Cambridge on the radio and quaffing more mulled wine than is good for me.
I was planning to go to York Minster this arvo and attend their carol service, but Jacob, unfortunately, is unwell - he's got a nasty cough which is making him throw up. I was up for an hour at 3am-ish getting him back to sleep with a medley of christmas songs. Consequently, I'm feeling less than sparkling at the moment, and not really up to braving the cold weather again today. Although if I had gone, Jacob would have thrown up on someone else.
Now thats what I call christmas, turkey, stuffing, mulled wine and vomit all down your front.
Merry Christmas one and all !!!!
4 Comments:
The mention of carols at the Monster made me go all nostalgic for York. It's so lovely and twinkly this time of year. And bloody cold. Wrap up warm and have a lovely Christmas, all of you.
I bet you didn't know there were carols at the Monster, did you? It's true. Everyone climbs on his back and sings O Come All Ye Faithful while avoiding his fiery breath.
MINSTER. Jesus. And I call myself a professional proofreader. Just as well I don't type for a living.
ROFL!!! I thought it was just local slang until I read your second post :-)
York Monster. Love it. I reckon that was its original name, being the largest in Northern Europe an all that. But the boring old Archbishop thought it was too 'street'...
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