One Week to Go
When I was a nipper, a week left to Christmas Day felt like an eternity, full of breathless excitement about the big day and what sort of presents Father Christmas would deliver.
As an adult, it seems far too short a time, and I'm walking round the house going "I really should re-hang these curtains before the in-laws arrive" and "it would be much better if I could get the woodwork in the living room sanded and primed, if not actually finished" by Friday evening.
However, I shall be realistic and concentrate on having a) the house tidy, b) presents wrapped c) christmas cake finished and mince pies made and d) getting enough food in to sink the Bismarck.
Achieving some of those will be a minor miracle, so to hell with hanging curtains ;-)
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you left out e) clean out the local liquor store. you can't have a family Christmas without at least one drunken relative spilling the dirty family laundry - or vomiting in it.
I've already done that. I've had to secrete it in the garage so that Doug doesn't find it and make a big dent in supplies before the festivities start.
Luckily, he's been working his way through my decoy bottle of Harveys Bristol Cream that I left for him to find on the sideboard and he's not found the rest of the stash.
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