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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

It's Christmas Day! And in an effort to be romantic, I've just asked Lisa what I have in common with this West Country cream...


She said "Extra thick?". I said "No, ideal for spooning". It's all down to the curvature of my spine.

But much as I'd love to snuggle up in bed with my wife right now, we have far bigger fish to fry. And a massive chicken to cook. Amelie was well prepared for Santa last night...


Even with her extra wide feet, we felt a stocking might not suffice, so we went with the giant gift bags instead. And it was a plan which paid off...


That was the scene first thing this morning. Obviously I didn't see Santa, but the word on the street is that he regretted eating that mince pie late last night. He'd already had Christmas Eve pizza with his wife, and the decision to add a mince pie at 11pm was one he almost paid for with a sick bucket.

But fortunately he kept it all down long enough to fill those sacks with presents (slightly fewer for Toby on the right), and as the sun came up over Brighton, the sound of furious ripping could be heard coming from our flat. Toby was particularly pleased with this piggy bank from one of Lisa's friends...


... while Amelie was so busy tearing open presents like some kind of whirling dervish on speed, that I struggled to get a picture of her in focus. Lisa, however, seemed pleased with her gift...


I gave her a 100-page A3 photobook of our wedding, plus a 'Phoenix Nights' DVD box set. So it was comedy all the way. In return, she gave me two ties from the Tie Rack closing-down sale. I rarely wear ties, but apparently they were almost giving them away, so it seemed like the perfect gift.

And on the subject of perfect gifts, Amelie taught us a thing or two by wrapping up one of Toby's old books and giving it to him as a present. Despite the fact that he already owned it, and had seen it a hundred times, he seemed particularly taken with it...


It's a shame we didn't think of that before spending a fortune at Amazon.

Anyhoo, as that photo demonstrates, Santa's sack is now filled with used wrapping paper, the place looks like we've had a herd of reindeer running through it, and we've spent the morning listening to Toby shout "WHAT'S THAT???!"...


And as Amelie's watch is now telling me, it's time I got the dinner on.

3 comments:

Phil's Mum said...

How enterprising of Am, wrapping up one of Toby's old books! And I'm not surprised he liked the piggy bank - anything with a hole in which he can post things into! Have a happy day, all of you! xxxxx

Lisa said...

Happy Christmas to you Phil's mum and dad. xxxxxx

Peter Chapman said...

Loving your video commentary Phil! I think this is what all your child related videos should be like moving forward.