Christmas Meme
December 31st, 2006 by Sarah
nb: I HATE these things usually, but I’m giving in as (a) it was Jo who tagged me and I like her 
, and (b) I haven’t blogged much over Christmas!
Name three things:
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that you had hanging on your tree:
- baubles – red, gold and silver only!
- hama decorations made by the kids & I a couple of years ago
- salt dough decorations that Abbie made at school this year
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that you’ve eaten / drunk lots of:
- Bristol Cream sherry! But which bottle bank do you put blue bottles into?
- chocolate
- um … cranberry sauce? No-one else liked my home-made one! Haven’t really been too excessive with anything this year!
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that you didn’t do this year but hope to do next year:
- break with tradition somehow
- have a real Christmas tree – or at least a new fake one!
- something thoughtful for Steve
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favourite presents this year:
- New Madeleine Peyroux CD
- New Covent Garden Soup Recipe Books – 2 different ones from 2 different people – do I talk about soup too much or something?! Made the first one the other day – Beetroot and Rhubarb – it was yummy
- Apple Chilli Jelly from Joe
- this list is obviously excluding anything already blogged about, or anything that was a joint present with anyone else – our Wii has been a pretty cool family pressy even though I haven’t really had a look-in!
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that you’re glad you didn’t get for Christmas:
- books I’d already read
- books I didn’t want to read
- too much stuff generally
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Name 3 people to tag:
- Alison – because she hasn’t blogged about Christmas either and I know she hates these things too …
- Neil – because I’m tired of his other lists
- Miriam – because it’s been too long since her last post!
While I’m here I’ll post a few of my favourite photos from Christmas this year, and then I must go, as we have a New Year’s Eve / Anna & Abbie’s joint birthday party going on tonight (whose daft idea was that?!) and I need to get back to organising the chaos!
December 31st, 2006 at 22:05
I did apologise!!
And re the sherry bottles. My mum is a Harveys freak and she used to give me her empties which I then decorated with silver outliner and gave back to her for presents!!
Alas, she can’t get it in Spain and is somewhat distraught! She has to make-do with huge flagons of white wine from the local bodegas!
The fireworks have started on our side of town already!!
Happy New Year to you all! And hope the parties are good!
January 1st, 2007 at 0:35
I liked the photos with the big hair. Happy New Year.
PS, Is that a No Brainer I see before me?
January 1st, 2007 at 2:25
Is a meme like a wee wee?
Happy new year!
January 1st, 2007 at 9:12
Brown.
January 1st, 2007 at 10:41
Really? I’ve always gone for green before!
January 1st, 2007 at 11:00
Wishing you much love and happiness to you all for the coming year. I hope we see you more often this year
Love and Blessings
Jules x
January 1st, 2007 at 11:23
I love reading your blog. I find it inspiring
)
Happy New Year to you and your family xxxxxx
January 1st, 2007 at 12:06
I managed to get a go on our wii very cool. Happy New Year.
January 1st, 2007 at 13:29
Lol, thanks Sarah
Will do it later, promise 
Blue’s closer to green than brown, so green seems more sensible. But I guess blue (as a colour) is a component of green *and* brown, so it wouldn’t really matter which.
What did you get Steve this year then? And what did he get you?
January 1st, 2007 at 13:38
erm – nothing and nothing?! Well we both bought each other a couple of little things but then they were given ‘from the children’, and we had the wii, so didn’t bother with anything else. Well we don’t need anything else – but that meant I just didn’t think about anything when I’d quite like to really, he’s just always the last thing/person I think about, iyswim. Plenty of time to do it other than Christmas though!
January 1st, 2007 at 16:50
Like next weekend, for a start!