Christmas!21
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@nevorian said in Christmas!21:
Love Cornwall even when it is wet and windy
And the tourists at Christmas are generally nice people, unlike some of the staycationers we've had during the pandemic.
Nadelik Lowen dhe Kernow.
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Merry Xmas all!
We've got lamb chops & smoked bacon for brunch, then foie gras and ham with a Mont d'or lined up for lunch tomorrow. We have 6 bottles of Champagne, a Sauternes, and Two Barolos, plus a 16 year old Lagavulin.
Should be enough for four of us
This place has been a good place to rant this year, and the discussion here has been much appreciated.
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@gt12 said in Christmas!21:
Merry Xmas all!
We've got lamb chops & smoked bacon for brunch, then foie gras and ham with a Mont d'or lined up for lunch tomorrow. We have 6 bottles of Champagne, a Sauternes, and Two Barolos, plus a 16 year old Lagavulin.
Should be enough for four of us
This place has been a good place to rant this year, and the discussion here has been much appreciated.
The bears are trying to cop a feel and who could blame them ?
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Merry Christmas bro’s and broettes.
My whanau on Christmas Eve and the outlaws on Christmas Day. Plenty of food, laughs and hopefully very little COVID or politics talk!
Stay safe whanau.
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Hope everyone gets a great break and spoiled rotten and/or shitfaced without any grief.
Last year we went out to a local pub which was a bit exy at $115/head but made prep and cleaning up simple. This year we're back to hosting so the last few days has been a bake fest for Mrs TA.
Tomorrow is roast pork in the BBQ + whatever else she's got planned. Shouldn't be any family tension as it'll just be us + kids, Mrs TA's Alco Dad, and her brother whose kids will drop in at some point before their utter fluffybunny of a mum whisks them away again.
Mrs TA's mum is still in dementia care and only single visitors apparently - they've had a couple of cases of The-Infection-That-Cannot-Be-Named so the situation is pretty fluid. I'm not going, to say the least.
My brother is stationed in South Sudan right now, my mum is in rural Queensland which is about the same.
The goal for me is to be visibly supportive of my wife, get through the day, and not complain about the quantity of food we will be chucking away.
Roll on Boxing Day.
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Roast pork and picanha went down a treat last night. Champagne and red wine ensured I coma'd out on the couch halfway through die hard 2. I can relax and enjoy my in laws hospitality with a turkey lunch. Merry Xmas day wishes to all of you wherever you are
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@nta said in Christmas!21:
Hope everyone gets a great break and spoiled rotten and/or shitfaced without any grief.
Last year we went out to a local pub which was a bit exy at $115/head but made prep and cleaning up simple. This year we're back to hosting so the last few days has been a bake fest for Mrs TA.
Tomorrow is roast pork in the BBQ + whatever else she's got planned. Shouldn't be any family tension as it'll just be us + kids, Mrs TA's Alco Dad, and her brother whose kids will drop in at some point before their utter fluffybunny of a mum whisks them away again.
Mrs TA's mum is still in dementia care and only single visitors apparently - they've had a couple of cases of The-Infection-That-Cannot-Be-Named so the situation is pretty fluid. I'm not going, to say the least.
My brother is stationed in South Sudan right now, my mum is in rural Queensland which is about the same.
The goal for me is to be visibly supportive of my wife, get through the day, and not complain about the quantity of food we will be chucking away.
Roll on Boxing Day.
Indeed. Other half had planned a walk but I had to cancel cos it’s the first day of the Boxing Day ashes test and I’ll need a day of no people so she’ll go shopping and leave me to cricket and beer even though ‘New Zealand aren’t even fucken well playing!!’ ( her words )
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@jc said in Christmas!21:
Guess what I got for Christmas…
Stupid bikes.
Oh dear, you aren’t meant to do that!
Spent yesterday morning riding with the son on Coronet. Great tracks. Afternoon out the front of the pub in Arrowtown in the sun and a few gins back home.
No stress Xmas is our go. Everyone chips in work wise. Have a quiet gap in the day at the moment as I have cunningly stayed back from a trip to whanau in Cromwell. Had a swim in the river with the dogs and now just chilling until everyone gets back.
Masses of food and drink to get through yet. Goat, tomahawk steaks and salmon with freshly dug spuds (and apparently some salad)
Sun is shining, great day.
Thinking how lucky we are.Merry Xmas fuckers!
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@jc said in Christmas!21:
Guess what I got for Christmas…
Stupid bikes.
Dishes. Wanking. Porn.Obvious jokes all covered I see.
At least you didn’t Ed Sheran and break both arms, requiring the missus needing to wipe your arse.
See, glass half full
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@kirwan said in Christmas!21:
@jc said in Christmas!21:
Guess what I got for Christmas…
Stupid bikes.
Dishes. Wanking. Porn.Obvious jokes all covered I see.
At least you didn’t Ed Sheran and break both arms, requiring the missus needing to wipe your arse.
See, glass half full
Christ, I didn’t think I could hate Ed Sheeran anymore than I did but I stand corrected
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A quiet one at my mums house in Tuakau. My sons at his mums house this year so we skyped him. Got one kid here, my sisters partners daughter. I set up the home made water slide that we bring out each summer so she and my sister are having fun. We always go to the cemetery where my dad is buried and my brothers ashes were put too. Sit around and have a beer with them. My cooking job I put my hand up for was a cooked breakfast.
