Bah Humbug....

Well... that was christmas then. And what a suitably good non-event it was. Which made it one of the best Christmases in ages.

It all started with the traditional family (of sorts, as sister was replaced by step-mum-to-be) trip to the cinema yesterday afternoon. Due to the fact that half of us had already seen Narnia, we opted for King Kong . Which was a bit silly. and long. and had too many bugs. and will get its own review post tomorrow i expect.

We were too poor to follow it with the traditional family takeaway this year, so opted for stuff from the hamper we got from our grandparents and 'upwords' as pre midnight communion entertainment. I lost miserably, but i had at least 5 vowels for the entire game, which means it wasnt my fault.

Jon Brook and I then made our way to St Matthews to see in christmas in the traditional style by singing obscure carols, drinking blood and hearing a sermon by my friendly local vicar about how glowsticks work.

I woke up in time to go to mums for croissants and presents (including a couple of dvds and some jaffa cakes) before visiting christ church for more obscure carol singing with another friendly local vicar who i can't find a picture of.

The it was off to eat turkey with my sister, brother and dad. . I also collected a peace offering of a cd during this escapade.

I then decided i couldnt be arsed with being sociable and stuff, and was too tired, grumpy, and still trying to avoid the fact that its christmas (this post may make you think otherwise, but im not exactly a fan of the whole affair) so (this is the bit i was most proud of) i went home, slobbed out in front of the telly, watched myself at a Franz Ferdinand gig on a dvd i was given, along with endless episodes of rock profile from when david walliams and matt lucas were really funny. I wrote a song, hid in my room and pretended it wasn't christmas. and really enjoyed myself. it was great.

and tomorrow i go see Big Van Bangers with mum and jon brook (but not laura or adam, dunno how they sneaked in). It'll be great too.


Finally, on a more serious note, i have failed in my husband duty of saying merry christmas to my wife today. so wife, merry christmas, and i dedicate this entire post to you. that is your christmas present for this year, and also the next 5. so appreciate it, dammit....