They say Christmas is for children. in The odd entries from life …….

Christmas Day 2014 has been a pleasant day, cold but we had some hazy sunshine, Sweetheart and I took a walk on the beach, the beach car park was full and also full of people looking for an empty parking bay, so we kept going up the road to the cliff top car park; up there we found plenty of parking and with out cost!

So we walked through the cliff top park with those great views of the three-mile beach, we looked down from the park on the matchstick people below, it was busy down there but not over crowded, the tide was as out as it can so there was plenty of sand to walk on.

To go out I had put on what I thought was a heavy fleece jacket, but the stiff wind seemed to blow straight through it, we were able to have our walk as our Daughter was cooking the Christmas Lunch. There was no Turkey on the table this year, in stead there was beef and all the trimmings, the beef was very good and no extended time at the table chewing!

I had said I would wash up after lunch, but being the only one to remain at the table and clear my plate, so I ended drying, as I was clearing up I found a Brussels Sprout shivering behind a near empty wine bottle; the Brussels Sprout that got away ….

Christmas tea was a simple meal, several types of cheese with plan biscuits, then the Christmas Pudding with sherry sauce; normally severed after lunch. These day’s we don’t feel like having pudding after a full beef lunch with trimmings, after cheese and biscuits we feel better towards a bowl of Christmas Pudding with sherry sauce!

Our festive hearth, some where to watch television after Christmas Day, or sum times I miss the end of the progr….

They say Christmas is for children, and they are quite as children are the only one’s with energy to go the full day!

Last updated December 26, 2014