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| Not exactly spontaneous Christmas picture |
Joyeux Noël!
Christmas Day saw the boys hard at work on their respective Lego sets: David's that he bought at the JouéClub and Andrew's that he got from "Aunt" Jacki. As was the tradition in Craig's household, the boys were allowed to choose one present to open Christmas Eve. The great thing about Lego is that it will keep them busy for hours - allowing their parents to sleep in if they so choose. We eventually all got ourselves moving and got our Christmas presents opened. We had a very small tree, but a real one (and it was big enough to fit all our presents under). Yolanda and Craig agreed not to get anything that wasn't consumable, so we wouldn't have to ship back even more stuff.
Miscellaneous: Turkey is expensive here, as is most meat (except pork), so we're having chicken instead; the small size of European ovens limits the size of bird that can be easily cooked anyways. The English-language movie channel did not show any Christmas films. The boulangeries in town were open this morning (closed tomorrow) because the thing to have for dessert is bûche de Noël - a Yule log - that you buy fresh that morning; everything else is closed but open tomorrow (they don't have Boxing Day). The French equivalent of the Pot of Gold box of chocolates is the Lindt Champs-Élysées box, which we saw leaving the grocery store in pretty much every basket in the weeks before Christmas. |
| 1993 Ferrari 456GT |
P.S. If anyone wants to get Craig a last-minute gift, the used car dealer down the road in Rousset has this car for sale for a mere €38,500.
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