Katy’s birthday cake this year was a yule log (she asked for it). It was amusingly decorated, but we thought we could improve on it.
Tag: christmas
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Christmas sing-along
The children of Bean’s school had a Christmas sing-along last monday. It was very cute, even if Bean was yawning his way through it (it was late for him) and he looked slightly bemused at times ;)
My new favourite christmas carol
C Am7 Dm7 G7 Fuck Christmas It’s a waste of fucking time C Am7 Dm7 G7 Fuck Santa He’s just out to get your dime Em C Dm7 G7 C Fuck Holly and fuck Ivy And fuck all that mistletoe Bm7 E7 Am D9 G7 White bearded big fat bastards Ringing bells where’ere you go Am Am7 Am6 And stupid pratts In Santa hats All going Ho Ho Ho! C G7 C G7 It’s Christmas fucking time again C Am7 Dm7 G7 Fuck Christmas It’s a fucking Disney Show C Am7 Dm7 G7 Fuck Carols And all that fucking snow Em C Dm7 G7 C Fuck reindeer And fuck Rudolph And his stupid fucking nose Bm7 E7 Am D9 G7 Fucking sleigh bells tinkling Everywhere you fucking goes Am Am7 Am6 Fuck stockings and fuck shopping It just drives us all insane. C Am7 Go tell the elves To fuck themselves Dm7 G7 C It’s Christmas time again.
Christmas dinner
Tonight was my first “new team” holiday gathering. I’d volunteered to organise something and, with a bit of help from my friends, I think we pulled it off. We had Chinese hot pot, with a cubic buttload of food. The overall comments from the evening were very positive and everyone seemed to eat, drink and be merry. I hope we’ve started a new team tradition :-) Even though the day started off on a bit of a rocky footing, with the venue saying thy hadn’t received the payment to release the keys, I’m glad it ended up going very well and people enjoyed themselves. I’m going to bed with a full tummy, a slightly addled brain and a smile on my face. Good day indeed.
All pictures here: https://www.flubu.com/blog/pictures/nihsxmas_dec_2013/
Morges Christmas market
I was looking forward to going to the Morges Christmas market, even though I had heard conflicting opinions about it. I was very happily surprised. It’s a nice mix of the Montreal Salon des Metiers d’Arts and the Wimpole farm Christmas market. It was also fairly big, with several places I’d have spent more money than would be sensible.
Pictures here: https://www.flubu.com/blog/pictures/morges_dec_2013
Medieval fair at Chateau Chillon
Katy, Bean and I went to Chillon yesterday, where we met up with Ryan, Sally, Zoe, Eamonn and Sally’s mom. The kids had a blast, and the adults followed in bemusement. We had mulled wine, ate in the castle hall, watched some dancers and had a good explore of the place. Bean went on a pony ride (which started off well but he didn’t like the ending, when the horse sped up and he started slipping off) and on the ferris wheel at the christmas market. Good day, but would have been better if I weren’t falling ill in the meantime.
All pictures here: https://www.flubu.com/blog/pictures/chillon_dec_2013/
Ho ho hoe
Montreux Christmas Market
I went to scope out the Montreux Christmas market this Sunday. It was good, but I’m happy I went on my own because it was elbow-your-way-through-the-crowd packed! Katy would have growled at people and bean would have gotten bored with not seeing things (and driven us mad wanting to eat all the sweets in sight!)
All pictures here: https://www.flubu.com/blog/pictures/montreux_dec_2013/
There was a lot of food to be had. Seriously, lots of food!
Plus, you know, this:
It’s snowing on the blog again
Less that a month to xmas, hooray!
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