Category: Christmas
-
Post Christmas Dissection
Clearing away the Christmas debris, I’m back at my desk for another festive post. Also there will be pictures of turkey preparation in this post, so if you’re bothered by that sort of thing then this may be one to miss. Christmas Day has come and gone, and I’m still getting over the post-dinner coma. […]
-
It’s Christmas Eve for Certain
Another year, another furious week of shopping, cooking, baking, saucing and wrapping. Is this supposed to be relaxing? It has begun… Yes, in the words of the immortal Fozziwig (from the Muppet Christmas Carol fame), it’s Christmas Eve for certain. The food shopping is over and the real preparations have just begun. My enduring memory […]
-
Life on the Shelf
I have been trying to sit down and write about Christmas, but it just isn’t happening. A tiny 4 kg black hole has opened in our lives which absorbs all time, energy, and effort. Not only that, but another lockdown has arrived limiting the amount of exciting things we could do. Enough waffling, let’s get […]
-
Let Merriment Abound!
Merry Christmas, everyone! By now, you’ve almost certainly eaten and drunk too much. This morning is a brief reprieve before the leftovers come out. Traditionally, we had a second Christmas dinner on boxing day using up most of the trimmings from the previous day, and making another dent in the turkey. Not even the twelve […]
-
Christmas the Second
There has been shopping. Baking. DIYing. And the Muppet Christmas Carol. It must be Christmas Eve! Yes, we’ve reaching the big day, and though it won’t be the most momentous occasion this year (I’m looking at you, wedding!) I can’t help but love it. Christmas is my favourite time of year. Friends, family, food, drink. […]
-
Back to the Future…Part III
I’m back! And Christmas is over. So there has never been a better time for a vaguely Christmas-themed special. This time, I’m playing Back to the Future Part III on the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis for the American folks). If I told you the game was great…I’d be lying. It’s not one I would recommend, […]
-
An Alternative Christmas
Christmas has been and gone for another year, but there’s still time for…Christmas? Yes, we had our Christmas dinner on Friday the 22nd of December as I’m visiting Sarah in England from the 23rd to the 26th. I spend the past week working nights, and was struck down with a bad case of the cold […]
-
The nth Day of Christmas
We’ve reached the nth day of Christmas, and the tree is still very much a feature in our living room, alongside the stormtrooper decanter full of questionable whiskey, and the ever growing display of trinkets adorning the top of our bookshelf. We’ve only lived here a year and a half, but the amount of stuff […]
-
Merry (Belated) Christmas, and an even Happier New Year
Christmas has come and gone for another year. Well, technically it concludes with the twelfth day of Christmas on the 5th of January, but for most the excitement is in the preparation and the big day itself. This was no ordinary Christmas for my family, as it was the first in many years without the […]
-
Christmas (2015) Food and Fun, and a Great Shortbread Recipe
Happy New Year! Christmas flew by, and I barely talked about food at all. I’ve been so distracted working on my first gaming video the writing side of things has fallen by the wayside. But fear not! I am back in business. I did a reasonable amount of cooking this year, though the dessert was not […]
Ordinary Decent Gamer 