Christmas festivities seemed to go on for a very long time this year, I think we spent almost a week sitting around tables of food with large crowds of family and friends.
It started with Christmas Eve at Eva’s Name Day party. As usual the food and the company were both excellent. Here is a photo of just a part of the feast that Eva had laid on.
Christmas Day was spent with Rosie and Dom and more food and then some pleasant dozing in front of the TV
The next stop was Hackney – more food – and a long and chaotic game of Trivial Pursuits. The photos are here.
Then we gathered at my brother Chris’s new house for our usual sedate Swash family gathering. There were so many of us that we had to have a shift system for eating at the table. The photos are here
The highlight of the evening (it even beat the supremely entertaining secret santa) was a musical interlude when the kids demonstrated their nascent musical skills. Lucky you – here is a video
Next we had Ilse and Mick around for dinner – more good food and good company.
Here is a photo of Ilse brandishing some chocolate nugget
Finally we managed to get to Chris and Janice’s for a small new Year’s Eve gathering – time for a bit more food