Christmas With Nick and Maureen,

Christmas Day, as we were going to use the truck Diana washed it,

then it was time to head over to Nick and Maureen's,

Diana in some of her new clothes,

when we arrived Ta-Taa looked better than ever,

and Diana in the Christmas spirit had to have a Christmas hat, Maureen and a present, as happy as ever,

Diana strikes the pose!

Nick also had a hat,

as did I, Diana and myself wore them in the truck on the way to Maureen's, the funny thing was that all of the drivers let us through with a smile and a wave, normally nobody gives way out here, you just have to mussel your way in to traffic,

a nice big Christmas tree,

prawn cocktails for starters, and we managed, thanks to Mr. Tony to have Christmas crackers on the table,

Nick gets ready to carve the turkey,

and Diana tries to help Maureen,

gravy for Diana,

we all tuck in!

then it is Christmas cracker time,

and time to open presents,

Diana was not sure what this was as I had made some of her other presents heavy,

she was so pleased when she found out what it was,

well the picture says it all, a portable DVD player,

later Jeff and Da arrived, they said they would be late , so Maureen saved food for them,

Jeff enjoying the turkey,

as did Da, strangely enough Jeff said he had never seen Christmas crackers before, well in case you do not know they are paper and cardboard tubes which when you pull them go bang, inside them is a paper hat, a small gift and a joke or riddle,

next desert, chocolate ice cream for Jeff and Da,

and English Christmas pudding for the rest of us, saying that Diana had a try of mine, liked it so much she ate half of it!

Boxing day next so a full roast beef lunch, and a few glasses of wine,

then all to soon home to 388, many thanks to Nick and Maureen, I hope everyone had as good a Christmas as all of us here did, looking forward to the party on New Years Eve "Cheers!"