strange_complex: (Saturnalian Santa)
strange_complex ([personal profile] strange_complex) wrote2005-12-25 05:13 pm

Marmalade Crisis

Uh-oh. We were going to do our Christmas duck with an orange and port sauce. But when you find yourself uttering sentences like, "Well, are we still going to glaze it with marmalade, or do that with apricot jam as well?", you know insufficient forward planning has been engaged in. Never mind. I'm sure apricot jam will be just as good.

The stockings this morning were well-received, and giving them certainly generated a pleasantly warm glow for this year's Santas. And my haul of tree presents this year was fantastic, too! More about those later, when I've had a chance to play with them properly. For now, a poll on Christmas-or-similar traditions in your household:

[Poll #640025]

[identity profile] mr-flay.livejournal.com 2005-12-27 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
I should clarify that when I clicked "Running out of something important", I meant that I skived off work early in order to get back to Ed's and rejoin the festivities.

Work is also the only reason my Xmas involved the Queen's Speech, but unlike (I'm guessing) everyone else who included that in their response, I had to sign the Official Secrets Act (again!) to get hold of it...
ext_550458: (Silver Jubilee knees-up)

[identity profile] strange-complex.livejournal.com 2005-12-27 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah - that's running to something important, isn't it?

[identity profile] mr-flay.livejournal.com 2005-12-27 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Good point, well made. Merry Xmas, hon :)