Merry Christmas (not white!)

Well, its Boxing Day in the UK, and following tradition we've just got back from the sales. Ann and Raj bought a new Dyson and I went looking for a Nexus 10 tablet, but there were none in stock.
I was lucky to have Ann and Raj invite me to their place for Christmas with Ann's parents Jim and Jean. They live in King's Langley, which is here, though the house on Google maps isn't their's. Its about a 3 hour drive from Cardiff on the M4 and M25, I drove here on Sunday to beat the Xmas eve traffic, which has been made worse by the flooding in South Wales, the trains were out for a few days. Christmas chaos!

Ann had been prepping and cooking for days, Christmas lunch is a big deal here, like it is at home. It seems the 2 must haves for Christmas dinner in the UK are brussels sprouts and little sausages wrapped in bacon, which we had. I did eat some brussels sprouts which were cooked with bacon and hazelnuts to be polite, though nothing can disguise the taste. Turns out nobody really likes them, so there's about half a kilo leftover in the fridge.

Even though its been really cold (I've had to buy de-icing spray and an ice scraper for the car) its been raining heavily for about a week and the temperature has risen to the giddy heights of 10C...so no white Christmas this year.
FACT: there were only 4 Christmas days in London with snow last century, and there have been 2 already in this century, so the likelihood of this year being white was always pretty slim.

Xmas day is geared to being inside in the UK, so the Xmas TV line-up is a big thing, along with the Xmas ratings (and the Xmas number 1 song...yada yada yada...). Raj bought a 3D TV and the highlight of Xmas day viewing is the Queen's message to her loyal subjects...this year in 3D! She's always so up with everything!

It did look pretty good though. I think next year they'll put 3D glasses in the crackers, we were all over it this year.


So I watched all the Xmas specials, and those we couldn't watch yesterday we can watch with catch-up today. Yay.
Do all the channels have catch-up in Aus yet? That's all I watch now catch-up and on demand TV.

Still raining and there's time for more Xmas specials...but no Boxing day Test! Hope you all had a great Christmas and are looking forward to a nice warm night for New Year's Eve! I'll be in my local in Cardiff for that. More later.

Queen 3D!