And so another Christmas comes and goes, just like the occasional cold. You only have to blink and before you know it, the nice shiny presents you once were eyeing up now clutter up the bedroom cupboard, probably never to be seen again. Christmas had of course been creeping up on us for ages, but to me the last visable sign of the season came on the night of Christmas Eve. THERE WERE NO CARS AT ALL NEAR CASA DEL CATHAYS AT ALL! Parking was a dream. I really wish I took a picture now!
Its been a pretty good Christmas in all - pretty much like the previous ones, so no complaints there. Its always great to have a family Crimbo, sit around the table and take the piss out of the Queen's message, take the piss out of the 'cracker treats', not to mention wearing those rather fetching cracker paper hats, which never fit my head properly. I think it meant more to me as it was my first 'live-away-then-come-back-for-Christmas' Christmas. I must give many thanks to both Jen's family and my own for some excellent festive meals. They were delicious! We should have sausages in bacon more often!
The pic above is from the Argos Crimbo Party a few weeks back, which was a big disappointment. Sadly only a few people turned up, but we still had a good time thanks to many drinks on the company and some rare Cha-Cha sliding from Leighton. The above creature could feature in a BBC One wildlife documentary for it's arachnid presence, but fear not, it is merely Tom's party sausage .. erm .. thing. Well done Tom - not only for your creativity, but that thing was a great time killer, not to mention it raised a good laugh.
With work on both ends of the 25th, Christmas Day was also a good time to relax and actually take some time out from a work marathon. On Christmas Eve, as part of the festive dress up theme in work, I found a kindred spirit in a fellow fat man - Father Christmas himself! Thats right, I was wearing red and you bet your ass that I looked the part!!! Explaining out of stock refunds was brill because the customers couldn't take me seriously wearing a hat and (well, for some of the time) a beard. The effort from all was great - most of the guys dressed up, wore tinsel, a hat etc.. Well done to all!
So now the celebrations are well and truly over one can only look back. But why do that? New Year is on the way and my birthday is around the corner! I wear my Boris Johnson 'Piffle' shirt (gift from Jen) with pride in awe of one of new heroes, and think about what to spend with my Crimbo cash. Hmm.... Anyways I hope you all had a great time over the last week and I wish you all a great New Year too.
P.S. This a snap of the some of Swansea's Christmas lights. Compared with Cardiff? It's St. Mary's St all the way baby!!!
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