The Christmas get-together this year was hosted by the Funk household. We drove up in the early morning taking Donna and Simon. We had loads of gifts, mostly for the grandkids. Donna had her own load to give to them. We wondered if the little ones might OD on gifts and leave us feeling that we have overcooked our gifting. As it turned out it did not happen that way. The distribution was very well managed by Gord and there was a good spirit in the place.
Peter had to drive Barb back to Mill Park at noon so that she honoured her afternoon shift at the hospital. Peter then hung about till Daniel had finished his chef work at the RSL making 3 course Christmas lunches for 200+ people! He and Dan were then off to Gembrook with one visit to the bottleshop. So Peter had a Christmas 1 and 2 this year and when he returned he found the kids watching a movie and most adults sitting around a backyard fire. There was a cool South-Westerly blowing, so the fire was a welcome addition. Gord even made an exotic mint drink with the help of a blender and few other things. Otherwise there was Japanese beer.
When it was close to the Summer time sunset of 9 pm, Peter, Donna, Daniel and Simon paid their good-bye. It had been a nice day all round given the tricky bit of getting Barb back for work. Each Christmas - different. We wonder how next year's will go.
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