366 Photos - 360 - That was Christmas Day.

[byslantedlight]

Well posting comments may be really slow at the moment, but posting pictures is virtually instantaneous - wow!

Christmas day started here with grey skies and rain, which was okay cos I contributed to the death of the planet by putting on all the pretty fairylights I have (bad, bad, bad...) and then the sun came out, and it was glorious and even warm.

Of course about an hour ago I heard a very odd roaring sound outside, and when I went to look, I was all but slapped in the face by rain and wind (which didn't at all sound like rain and wind!), but that's also okay, cos I have my flannel (sorry, brushed cotton) sheets on the bed, and my hot water bottle. Not that it's cold, actually, just blustery.

Anyway - it's been a nice wee day. I nipped around to Landlord to take them some fudge, so I even got to speak out loud to real people, and then there were lots more people on lj than I'd been expecting (hurrah!) and I was busy with the Christmas day posts and making Christmas dinner (delish Christmas nut roast from Riverford - I was worried they'd changed the recipe from last year, but they hadn't), and opening what turned out to be lots of dvds and a quilting book, and coffee (that's me sorted *g*) and then watching all the telly. I even watched Frozen (well, most of it)!

Oh! Doctor Who! *g* I liked it! I usually do, I'm pretty uncritical when it comes to the Doctor generally having a good time, and now that wossername is gone, it's all good. I had a brief frown when it turned out he was mourning a loved one - but of course that was River Song, cos that's the last time we saw the Doctor! Anyway, jolly good. *g* Anyone else watch?

Hope you all had a lovely day - I can't believe that's Christmas for another year!

Comments

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

What beautiful pictures! I love the tree shadow, particularly!

And Doctor Who just downloaded, but we'll save it for tomorrow.
Glad to hear that it was good!

We had a sunny, coldish day here, and now that it's dark, it's already well below freezing.
It was a cozy and quiet day, with the special Silesian Christmas meal, a few gifts, a nice fire in the wood stove, and a pot of excellent tea (one of my presents :)).

Tomorrow, it's back to work for most people as Christmas Day fell on a Sunday this year.
Wishing you a relaxing holiday!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

The tree shadow was fab - I was concentrating on distant clouds and sunshine-spattered hills at first, and didn't it even notice it, and then I realised that I wasn't just standing by a shadow - it was a tree-shadow! *g*

Our days have gone sunny and cold now too, which is nice. I like the sound of your Christmas - it sounds peaceful and lovely! Oh, and I hope you enjoyed DW!

I always forget that Christmas isn't a holiday in the US, even though they call it a "holiday" - no day off in lieu if it's on a weekend. Seems wrong, it's mid-winter! It should be a proper holiday (day-off holiday)!

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Pretty, pretty pictures, especially your tree decorations.

Not seen the Dr Who christmas special yet - it's on free-to-air at 7.30 tonight (just under an hour) so will be watching it then. The Husbands of River Song was on telly earlier today, which was a nice little reminder of where we're up to.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *g* Hope you liked DW! I'm probably not a "fan" enough to be critical as long as I'm generally entertained, which I was, so hope you were too!

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed it, it was fun. Some snappy dialogue, as you'd expect from Steven Moffatt. Wonder why he decided to set it in New York?

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

It sounds as if you had a quite a lovely day. And what great pictures. The sun so bright, and then the clouds roll in. And Christmas decorations!

The rain held off here until Christmas night, so there was plenty of snow on the ground. Don't know what it's going to look like by the end of the day. But tomorrow it turns back into winter, and more snow is forecast.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It was a nice day, thanks! Hope yours was too - and with snow (how lush! Well, for those of us who don't have it often *g*)

[loxleyprince.livejournal.com]

Well, if you can't have snow for Christmas, I reckon blue skies and sunshine are the next best thing.

Didn't see Doctor Who (was pre-occupied in the kitchen.) I never really warmed to the current doctor, so I'm also unlikely to go back and re-visit. I did enjoy Granchester though. :-)

I got cookbooks and baking accoutrements for Christmas, so I spent Christmas Day evening reading those and working out whether or not I'm brave enough to attempt these in the New Year:-

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds very impressive. Let me guess - you have Bake off aspirations! *g*

I like the current Doctor well enough for himself (he's always the Doctor), it was just his companion that annoyed me and made him be annoying too. Now he's not got to pander to her, I like him more. *g*

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

I did think it was sweet that The Doctor was mourning River--and they'd apparently spent 24 years together! And that he'd glued Nadoo's (sp?) head back on for some company, but I was underwhelmed by the superhero story line. Ah, well, soon we'll have a new companion and lots of the Doctor!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Lol - I thought the superhero storyline was pretty fun. Light-hearted but a typical DW villain! And yeah, nice to see his not-actually-human side! Yeay for new DW to come, though (and new Sherlock in a few days, too!) I'm expecting to the like the new companion much more than I liked Clara (though that would be fairly easy, tbh...!)

[freetraveller15.livejournal.com]

Glad you had a good Christmas Day! Mine was ok, just a bit frantic with nephews going crazy about opening parcels under the tree, but it was part of the "fun" *g*
I've never spent Xmas day in Britain, so I've never experienced the whole Xmas TV specials ritual... I guess when everything except restaurants is closed around you there's not much to be done outside watching some quality telly. In Italy, shops are all closed, and some restaurants, but cinemas are open, and trains and buses operate (on a Sunday schedule, mostly), so you *can* get around, even if you don't have a car... ;)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Lol - frantic nephews opening presents are what Christmas is all about, I guess...! Though I remember my wee nephew when I was over at Christmas - he actually enjoyed opening each present and then wanted to play with it, but his mum wanted them all opened at once, and so kept him doing that, and he was almost in tears about that - I kept wanting to say Just let him play with them!

I think the Christmas tv thing is less because nothing's open and more because everyone's supposed to go and visit family for the day, and spend time with them - often when they've not done so for a whole year in between. I think the idea of the tv is that it's a few calming moments through the day to stop everyone getting too emotionally fraught with each other! Otherwise it's all talking to each other and playing games with each other and things...! Generally the morning is all about getting the Christmas meal ready, then there's the huge meal, then clearing it up, then a Christmas Day walk to "walk it off", and then telly when everyone comes home all tired out from the day!