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Christmas day started with a 5am wake up. Sequoia excitedly exclaimed that the reindeers had been since all the carrots on her bed were gone. Smile.

My Family had traveled some distance to join in for Christmas, my sister and son flew in from Margaret River, WA and my brother and his family drove for 7 hours from the South coast. Mum and Dad from the next suburb. It was a rare day for us being all together. So I relished it.



This was the first year I was responsible for Christmas lunch. Mum's retirement and thoughts of cooking my first Christmas lunch had me stressed for weeks. Would I cook duck, seafood or Swiss tradition Chateau Briand?
Then most practically I waited for the weather forecast for the 25th, 24 degrees with chance of rain so I decided on good ol' Turkey as I could cope with the oven being on for 4 plus hours. I researched Turkey recipes for a few hours until one made my mouth water. Jamie Olliver's Best Turkey ever combined with Donna Hays veggies and a Youtube video on how to carve it. We were in heaven tucking into our first Turkey.


For entree traditional oysters and prawns on the BBQ Aussie style. Dessert was Mum's best trifle ever and a rocky road Christmas pudding for my sister who was the guest of honour this year having had a severe accident six months ago. I was wrapped she and her son made it over. The food so delicious my brother kindly asked me to cook it again for New Years Eve! But that won't happen...

The day all told was brilliant.


Patrick surprised me so much with my gift I shed happy tears. He got my fairy designs printed on a pair of shoes from the Zazzle website. Oh I love them.

Late afternoon we went for our traditional swim in Sydney harbour. At high tide we floated on air beds, the clear soft water lapping us as the warm rain sprinkled us. Such a very special day.

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