Spritzkuchen And other Stories on Christmas Eve

 

Mrs Trellis called around yesterday with her erect bobble hat very evident . 

She brought me a small golden alpine looking house which lit up ( in part) which was incredibly sweet of her.

She’s spending Christmas Day with a great niece and plans to re home another whippet in the spring. 

I gave her a fat robin to sit under her Christmas Tree which pleased her enough to clap her hands gayly

“ God bless you!” She said as she left…and I suddenly felt as though I had been visited by one of life’s real survivors, which was nice. 

Around teatime Trendy Carol called by . She was wearing something festive in green and red ( with a touch of green glitter) she delivered a bottle of Bombay Sapphire ( with massive bow,) as well as  matching Christmas Jumpers for Mary & Roger. I promised they would wear them tomorrow as I’m taking them both to work with me on Christmas Day

Yesterday evening I met my sister Janet and went to the cinema to see the horror thriller The Housemaid which was a passably shite drama if you like people pulling their teeth out 

I got home around 11pm so missed a plate of Spritzkuchen sat on the kitchen wall. Now generally a semi retired nurse doesn’t recognise Spritzkuchen When he sees them but when I went outside this morning to see fifteen rings of glazed dough on a plate covered in rainwater and cling film with the blurred hand written note of apology and explaination from my German friend, I was sort of pleased .
They tasted like shite ….which made me smile even more

But it is Christmas !

This morning I picked up 6 coffees from MacDonalds and went to meet my family in Prestatyn for coffee and cake. Now I love my eldest sister Ann dearly , but she does make crap coffee! ( hence the takeaway )

We shared gifts and cards, as I’m working all day tomorrow and when I got home some more gifts had piled up on the kitchen wall, before the postman arrived just with enough cards to fill the gap in my living room garland…..what fun

I’ve got some nice food for later, and have lit the fire….