Thursday 24 December 2020

Xmas Eve on the Island

 It's still Christmas Eve here in Greece as I write this but Christmas Day has already dawned for my family in New Zealand and Australia.  They are having scorching hot weather and I could almost say the same for us.  These last few days have been wonderfully sunny and warm for the end of December. 







Down at Neorio some of the family went swimming.  
Crazy girls

 


Gingerbread men made by M who works with my daughter
They are simply awesome and she made them for the first time
Yes, that's Santa in a bathing suit


We went downtown to send a Christmas lunch across to a friend of mine who always spends Christmas Day with us.  She can't come over here so we sent lunch, and dinner tonight, over the waters to her on one of these little taxi boats


K did a mighty job with the piece of pork we sent across
It smelled so fantastic sitting in the back of the car it's a wonder I 
didn't just dive in and break off a chunk there and then.
There are potatoes somewhere in there too


Down the end of town.  The only people about were lining up outside the sticky-cake shop

Now we are preparing for a Xmas Eve drinks and nibbles with some of the family.

So far we are all healthy and having a merry time.  I hope the same applies to you wherever you are in the world.

Thank you Judy and Steve in England. Yes, we received your card in time to hang it up for Xmas. Hope you are having a Xmas day with your wonderful family. Loads of love. One day we shall meet again.

And a Huge shout out to Angela. I received another Xmas card today , from Australia. Amazing. My 4th card is from downunder. Efharisto para Poli.

Haroumeno Christouyena

Cheers to you all



Keep safe.  Have fun.  


25 comments:

  1. That all sounds pretty fantastic.
    We have just had roast duck with roasted cubed root veg tonight and will have the usual Christmas lunch tomorrow.
    Have an absolutely wonderfully fantastic day tomorrow!

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    1. Thank you Jaycee for a year of
      fascinating and humourous blogging .
      I'm sure we will have a happy rowdy day tomorrow even with all the restrictions.
      Have a very merry Xmas day yourself!!

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  2. Merry Christmas to you and your family. We will have the usual finger foods for supper tonight. Just the 2 of us instead of the usual 20!! Hoping for better things in 2021. Take care and stay healthy.

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    1. A very happy Xmas to you and your husband. Good health to you both

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  3. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year, we could send you snow if you'd prefer :)
    Hope you have plenty of Mince Pies and silly crackers !
    Hugs,
    ~Jo
    x

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    1. Merry Xmas Jo. We have a good supply of Xmas crackers this year. This year I will be the only one to appreciate the silly jokes. At least the immediate family will be together.
      Keep healthy and happy

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  4. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas. I am sure everything will be delicious.

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    1. A very merry Xmas to you. Sending lots of Xmas cheer. Thanks for your daily tastes of home

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  5. Christmas Day here now. It's 5.30 am and I'm just about to start preparing lunch. I know it's only a 'roast', but it's all the extras that take so long. Have a lovely day, Cro x

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    1. Thank Cro. You are a very early riser. It's 7 just now and early enough for me. Last night we did a bit of preparation. The potatoes are parboiled and the chook is ready for the oven. This year I made a list so we don't forget anything. Last year it was the Yorkshire pufs.
      I can imagine what a wonderful family dinner you will have. All the very best to you and the children.

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  6. Happy Christmas Linda. Enjoy all that food and have lots of fun. Rachel xxx

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    1. Thanks Rachel. It was a noisy happy day. Lots of in and lots of food.
      Clean up time

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  7. Wishing you all a safe and happy Christmas Day
    Mxx

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  8. Good on for finding ways to share the feast despite the restrictions. Have a great day, enjoy the food the family and all this sunshine. Gladelig Jul. Merry Chritas. Feliz Navidad.

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    1. Wonderful sunny day. No checks here but no covid cases thank goodness. We gathered and celebrated and it was one of the best xmases ever
      Kronia polla

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  9. Fantastic photos Linda. Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas.

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    1. Hope your day was full of good food and drink. Sunny and warm here. We ate inside but spent a lot of the day outside in short sleeves

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  10. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours!!
    How nice to have such warm weather, it is -5 celcius here this morning! Brrrrr

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    1. A very warm Xmas day here. Made a big difference. We sat outside and enjoyed the warm weather

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  11. Oh I’m so glad it made it in time
    Merry Christmas to you all
    Fingers crossed for a much healthier new year for the world

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    1. It arrived on Xmas Eve. A huge surprise. A thousand thanks. Your Xmas day sounded amazing . Hope you're resting today

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  12. yum! you had what we did, can't beat a roast pork, Merry Christmas

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    1. I saw the photo of your crackling. Amazing!! And your salad ! We had sprouts and pumpkin and Kumara alias sweet potato plus a million other things. Great food

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  13. Lovely of you to share, the roast pork looks wonderful. We had a roast rolled Turkey, ham and al, the usual roast vegetables, luckily the day was not hot.

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