Christmas lists

Food we ate...

My wonderful husband cooked the main Christmas Day meal: Roasted Gressingham goose stuffed with whole oranges / potatoes roasted in goose fat / homemade apple sauce / homemade chesnut stuffing / red cabbage with juniper berries / brussels sprouts / black forest gateau from Paul on Old Compton Street / steamed Christmas pudding / cardamom wafer and rose and violet cream chocolates from Liberty / clementines / Shropshire blue, Wensleydale, Double Gloucester and soft goats cheeses with assorted crackers / lots of expensive French red wine, and elderflower cordial for me / beef steaks with fries and a tomato salad on Christmas Eve / whole salmon with French beans, new potatoes, citrus and fennel salad and dill sauce on Boxing Day


Gifts we received...

M: Band Of Brothers DVD box set / Berlin Alexanderplatz DVD box set / vintage hand trowel and fork gardening set / crystal liquor glasses / Malin & Goetz grooming products / Book tokens / pottery
Me: The L Word DVD box set / Satyajit Ray's Abhijan DVD / a cashmere wrap / a National Geographic world atlas / book tokens / Nigella Express cookbook / The Rough Guide To Pregnancy And Birth book / pottery / the incredibly useful reference tome Harden's London Baby Guide

Christmas TV and movies we watched...

Peter And The Wolf / The Snowman, with the original David Bowie introduction / The Simpsons / The Polar Express / Only Fools And Horses / To The Manor Born

Who I missed the most...

My parents. I can't wait to see them again in the New Year.