happy christmas

* * *A very happy Christmas to my friends_list and beyond! Fröhliche Weihnachten! Buon natale! Selamat hari natal! Merry chanukah! And a happy whatever else you may or may not be celebrating! * * *

Dear junalele: Deine Plätzchen kamen gerade rechtzeitig zum Heilig Abend an und schmecken extrem lecker! Wir haben heute schon fast alle beim Mahjong-spielen weggeputzt. :-) Thank you so much.

P.S. Oh, and Arsenal vs Blackburn Rovers was good. I am somewhat more interested in games that are more evenly matched (poor Rovers got creamed 6:2) but t'son was happy at the goal bounty. We had fantastic seats. It was my first real club game at world class level but I have to say: though I love it, I do not feel the passion I feel when nation is pitted against nation. Who knows, though, what I may feel when first I see Rooney passing to Ronaldo live...?! (That Man U vs West Ham game was quite clearly the game of Saturday.)

Now I must go and make some brussels sprouts to go with our Lammkeule (leg of lamb). :-)