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As usual, we had our main Christmas meal on Christmas Eve. I spent the day cooking, with bits of help from various people. Toby helped peel shallots, which was interesting (according to him they have hair and nipples). I requested that everyone dress nicely for the meal, and after some interesting first attempts, they were all dressed acceptably

After dinner all the boys got new pyjamas, and all were very happy with them, although George was definitely the most excited about his, which featured Star Wars Lego. I’ve only managed to convince him to take them off twice since he got them, on both occasions by promising to have them washed and dried again by bedtime.

I tried and failed to stay awake to, erm, greet Santa. After dozing off for about an hour, I woke and, erm, found other people helping Santa

I also tried and failed to find the final Harry Potter DVD, which had been bought and stashed for Xmas viewing. It had to be somewhere…at 3.40 a.m. on xmas morning, I awoke in a very logical frame of mind and worked out exactly where it was

Xmas morning started with stockings and croissants in my room:

Once the stockings had been thoroughly explored, we moved downstairs to find this:

There were some definite themes to this year’s presents, musical instruments and Lego being the main ones. George’s letter to Santa was one of my favourites ever, because it describes so well exactly the stage of life he’s at right now: he asked for Star Wars Lego and an electric shaver. Barney received techy things and Rubik’s-Cube-related things, as usual – and books, of course. Freddy had asked for a new phone, and while he was initially confused by the empty box, he soon tracked down the actual phone (with the help of several text messages wishing him a Merry Xmas!) Jack and Toby both wanted scooters, and Louie’s list (written with Jack’s assistance) included a blue drum, a blue piano, another blue piano, and a blue plane that crashes. Everybody got some surprises – and the surprises were received with just as much delight as the requested items

(Lots of) photos below the fold – and if it all looks a bit manic, well then at least it’s accurate
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