It's Christmas, but also: what day is it?

[metawidget]

Christmas 2020… waiting for the remote family Zoom call to begin. We made sure there was a plain old telephone option for Dad (we call him) and I've put the chairs in places where all five of us can be in the frame.

This is the first Christmas in a while that we haven't been driving. It slows the day down nicely, really, although I miss being at my parents' place, the home of my youth, and with everyone there. We have spread out the festivities, we saw Elizabeth's parents outside yesterday and spent some pre-lockdown Pod time with Heather, Andrea and Morgen. Today was just the five of us around the house: presents, breakfast, lunch, cookies, trying the new games, the cat sitting in the new boxes. I took a run around our thawed-out neighbourhood. The Messiah and Queen's Christmas Message we would usually listen to in the car we streamed into the living room. Ada just changed out of her PJs for video gathering and supper. I'm making stuffing for the first time ever and Yorkshire pudding for Christmas for the first time — learned to make it as first lockdown set in this year.

It has a bit of an early Boxing Day feel to it, really. And honestly I keep having to check what day of the week it is…

Happy Christmas all who do it!

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[blogcutter]

Happy Christmas to all of you too! We'll have to try the Yorkshire pudding recipe from the recipe book you gave us - I think last time we did it might have been in our pre-vegetarian days! We've been into the tortiere and a lot of the goodies and everything is delicious! Next year should be a more traditional celebration, but meanwhile we're not feeling too deprived... hope you're managing to capture some of the spirit of the season

[metawidget]

We're well into the Solstice-Christmas groove, just a mellow-ish one :)

The nut loaf you gave us was delicious and popular! I've sent you the Yorkshire pudding recipe I used.

And yes, next year in person indoors!

[dagibbs]

Day-of-the-week, month, or even year has been kind of blurry for a while, now.