Yes, Christmas does come just once a year, which is probably a good thing, could we cope with all that festivity more than once in twelve months?
For our family it was good and very, very busy. It seems to have been a constant party since 23rd December when we kicked off at the pantomime – I already told you about that. Like most people we have eaten much too much and quantities of alcohol have been drunk, not by me – by them. We had party games, party hats, party food and party drinks lasting for six full days and some of them are still at it, I believe. I do hope you enjoyed whatever you were doing and managed to stay well.
I haven’t mentioned that I bought a ticket for my daughter in law’s Xmas fair in aid of charity. All prizes were donated so all of the money received went to the Christian Blandford fund in aid of sick children. I only bought one ticket and managed to win the top gift – a beauty hamper worth £1500. I have to be honest and admit that most of the items I have never heard of and I don’t think I have enough time left on this earth to use them all anyway. I decided to let all the female family members and Jack have a share. We each took it in turns choosing an item and ended up with about 8 each I think. Really good fun and very exciting getting little pots or bottles of cosmetics worth up to £50 each. Meanwhile, some people have been snapping up bargains in the post Xmas sales. One woman is said to have spent £73.40 on products worth an rrp of £575.80 in Superdrug and M&S. I wonder if she needed everything?
Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty of 5 charges relating to sex trafficking minors. She could never have envisaged such an end to her life when she was being brought up to a life of privilege. Why did she need to take such a route? She was clever, well educated and able to work and earn money if needed. I guess there will now be an appeal to the verdict, I wonder who’s paying for her defence.
We ended our festivities with Elizabeth’s 21st birthday party yesterday. But, you’ll have to wait, there’ll be more of that tomorrow. Meanwhile people, let’s be careful out there.