We have to be careful what we wish for but as my blog name says I just dream of a simple life ..... enough money to pay the bills, to eat well and keep warm. Most of all I hope that we all keep fit and healthy to welcome in many more Christmases to come. I am extremely lucky that I still have both my parents but am well aware that we are all getting older and I am getting higher up the pecking order!!!
It would be lovely if we could all have a mahoosive Christmas together and I have often talked about it with my brother and sister and as our families expand we are now up to 26 of us. None of us have a house big enough to take everyone for dinner at the same time so we are thinking of renting a large house similar to the one we spent my 50th birthday in last year.
We had a great time and if we all muck in with cooking and can find a turkey big enough I know it will be a Christmas to remember. I really don't mind preparing our own dinner and have always refused to go out and pay over the odds for frozen veg etc .... there is nothing like homemade.
When we all get together on Christmas evening we must make a point of making a decision and with the aid of the internet find ourselves somewhere for next year ... hopefully x
Sounds wonderful......... make sure it happens! (I am sure you will!) x
ReplyDeleteGo for it! My husband's family have asked us to organise a gite for his parents' 40th wedding anniversary last summer and there are some wonderful places for a large group to stay. Have a wonderful Christmas.
ReplyDeleteHope you manage to all get together. I have a tiny family and we can all fit in one room very easily! Our present shopping list is very short, economical, but I often wish there were more of us, there is nothing like family at Christmas.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful idea, hope you manage to arrange something for next year.
ReplyDeleteHave just read, and loved, loved, loved your comment on Floss's post for today. All the most hateful moments I've had this term have over the conflict of a spring-born boy and his school system! Liberating to read you, thanks-and also nice to think of that big house with this cleverly falling snow!!
ReplyDeleteA big family get-together next Christmas sounds wonderful - it will probably take you all year to organise, though!
ReplyDeleteMy extended family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins) used to get together every Christmas about a week or two before the 25th. All the adults would bring a dish - potatoes, vegetables, salad or dessert. The host/hostess usually provided ham, which is fairly simple. We'd serve ourselves from a buffet and have a nice time visiting each year. Many of us have now moved away so I haven't been able to attend for a few years, but I have such great memories of the years we did get to go. It's a wonderful memory-maker, that's for sure!
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