Day 22 - Jolly Holidays

Advent is drawing to an end. The Advent Candle has been a welcome addition to our table throughout the month:

It's the first day of the Christmas holidays so teachers and children up and down the country will be celebrating tonight!

Here's Orlando celebrating with a ride on the tractor:

Newtonhill looks lovely in the wintry afternoon:

Here's Ginny in Christmas get-up:

It's always super to remember friends, and these beautiful flowers that were a gift from Mum's friend, Shirley, remind us of the beauty of friendships:

Also a gift from Shirley, the wreath (hanging from the shepherd's crook) and snowflakes look stunning and make superb Christmas decorations:

In the afternoon, we went to the Nine Lessons and Carols at St John's. It was a lovely, relaxed and Christmassy atmosphere. This window is beautiful all year round, but has special significance over Christmas:

Coming back from the church, we noticed the Christmas full moon. Play the 'guess which is the street light' game:

Meanwhile, Ginny was taking moon pictures from home:

Today's job was to move the table from the Music Room into the Kitchen. For this, we needed to remove doors. Getting it back on was interesting...:

This was followed by a crazy game of Table Football - and some even crazier mirror selfies:

Naughty puppy:

Of course, the Christmas Tree needs another mention. Here's the snowman too, a Christmas tradition of a jar filled with sweets. Every year, Mum decorates the jar to look like a snowman:

The lights of the tree are dazzling through the door, and the advent calendar is almost finished:

Let's see what tomorrow brings...