Monday 24 December 2018

Day 24 - Christmas Eve

It is probably the best day of the year: there are sights and sounds that can be captured on camera, but smells that bring memories flooding back into your heart, soul and tearducts? That's a bit harder!

This will, of course, be our last blog for the next eleven or so months, but it has been super to know that we've been sharing our Advent with you all.

Anyway, enough of the gooey stuff, here are some photos...

These are us going to the butchers' to collect meats! This is an annual tradition which started in 2010, the first Christmas we had in Wick and when we had heavy snow and had to bring the meats home on the sledge.



These are my special Christmas Eve Weasels Socks! I only ever wear them on the 24th December!

Christmas Eve is without doubt the most magical day of the year. The light this year was so fitting...






Because we head out to Midnight Mass (in about forty minutes - eek!), we have a late supper on Christmas Eve. Here are some pics from that.



The Christmas Tree is looking rather fabulous with all the presents underneath!



Of course, our blogs just wouldn't be complete without a picture (or maybe more than one!) of Orlando! He doesn't much like Christmas Eve because everyone is dashing around being busy and he just has to sit on his own some of the time. He prefers Christmas Day, when everyone sits down together!





As we were walking Orlando, we saw a buzzard watching us. It kept flying a little further away every time we got a bit closer. Seeing it made me wonder if birds celebrate Christmas too.




Speaking of animals celebrating Christmas, Charles and Teddy Deer have a great time this time of year.




I'm not a townie, but even I can't deny that Wick does look rather stunning as you come down the hill towards it.


It seems apt to end our Advent blog with our Advent calendar, and greenery to symbolise new life...



...and our perpetual calendar to look forward into 2019...


Merry Christmas!

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