Christmas Day in Aldinga

Christmas Day in Australia, first time for 20 years.   And it was very strange to wake up to bright sunshine.  Luckily there was a small thunderstorm at 7 a.m. which brought a little rain but some well needed coolness.   The temperature today was in the top 20's and a little too hot to eat outside so we postponed Christmas dinner until the reasonable hour of 6 p.m.   The red wine tasted so much better then too, which was just as well, as it was a beautiful wine from the Katnook winery in the Coonawarra.  

We opened all our presents with great excitement.   One small problem was forgetting to purchase batteries for some of Jespa's toys so he will have to wait until tomorrow.   And he is looking forward to using his walkie talkie and car.    

The boys working out how to put together a car.  

 Jay has put her sparkling lights around her bunk bed.  She is very pleased with them.

 Darren bought the full set of Harry Potter DVDs for the children and guess what the family spent time doing, watching the first DVD.    And they continued to watch the DVD after dinner.   I can hear them discussing events in the movie, from my quiet position in the bedroom.

 Christmas Dinner.   First we had the mandatory prawns, which we shelled of course.   No turkey today.   But a delicious roast pork and ham, roast vegetables and peas plus fresh pears cooked in apple cider vinegar, mustard, butter and cloves.   And for the adults, it was washed down with a Katnook wine.

And to finish we had a fresh fruit salad (mangos, peaches, apricots, nectarines, bananas, pears and pineapple) plus custard and ice cream.

Tomorrow I am on a diet!