Lovely Books For Christmas

 These are the books that I bought myself (as a gift from BiL- he gave me some money). I can't remember where I saw them mentioned but I liked the look of both .

I came across details of this soft cover, large size book below  when finding out about the Radio Times nostalgia for a blog post earlier this month. I looked on abebooks and amazon where it was a selling for crazy prices - over £20- but on the Radio Times Shop direct it was £9.99 - so that found it's way to me before Christmas. It's absolutely fascinating and a lovely addition to my WWII Home Front book collection.

And then I had even more books from my wish list from the children!

Might be needing a bit of a shelf sort out to make room for everything............. 

After 11 of us all together on Christmas Day, Yesterday- Boxing Day was quieter, just me and BiL. In the evening I 'forced' him to watch  the special festive  quizzes/panel games which started with 'Would I lie to You', then 'Richard Osman's House of Games' and 'Celebrity Mastermind' . By the time it got to 8.30 he said he couldn't cope with anymore quizzes! which made me laugh, so he went home to avoid 'Only Connect' and 'Christmas University Challenge'!

A Sofa Load of Mischief

 I don't share photos of the grandchildren very often. It doesn't seem like a good idea in the scary world we live in nowadays. 

Just once or twice a year when they are all together. This is Christmas Eve when  all three families descended on me to sort out what was happening on Christmas Day and who needed to take what to the holiday cottage where the Surrey family are staying.

Getting five to sit still, look at the camera and smile all at the same time is impossible!

What a lucky Nanna I am.

Thank you to everyone for Happy Christmas wishes yesterday.

Happy Christmas!

Sending Happy Christmas Wishes to everyone who pops in to read my ramblings.

A little bit of weather lore

If Christmas day on a Thursday be,

A windy winter you shall see;

Windy weather in each week,

And hard tempests, strong and thick;

The summer shall be good and dry,

Corn and beasts shall multiply..

A little bit of history

Christmas wasn't celebrated in the early church. It was the year 336 or 354AD (depending where you find the information) when the Nativity was officially celebrated in Rome on December 25th. The true date and the year of Christ's birth are not really known, but probably between 4 and 11 years earlier.

Christ was born 'in the days when Herod was king of Judaea' but  Herod died in 4BC. He was also born at a time when  'there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed'. Historians date this census at some point in the years 7-11BC.

But either way we've been celebrating the birth for a Very long time.

Hope you have a good celebration today wherever you are and whatever you are doing.

I have a feeling that by the end of the day celebrating with my family I'll be needing a quiet Boxing Day!