So close now!

Schools have broken up now, so it's morning chaos of a different kind in the Chesworth household! Mathew thinks Father Christmas should come today, as why should we be waiting once school is finished? He has a point, but we're still going to make him hold off until the proper time.
I am feeling a bit more 'with it' today, which is nice, after the gloom of earlier this week. I'm still not fully into the whole Yuletide delights - I'm not blasting out Michael Buble in the car or rewatching old movies at every possible moment - but at least I'm smiling again and feeling in touch with my fellow man. And isn't that what Christmas should be about anyway? Connection and emotion and love, not commerce and TV specials and parties?
We have a busy weekend at work, with Family Fun stuff on all three days. The staff are not overly pleased with me having booked an activity for the morning of Christmas Eve, but there'll be plenty of treats and drinks leftover for them to enjoy and/or take home with them, and it's not as if we're dragging in loads of people who would normally have the day off. I've kept the rotas as fair as possible and it's mostly seasonal people back from university who are helping out anyway, so I'm not going to feel guilty.
And, once the clearing up is done, I can hotfoot it home to enjoy a brilliant Christmas Eve afternoon, winding Mathew up to the point of excited exhaustion and diving into our large cupboard full of Christmassy snacks and sundries.
Yummy.

RC 22-12-23