We continue our streak of seeing how long I can go without a trip home while simultaneously suffering from severe homesickness by snubbing our friends and family and not coming back to VA for yet another important holiday. But really, how many times in my life will I be able to celebrate a British Christmas? Probably not many, so we’re trying to take advantage of it.
In that spirit, Bobby and I have rented a traditional British cottage out on the Welsh border for Christmas. The cottage fulfilled my two requirements for being “traditionally British:” 1) It has a fire place 2) There are lots of sheep around. It is, in fact, on a sheep farm. So bobby and I will be spending the week of Christmas sitting by the fire, reading some Dickens, going on walks through the Welsh hills, looking at sheep out the window, and trying to figure out what people do without internet.
We’ve rented a car to get out there, so wish us luck as we attempt to drive on the left (aka wrong) side of the road!
We wish you all a very Merry Christmas (or Happy Christmas, as the Brits would say) and a wonderful new year.
PS- Thanks to my mom who sent us some canned cranberry sauce! I will save it for Christmas day.
3 comments:
In Malaysian English, they write "Hari Kristmas."
Happy Christmas to you both! Enjoy some time together by the fireplace, and consider yourselves hugged from all of us! Love you both!! (that wasn't too sappy for a blog comment was it?)
It was a little sappy... but that's alright. Sappy is good from across the Atlantic.
Happy Christmas!
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