Presents to wraps, biscuits to bake

One of the posted-in-November parcels arrived today (Saturday! And there are deliveries tomorrow as well) and while I greatly appreciate the careful packaging of the thin glass coffee cup (I finally broke Mum's last one a few months ago while washing up and we've both failed at finding anything nice in the stores), it was quite the effort to get it unpacked.

Took off the outer layer, cut open the taped box, pulled out mass quantity of packaging ... that surrounded a smaller box which was taped shut. So I cut that open, tried to figure out how to open the box (it was tricky!), got it open, pulled out more wrapping ... and finally found the dainty little cup. Which was also holding a pretty little bag filled with a tea sample.

In the end I think the cup was about 1/8th the size of the original package. If that. But it was intact and it arrived before Christmas so yay!

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Carols in the Domain was on television tonight. I haven't turned on the TV in weeks, possibly months (and we have two lovely TVs now!) but I watched Jamie at Home with Bells On a few days ago and drooled over the brussel sprouts and celeriac and turkey (but not the dessert.) Enjoyed that more than the Carols. The medley at the end with all the performers together is always fun and they sing Joyful, Joyful as well but I swear the presenters just get more inane and individual singers even worse every year. We gave up after a while and I put a CD on while I started the Florentines. Took a break to watch the final medley and read some fic but now I'd better get back to it.

Feh. Florentines.

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Happy thing!

Song of Joy from A Carols in the Domain 2010

And the traditional Closing Medley from 2008 and why does DW hate me trying to post two vids or writing a bit about them?!?!?!?!)