{"id":30306,"date":"2019-12-23T13:27:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T13:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=30306"},"modified":"2019-12-23T13:30:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T13:30:11","slug":"the-first-of-our-three-christmas-dinners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=30306","title":{"rendered":"The first of our three Christmas dinners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We have three Christmas dinners. One with my side of the family, one with my husband&#8217;s side of the family and Christmas Day itself is just the two of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year we had my side on Saturday and will have my husband&#8217;s side on Friday. There were my youngest son and daughter in law and my eldest son, daughter in law and delightful two and a half year old grandson with a second grandson due in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had a really lovely time. We did the full on turkey dinner and have saved a few slices of turkey for our Christmas dinner so we don&#8217;t need to cook it again and have too much left over. We have parsnips and sprouts from the allotment for our Christmas dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was lots to eat and drink and then exchanging gifts after dinner. The eldest son&#8217;s family stayed over and left after lunch the next day. My little grandson didn&#8217;t want to go home and in truth I didn&#8217;t want him to go home either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Our-first-of-the-family-Christmas-dinner-table.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Our-first-of-the-family-Christmas-dinner-table.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Our-first-of-the-family-Christmas-dinner-table-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Our-first-of-the-family-Christmas-dinner-table-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Our table ready for the first of the family Christmas dinners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Iwith-champagne-flutes-for-an-arrivel-drink.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Iwith-champagne-flutes-for-an-arrivel-drink.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Iwith-champagne-flutes-for-an-arrivel-drink-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Iwith-champagne-flutes-for-an-arrivel-drink-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>With champagne flutes for arrival drinks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We had such a lovely time.  We will have Christmas Day with just the two of us but with phone calls from all the family. For the third Christmas dinner my husband&#8217;s family have chosen roast beef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phew! Three turkey dinners would have been a stretch too far and we are looking forward to having a different third dinner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It stretches our Christmas out and will soon run into the New Year celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would therefor like to take this moment to wish all my readers, their families and their chooks a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have three Christmas dinners. One with my side of the family, one with my husband&#8217;s side of the family and Christmas Day itself is just the two of us. 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