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26th December 06, 11:05 AM
#1
Home Alone for Christmas!
For the eleventh successive year, this is Christmas on my own. For three days, I see no-one else - but I try to maintain the standards of 36 years when my partner was alive. I decorate the house, and give our dining table its annual 'airing' with the best cutlery and crystal. I am not used to preparing a full three course meal (one course is almost beyond my talents!), but I always make the effort with Christmas Day lunch. Smoked Salmon terrine, followed by roast turkey, chestnut & apricot stuffing, cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon, potato croquettes, baby carrots, thick onion gravy, Oh! and delicious SPROUTS! This was accompanied by a delicious 1999 Barolo from Italy. Christmas pudding (large enough for a family of six!) with brandy butter and a couple of glasses of 2001 French Chateau Guithem de Rey Sauternes concluded the meal.
Here I am preparing the meal in the kitchen:
Glass of champagne? What glass of champagne?
...... and here I am, just about to tuck into those spouts:
The meal was finished just in time to toast Her Majesty as she gave us her annual Christmas Day speech:
...... and then to enjoy an hour or two of top-notch Christmas Day television:
No. of Kilts: 102. "Title": Lord Hamish Bicknell, Laird of Lochaber / Life Member: The Scottish Tartans Authority / Life Member: The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society / Member: The Ardbeg Committee / My NEW Photo Album: Sadly, and with great regret, it seems my extensive and comprehensive album may now have been lost forever!/
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26th December 06, 11:11 AM
#2
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you , Hamish!
-Tim
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26th December 06, 11:18 AM
#3
Yes a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you Hamish. Great pictures. Thank you for sharing them.
"If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say this or that even, it never happened—that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death."
- George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3
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26th December 06, 11:21 AM
#4
 (Sorry McMurdo, I just always wanted to use this) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too Ham (and all other X-markers)
Jason J. Flory
United States Navy
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26th December 06, 11:26 AM
#5
Merry Christmas Hamish. Impressive tradition. Good job.
(I think I watch the same TV shows you do!)
"You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity." Dr. O.A. Battista
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26th December 06, 11:35 AM
#6
Traditions are important for us all and yours seem wonderfully intact. I especially enjoyed the final photo - a pose that I suspect was often repeated around the world.
Happy Christmas Hamish and a Joyous New Year - by the way is that the maple leaf tartan?
Warmest Wishes
Phil in Idaho
"Walk Tall, Walk Straight, and Look the World Right in the Eye."
That Great Celtic Philosopher Val Doonican
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26th December 06, 11:36 AM
#7
Great photo essay Hamish! Dinner looked delicious!
-Greg Long
Whisky Buyer, Vom Fass USA
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26th December 06, 11:39 AM
#8
I never knew that TV in the UK was so stimulating...
...you're a card, Hamish! Gudt Yule!
Best
AA
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26th December 06, 11:40 AM
#9
Thank you Hamish for inviting us into your home for your festivities! It sure looked like a long day for you (especially that last pict!)
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26th December 06, 12:03 PM
#10
You're never alone at Christmas Hamish when you can invite us to share with you via digital camera and internet. Merry Christmas.
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