Christmas

Delicious salmon and homemade chocolate profiteroles for Christmas Eve dinner. Carols from King's on TV was lovely and O magnum mysterium by Ola Gijola with cello is a real discovery! Played for Mass at 11 pm. Noels and Bach In dulci. 41 there mostly strangers! 3 in choir sang On Christmas night, Salazar Gloria. Some discussion about last verse of O come all ye faithful - played it! Now listening to Brentwood cathedral on radio 4 while waiting for Bruce and Liz to emerge from St John's! 21 at 10 am Mass at St Michael's. More Noels and Andrew Gant's Paean on the morning of Christ's nativity.Went to 11.15 mass at Anerley. Good to see Fr Sunith and Fr Stuart - the latter celebrated and played the organ for 4 hymns (3 of them the same as at St Michael's!). Presents opened - very nice! Fr Leon gave me chocs and rioja! Very impressed by singing from Brentwood, Southwark, Ripon and Bath Abbey broadcasts. Well done all! Enormous dinner at Croydon Park hotel and stayed overnight. Delicious breakfast and enjoyed swim, jacuzzi and sauna! Last ever Downton - happy endings! Watched half of Our Cilla. We were both asleep when Bruce came up - he had been watching the cricket.