Finished the shopping yesterday - just a parcel of books from Amazon still to arrive.
Marzipanned the cakes this morning.
Sent out all the Christmas letters both email and paper (many of the latter by scout post). I do a round robin which some people love and some people hate: since several people have actually volunteered that they like mine I keep on sending it.
Cards are arriving thick and fast now. By one of those odd coincidences Liz's and her mother's arrived together today. Last year Inge walked in on December 1st, saw a card on the side, and asked who on earth was sad enough to send a card that early? I handed it to her, she opened it and disovered it was from her parents. A truly beautiful moment.
