Christmas Eve always seems to bring with it a brief moment of calm. The house is ready, the lists ticked off, giblet stock and cranberry sauce made and filling the house with the finest smells of the season.
Tomorrow the jollity and the mayhem, the champagne and the celebrating and the cooking and eating will take over, but for a few moments this evening, all is calm.
And so I am stealing a moment to wish that your Christmas is merry and bright and that you enjoy each sparkling moment.

Glad to see Ali is still calm. Have a good one!
Posted by: Sue | 24 December 2012 at 20:23
Enjoy your festivities tomorrow Ali xxx
Posted by: Julie | 24 December 2012 at 21:04
And a very merry Christmas to you too, Ax
Posted by: Magic Bean | 24 December 2012 at 21:21
Merry Christmas!
We're still waiting for a little one to go to sleep - I think it's going to be a very long night.
Have a fantastic one,
Nina x
Posted by: Nina - tabiboo | 24 December 2012 at 21:43
our house smells of cloves. it is so festive! no one is asleep however..........
Posted by: driftwood | 24 December 2012 at 22:27
Merry Christmas Ali, Jx
Posted by: rusty duck | 24 December 2012 at 23:28
I hope you and the family are enjoying the jollity and mayhem of today. We are having a quite Christmas day with just three of us and our mayhem descends tomorrow!
Posted by: Gina | 25 December 2012 at 16:41
Hope you had a most wonderful Christmas! Happy Boxing Day! K x
Posted by: kristina | 26 December 2012 at 06:34
I hope you had a good one! x
Posted by: Simone | 26 December 2012 at 15:00
I hope you had a great one, Ali. I've loved seeing the moments you've captured. That New Year, new start feeling is already starting to creep in for me.
Posted by: Emma | 28 December 2012 at 09:48