We had our 3rd Christmas day on the 20th Dec and it was a rather large affair.
There were 18 adults, 5 children and 3 dogs. All these people and still half my brothers and sisters were missing, half my nephews and nieces were missing and half the dogs were missing!
Here is a link to the photos.
It is NZ tradition to find your Christmas tree on the side of the road. So I took Mike out to show him how its done.
First, find a tree to steal
This one is a bit scrawny
This one looks just right.
Get a saw and start cutting
Bundle the evidence up in a tarp
Wrap it up so it’s well hidden
Tie it up good
Carry it to your car
Stick it on top
No one will see it there
Here are some photos of the very messy night:
Sister Jenny is hosting Christmas this year so we visited her at the farm to check out Christmas dinner.
One of these lucky lambs will take pride of place on the revolving spit:
Its not quite a turkey, but is totally home grown and way tastier:
These guys wont quite make it for this years dinner, but we got a whole year to fatten them up:
Jenny offered us some eggs laid fresh that morning, but it seemed a bit weird eating eggs straight from the chickens bum. We prefer our eggs from the supermarket.
Lucky for this guy we aren’t French:
Our last few long haul flights have been in premium economy or business class so we were wondering how we would cope in the cattle class on a busy flight.
As it was, it wasn’t too bad, so I have compiled a list of the advantages of flying economy.
1. They don’t ply you full of alcohol before take-off like the upper classes, so you don’t have a raging hangover by the time you reach Hong Kong.
2. The arm rest lifts up so I could stretch my legs out across Mike (which was good until he pushes me off and I fall down and get wedged between the crack)
3. The price is about half that of premium economy and a quarter that of business class.
4. After your meal you can just fall asleep, whereas in business class you have to get up and rearrange your seat into a flatbed. What a pain in the arse that is!
5. There seems to be less queues for the toilets (probably due to less alcohol)
6. On many occasions on empty flights we have had the middle four rows to ourselves and sometimes a row each to spread out and sleep. Unfortunately this is unlikely during the busy Christmas period.
7. Wine and champagne are served in plastic cups, so it tastes really bad and you don’t drink as much, therefore feeling much fresher after a 24 hour flight.