At my sister's this Christmas

Happy Christmas, Andy (a little bit late, but I hope you have some holidays left)

Thank you, Angelika! Back to work tomorrow, but that's OK. I need to earn! No classes = no pay!

Don't see too many photos taken on Christmas day itself Andy. This is very appropriate however- altogether a fine interior shot. Hope you had a gun-un. All the Best for the New Year.

Herb

You see there is no-one about, Herb! The festivities had all been on Christmas Eve as is traditional here, including the family meal of the year! So Christmas day, after all the clearing up had been done, was very peaceful!

I didn't realise that they celebrated on Christmas Eve, so no wonder the house looked so calm on Christmas Day. The tree looks so pretty against all that lovely wood

Thank you, Jenny.
A bit different! The main meal is on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day just for relaxing (or church for some - but not many; Spain is now apparently the least religious country in the whole of Europe! A fact that really does surprise many people!). Boxing Day is a normal working day (I did give a couple of private classes) but many people take 2 weeks off from Christmas Eve to after Kings - a bank holiday on the 6th Jan. The Eve of Kings (Epiphany or 12th Night in English) is when the children get their 'long-awaited' prezzies!!

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Translate doesn't give Gezelligeid, Fred.

Beautiful! Merry Christmas, Andy! Wishing you a very Happy New Year in 2019, my friend!! Thank you for your friendship and support!

(I haven't been on much. Have been starting up an instagram account @cher12861. Hopefully on more soon!)

What a great angle Andy! Hope you had a good Christmas.

Thank you, Rosa. Yes, one of the better ones!

Beautiful POV, Andy ---- missed this shot.

Hope your New Year is filled with wonder [ that covers a lot of ground ] !