it was Christmas Eve, babe

[kindkit]

I ended up making plans for Christmas. I asked a friend of mine, who's been having a hard time lately and who I don't think should be alone on Christmas, to see a movie with me. We'll be seeing Molly's Game, which seemed like the best of an uninteresting lot. (I know everyone loves The Last Jedi, but I have not seen a Star Wars movie since Return of the Jedi and I have no intention of breaking my streak.)

I confess I'm not feeling all the enthusiastic about the business--it would help if there was a movie I actually wanted to see--but on the day, I'll probably be glad for some company too.

To accommodate tomorrow's plans, I'm having my very simple Christmas dinner today: ham (leftover from Thaksgiving), roasted potatoes, brussels sprouts with chestnuts and boursin cheese. I have some no-effort-required treats for tomorrow as well (smoked salmon! elderflower and rose lemonade!), and a rather shocking excess of sweet things, so I'm set for the holiday. Also possibly for nuclear winter.

I have some m/m romance novels to read (K.J. Charles's An Unsuitable Heir and a couple of Whyborne and Griffin books by Jordan L. Hawk). I'll listen to some Christmas tunes and to the Cabin Pressure Christmas episode ("Molokai"), which has become a tradition for me. I'll have eggnog with brandy in it. And there will be Yuletide fics to read at some point!

I'll be warm, and safe, and well fed, and hoping you are too, and wishing everyone was.

To those who celebrate it: a merry Christmas! To those who don't: at least it's almost over and soon everyone will shut up about it for another ten months or so.

Comments

[magnetic_pole]

To those who celebrate it: a merry Christmas! To those who don't: at least it's almost over and soon everyone will shut up about it for another ten months or so.

Hee! Yes.

Merry Christmas to you, K! M.

[vilakins]

We have a very quiet day too, as usual, plus also an excess of sweet things because I do love the various seasonal treats from different places like English fruit-mince pies, Scottish shortbread, German Stollen and Lebkuchen, Italian panettone and panforte... I will have to pace myself over the next month.

[vilakins]

And the Sins of the Cities series looks very interesting and not too expensive on Kindle. I shall buy!

[lilacsigil]

That sounds like a great two-day plan! I have not seen The Last Jedi either, though I do intend to at some stage. We are staying home and conducting a mince pie comparison from two different local bakeries and looking forward to Yuletide. And the weather is nice and cool (unlike last year) so we can even cook a roast! Merry Christmas.

[st_aurafina]

*hugs hugs* Merry Christmas.

I have smoked salmon, too, yay! And lilacsigil doesn't like it, so I don't have to share.

[shewhostaples]

Thank you, and to you!