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Thank you so much for all the e-cards, gifts to my user page, and birthday greetings that I received for yesterday - I really appreciated each and every one of them.
I had a lovely day - coffee in bed, a lazy morning, before D-d, her friend, and I went to see 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' at an early matinee. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it - it was great fun. In the evening S2C, D-d, and I went out for a very good dinner at Views in our local park. Not that we got much of a view of the park in the dark!
All in all a good day. Today, now I know what I got for my birthday as well as for Christmas, I was able to go and shop in the sales - with quite a lot of success. And no work till next week - hurrah!
Almost forgot to mention that preferred television over the holiday for D-d and I has been the new Upstairs Downstairs - we recorded last nights final episode and sat and watched it this afternoon after hitting the sales.
Now to finish writing the small Christmas story - it really shouldn't take me long.
I had a lovely day - coffee in bed, a lazy morning, before D-d, her friend, and I went to see 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' at an early matinee. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it - it was great fun. In the evening S2C, D-d, and I went out for a very good dinner at Views in our local park. Not that we got much of a view of the park in the dark!
All in all a good day. Today, now I know what I got for my birthday as well as for Christmas, I was able to go and shop in the sales - with quite a lot of success. And no work till next week - hurrah!
Almost forgot to mention that preferred television over the holiday for D-d and I has been the new Upstairs Downstairs - we recorded last nights final episode and sat and watched it this afternoon after hitting the sales.
Now to finish writing the small Christmas story - it really shouldn't take me long.
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Date: 29/12/2010 07:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 29/12/2010 07:48 pm (UTC)I got a couple of nice warm jumpers (sweaters I think, to you!) - and some sandals for the summer - as well as my Mum's birthday present, as it is her birthday next week!
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Date: 29/12/2010 08:22 pm (UTC)I'm keeping all my fingers crossed the new Upstairs Downstairs is made into DVD because I so want to see it.
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Date: 29/12/2010 08:48 pm (UTC)The new Upstairs Downstairs was really good - well we thought so - I do hope it comes out on DVD for you.
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Date: 30/12/2010 07:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 30/12/2010 10:57 am (UTC)Yes, it was the great-aunts and people like that who used to do it to me, too. My father had his own variant, though; he was often so desperate to see my face when I opened my present, chosen with care, that he would suddenly appear, about 3.30pm on Christmas Day, with one in birthday paper saying "Here - you might as well open this one now, too!"
I have a feeling this was probably done without asking Mum - who might have told him to wait until it actually was my birthday... As a small child it was a real thrill to suddenly get an extra present mid-afternoon - when I reached the age of eight or so it occurred to me that this would mean nothing to open on my birthday - but he couldn't understand why I might not want to open it, and would keep insisting...
My birthday presents from most people, these days, are put under the tree with the Christmas ones - and I can sit and gloat for three days over the fact that I have presents to open on the day! That little girl is still there - not very far under the surface, even if well covered with fat.
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Date: 30/12/2010 08:28 pm (UTC)I have a couple of friends who were born on Christmas Day, and they all complained about the same thing.
I can't wait to see the new Upstairs Downstairs.
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Date: 29/12/2010 08:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 29/12/2010 08:50 pm (UTC)Have cake...
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Date: 29/12/2010 09:46 pm (UTC)Glad you had such a lovely day, anyway - and have fun hitting the sales!
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Date: 29/12/2010 10:07 pm (UTC)The sales produced a couple of woolly jumpers, a summer-weight nightdress, and some of my everyday work sandals from M&S - a good haul.
'Dawn Treader' was certainly a good way to spend some of the day.
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Date: 29/12/2010 11:56 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 30/12/2010 04:39 am (UTC)Sounds like quite a lovely day indeed, and much deserved.
A new Upstairs Downstairs? It would be interesting to see how it compares with the original--I suppose it will find its way across the water sooner or later.
One of my cousins had a birthday this time of the year, and my Mom and I always tried to remember it--as you say, it was easily overlooked. I've heard of people celebrating their December (near Christmas) birthdays in the summer for that reason.
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Date: 30/12/2010 11:10 am (UTC)The new Upstairs Downstairs was just three one hour episodes - written by Eileen Atkins, one of the original writers, both she and Jean Marsh were also in main roles in it. We really enjoyed it.
As for celebrating a Christmas birthday in the summer - I remember, at the age of about ten and a half, attempting to do just that!
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Date: 30/12/2010 03:04 pm (UTC)http://talesofsnape.livejournal.com/123223.html
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Date: 02/01/2011 06:21 am (UTC)(In my family, belated wishes etc just mean your birthday is so extra special that it's extended by days and days.)
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