A belated Merry Christmas to you all; my intentions of putting up a blog on Christmas Day flew out of mind and memory! This was my second Christmas Day on the island and Jen brought down Christmas decorations and solar-powered fairy lights so it was a lot more colourful than 2012. The Christmas tree I have is only 30cm high so we decorated one of the manuka bushes out by the rimu tree instead. Not quite sure what the kiwi thought of it but it was fun to see the lights come on around 10.15pm despite there being very little sunshine in the first week of Jen's stay.
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| Our decorated Christmas tree |
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| Putting on the star |
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| Lights on at 10.15pm |
Jen must know that my Christmas spirit is a tad lacking as she brought down two lovely Christmas cakes, a ton of yummy goodies and a quirky present that links New Plymouth to Rakiura/Stewart Island.
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| Cut outs with maps of NZ stuck on them |
Another friend, Paula, sent these yummy looking iced biscuits to me; what a neat idea for Christmas gifts next year...
