Little Christmas Blog

Stella reading a letter from Nance in Six Acres

There’s been lots of beer so far. Last week I went out with work people, unintentionally ended up being gooseberry on a (‘non’) second date. Turns out I’m really good at going on other people’s dates, I had a great time. Me and Stell had our own date night exploring more of Gastown, including Six Acres, Salt and Bitter. We sampled cheese plates, found a scotch egg, and persevered with finding beer we really like. 

Done lots of shopping too. Took another trip to Granville Island Market for Christmas treats, and explored the artsy shops; I found another Japanese style stationers (Paper Ya) and drooled in there for a while. I even ventured as far as Dunbar for real Christmas cake and paxo stuffing. 

LOOK HOW HAPPY I AM

Stockings

Christmas Dinner

I was really pleased to be invited to a mulled wine evening, which, followed by a trip to the Irish Heather, began the Christmas season wonderfully. On Christmas Eve, Stell and I went to a Carol Service, which aside from a few tune variations and an embarrassing pop ballad style rendition of ‘Mary did you know?’ , was very cute and festive. Afterwards, we struggled to find somewhere to drink (most places close for the entire Christmas period). We ended up going to the Railway Club which was very quiet, but the two of us had a lovely evening reminiscing about Christmases at home. As we were about to leave, we stumbled upon a small guitar band doing a Christmas sing-a-long, which was the perfect end to the evening.

The view from Vancouver Lookout

Christmas morning was bursting full of Skype sessions and bucks fizz. A bottle of bubbles later, we began the mammoth task of cooking a full Christmas dinner without an oven thermostat. It shouldn’t have worked, and we definitely should have been poisoned, but somehow it did! We had an amazing dinner followed by gifts from all the family. Favourites included a stationary set and library date stamp, a wonderful food hamper, PERCY PIGS, and some fancy slippers. Thanks everyone.