Christmas

So? Did you have a good one? Did Father Christmas / Santa (depending on where you live) fill your stockings with joy?

A fun time was had by all here at Monkee Towers over the all-too-brief Christmas period. There were ......

..... loads of presents ......

...... and crackers ......

There were monkey related gifts galore ......



..... many Thanks Carolyn, Lauren, Sue, VC, and Amy (for the non-monkey related but very tasty gift)






..... including these ......

......Thanks, Sis, JUST my size and colour ...... you really shouldn't have ......(and as for those elephant ones you made for RGH? I can't. I just can't. There would be complaints)

..... there were new slippers all round .......

..... and a new toy for my Rather Geeky Husband ......






..... now he just needs to learn how to play them. Preferably in a Matthew McConaughey stylee .....

On the food front there was ......







(VEGETARIANS PLEASE LOOK AWAY NOW .......)







..... plenty of Turkey .......

..... (chicken actually) .......

...... and too many chocolates .......

..... it was awful ......

We played cards each night ......










...... and did I mention there were a couple of bottles of plonk??

..... but I'm going to leave the final thoughts about Christmas to my Father-in-law, who summed it up so perfectly when he said this .....

..... it's just not Christmas unless someone falls asleep in their cracker crown!

On an unrelated matter, there was also a winner in my 200th post giveaway, and thanks to the powers of the random number generator, that winner is No. 16, Glays (please mail me at monkeemaker@yahoo.co.uk to discuss your monkee requirements).

Many thanks to everyone who entered, it's great to know that there are so many fans of monkeys made of knit, and naturally I'd love to knit you all a monkee. But I'm not going to. Sorry.