kissing under the mistletoe dates back to a 17th century english custom. at that time, a berry was removed every time a kiss was made

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christmas day

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christmas day at my parents place...

he's been!
"he's been!"

sherry
"and he drank the sherry and ate the mince pie" [perhaps the cookies and milk the americans palm santa off with are to try and sober him up after europe?]

sweater
"a sweater - and it's 3 pounds" [apparently you can't get away with leaving prices on these days - fortunately it wasn't a santa gift. he even got the currency correct]

scooter
"a scooter - it's just what i wanted"

playing cards
playing cards for me

puppy
the only thing toby would ask santa for for christmas was a puppy. this one would have to do

numbers book
toby's first numbers book - he LOVES numbers and counting so this provided hours of entertainment

my little pony backpack
a my little pony backpack - a huge present hit

tea party

tea party

tea party
EVERYONE had to have a pony tea party with aly - including daniel

tv
kellie's new portable tv from us

toothpicks
dad and his alessi toothpicks [strangely he's a big toothpick fan!]

snow
2004 was official a white christmas in the uk