Coffee & Christmas Crackers
29/12/25 09:24 Filed in: Family
On Christmas Day I went to my sister’s for the big, fancy Sunday lunch. And she did a fabulous job. There were two new visitors there including her new puppy. I’m not sure how many weeks it is before a puppy becomes a dog, but Coco is not old at all. She’s quite an active puppy/dog and likes jumping about and picking things up—and maybe eating or hiding them. She certainly seems most interested in shoes and fingers at the moment. Looks lovely and it’ll be great to see how she turns out. She’s a German Shepherd.
A little video I did of Coco shows her current typical behaviour. Jump, nibble, claw, bite, sit, behave…repeat.
There were five of us at the meal (not including Coco) and after we ate our fill of turkey, beef, roasties, mash, cauli, broccoli, carrots, pigs in blankets, gravy, cheese sauce et al sis announced that rather than getting crackers for us she’d picked up a box of Amazon Returns for each of us. I’ve always found crackers a sad part of the Xmas day—the food, the people, the drink, the TV (and maybe a new dog) are far more important and much less a throw away instant waste.
The five rather large boxes were brought out—and they were quite impressive in that way—and I selected the one my niece brought in. The boxes all looked the same so it was just luck what would be in each one. Anyhoo, it proved lucky for me. Mine included a coffee machine (circa £60 worth) as well as a camera tripod, a whisky glass set, and a small Thermos flask. Much better than a coloured paper hat, a barely audible bang, and a sad joke. Everyone got some things which were useful (though I think the coffee machine was the best thing). Not sure whether it’ll become a Christmas Walker tradition, but maybe it will.
BTW I heated some water up later that evening to clean the coffee machine. And, yes it worked fine.
A little video I did of Coco shows her current typical behaviour. Jump, nibble, claw, bite, sit, behave…repeat.
There were five of us at the meal (not including Coco) and after we ate our fill of turkey, beef, roasties, mash, cauli, broccoli, carrots, pigs in blankets, gravy, cheese sauce et al sis announced that rather than getting crackers for us she’d picked up a box of Amazon Returns for each of us. I’ve always found crackers a sad part of the Xmas day—the food, the people, the drink, the TV (and maybe a new dog) are far more important and much less a throw away instant waste.
The five rather large boxes were brought out—and they were quite impressive in that way—and I selected the one my niece brought in. The boxes all looked the same so it was just luck what would be in each one. Anyhoo, it proved lucky for me. Mine included a coffee machine (circa £60 worth) as well as a camera tripod, a whisky glass set, and a small Thermos flask. Much better than a coloured paper hat, a barely audible bang, and a sad joke. Everyone got some things which were useful (though I think the coffee machine was the best thing). Not sure whether it’ll become a Christmas Walker tradition, but maybe it will.
BTW I heated some water up later that evening to clean the coffee machine. And, yes it worked fine.
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