Christmas Eve

Still adding the finishing touches to Christmas here. The essentials for tomorrow are in place - the turkey is in the fridge, there is plenty of soda bread, there are two kinds of mince pie, the tea canister has been replenished, there are two kinds of ice cream, there's a decent bottle of port, and I've been to confession.

Tonight we'll have Christmas Eve dinner with some friends down the road. The highland pipes and the smallpipes with the D chanter will be in the trunk of the car in case of emergencies. You never know when there'll be a call for the pipes.

In between now and then I've got to finish up with the manger scene. So if I don't drop by The Inn before then, have a very merry and blessed Christmas.

Beannachtaí Nollaig a dhuit!