[mesmark]

Merry Christmas, everyone. I hope you all got what you wanted

[Eric]

Merry Christmas to you, too!

[mesmark]

Anyone do something interesting this Christmas?

I fried a turkey for the first time. (I actually fried 4.) Fried turkey was fantastic, but sitting out side in the mountains of Nagano for 4 hours ... was not.

[michèle 2]

I cooked a " Chapon" ( big big chicken) What's the name in English? and We've been eating it for 3 days now!!! I won't do it next year!!!

[clivehawkins]

Did the usual eating to excess, and quaffed one or two more than I should have done. Managed to miss dinner with my in-laws and family on Christmas eve having been dragged into a bar by my wife's uncle. Then stayed in bed until 12.00 on Christmas Day with a mild hangover and just about managed to haul my sorry self over to another uncle's for lunch. Still, stayed off the sauce after that for a couple of days and even started jogging again! So at least something good came out of it. Ho ho ho.

[michèle 2]

Back to Paris after eating too much. Now we're ready for a diet!!
Well a light diet!!! We've been to a Mystery dinner party. As Clive said in a previous post every guest has to play a character
( by the way I was called Babs Crayfish struggling to make it as an actress ) and my husband was Champagne Charlie . An East End gangster, somewhere between a businessman and thug) Hilarious!! Dominique ( my husband) sounded like Peter Sellers ( Inspector Clousot ) in the Pink Panther movie ( strong French accent ) We really all had fun but the climax was when the hostess lost the instructions of the game we all have to improvise .
Unforgettable Christmas Eve!
Mystery party can be used for classroom ( but for a small group 8 to 10 students ) and for intermediate students.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!

[michèle 2]

Unforgettable Christmas Eve!
Sorry , I meant unforgettable New Year's Eve!