[Albion Wilde]

Anoreth is here with her dog and her dragon; the dragon is bunking with our rescue-gecko, Alice Cooper. They’re sufficiently different that each sees the other as a random object, rather than a threat.

LOL!!! Good times!

Just a thought -- Christmas morning at your house must be an amazing experience!

[Tax-chick]

Christmas went nicely, thanks. Even the small boys slept later than expected, but they got their presents opened - quite a lot en gros, but only a couple each, really - before we had to go to church, where DP and Elen were playing the guitar, I sang, Sally, Pat, and James were altar servers, and Anoreth picked on Vlad until I had to separate them. (Bill and Tom had gone earlier.) No disasters on the music, which is always a relief. I translated some of our Spanish Mass pieces so DP could show off his Latin guitar skills, ay ay ay!

The dragon and gecko are getting along so well that Anoreth is planning to take the gecko home with her to give her dragon a friend. They both eat crickets and don't want to eat each other.

Several of us went to see the new Hobbit movie today. Here's my review, from the Undead Thread.

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