Just had an unplanned alternate Christmas!

I was obviously full of cold this morning so rang my sister to decide what to do as Mum and siblings were supposed to be coming to me for festivities and feeding.

Thought it best to try not to give to Mum my cold as she is in eighties and frail so my sister came to collect chicken I'd cooked overnight , raw veg etc and do Xmas lunch for my Mum and siblings. I went round with the Dettox and hope to have contained my germs. I really fancied idea of bacon sandwich for Christmas lunch, but couldn't resist some left behind chicken with a slice of bread and butter followed by chocolates late morning.

I watched Wallace and Grommit reruns on one of digital channels and then started listening to Ruth Jones on Radio Wales as R4 was a bit boring at the time. Got sleepy, so went to bed for afternoon and not long up. Saw the end of a BBC 2 programme about carols that was quite good.

Just rang and lunch was fine and about to have sandwiches. My sister will ring tomorrow in case I have 24 hour thing and we'll take it from there.

Quite a nice day, except I feel under par. I'm very thirsty, so have day peppered with loo breaks, but otherwise a surprisingly nice day.

My house is warm and festive looking and I shall bake some sausage rolls to have with sandwiches in a while.

Luckily I enjoy my own company

Merry Christmas everyone!