Pre-Christmas rituals

Having done my usual stint in the kitchen — it has somehow fallen to me to do the cooking on Christmas Eve — the rest of the evening passed rather uneventfully. After my sister pushed off to work, we spent most of the rest of the time waiting for my nephew to fall asleep so that we could sort out his stocking — he really needed a pillow case, or possibly even a duvet cover — before turning in.

I thought briefly about doing my present wrapping but decided that it can wait until tomorrow morning...