Day 16 Launceston -Christmas Day

Christmas morning arrived and it was a pretty quiet start. Warren and Kerry turned out to be the closest people we had to little kids. We had Skype call with Ben and Nay who sent some Christmas presents ahead of us to Adam and Bec Carey's place and we picked them up from there in the car. They want to be here on Skype when we opened them. So what did we get? I got a shirt with a picture of Ben and Nay on it saying Merry Christmas. Robyn got a coffee mug with a picture of Ben and Nay on it saying I am holding three mugs in my hand. Anna got a snow dome with a picture of Ben and Nay saying shaken not stirred and Kate got a Ben and Nay jigsaw.
We all got ready and made it on time for the Christmas Day service at Gateway Baptist Church where an old friend of other Steve Nicholson is the Pastor. It is a very old church but well adapted with modern technologies. The service was very enjoyable. We returned home to open our secret Santa presents. Kate had set this up before we left. Everyone had some one to buy for . They could not spend more than $20 and they had to make their purchase on the trip. It was great fun and every one agree that Santa had very good elves to do his spying out.
Preparation for Christmas lunch began and by 2 pm we were all sitting down to roast honey ham, roast veges, seasoned chicken and all the trimmings. In true Christmas tradition we all ate to much and and then went for a lie down.
At 4 Anna, warren and Kerry, and Robyn and I went for afternoon tea with Brett one of Anna's WIN work colleagues and his Mum and her partner. Brett's mum owns a heritage list cottage in Longford. It is an amazing little place with a fantastic garden. It was 7 by the time we left. We came home and had desert and a cuppa and a chat content that we had had a great Christmas Day.