AndyBontheRadio @Berrybunchfamily@dingdash.com

I do so love our joy bringing little Peter.

Creativity is through the roof.

When we told him we had no money for Christmas this year, so wouldn't be buying presents, he took it with a smilez and the challenge was set

Then he went about and created his own range of Christmas presents for us.

An R2D2 pencil pot (for Steven), a spaceship (mine), Ewok (Jo's) and BB-8 coasters (Nathan's)

He's been stock piling old hot chocolate tins...and put them to good use

Peeling is occurring in the kitchen

So I'm drinking a cup of tea while the rest of my lovely family sort that part, since I can't do that bit

We've got a slow cooked lemon and herb chicken in the slow cooker (I did that), a [heavily reduced] joint of beef being seasoned and put in the oven too (so glad we forgot to take any food out for yesterday evening, cos we loads, and loads, of ace bargains at our local corner shop from their reduced section, which we helped clear a bit ;-) )

@MaryMamuzich thank you Mary. Totally agree

@bethany Merry Christmas to you in the North from the Berrybunch

Merry Christmas my lovely DingDash family

We started with bacon and scrambled egg, and opened the crackers - which Jo made from scratch since we couldn't get any.

She found the jokes online - apologies in advance. They say much of our collective humour I guess...so sorry in advance

Also, some riddles :-)

Have a fab day. Currently midday here in the UK

Andy, Jo, Steven, Nathan and Peter

(The ring photo is because me and the 3 boys saved up from May 2020 to our 25th Anniversary in November 2021 to replace Jo's engagement ring, to buy food, which we had to sell, back along - when we were both without work: I wanted a new photo for my phone home screen)

@Pablito @Olamide I will. It's a dream, but a distant one

We don't get much snow now either where we live...we cold rain, but that's about as close as we get lol

@katharos my family aren't big fans of black and white 🤣

@Pablito @Olamide thanks... not much snow though in Texas I guess...

Would love to visit the US one day, though, and Texas would definitely be on my list!!

@katharos we even get to choose colour or black and white............this year I lost the vote, and we watched in colour

@katharos we do it every year now... 🙂

@MaryMamuzich Thats beautiful

@KarlGessler "it's ok, he's a professional dad"

Great line (and great video)

Andy B

@sinbach is it a cow jigsaw puzzle?

(There was a meme ages ago about a Pepper Pig jigsaw puzzle - BBC kids cartoon for toddlers - and the little girl in the meme was given some rashers of bacon and her dad said it was the pepper pig jigsaw puzzle she'd asked for 😂 )

@MaryMamuzich @DevotionalTreasures @bethany 🙂

4 weeks of blood thinners = 4 weeks with a beard.

Found some beard oil, and I'm now oiling and combing it most days

The barbed wire that was growing out of my face has now softened a little too

Andy B

@Olamide ?

@DevotionalTreasures @bethany lol yep. Got it in one

They had 4 crates of them...a lady thanked me for saving one as I carried it away 🙂

@DevotionalTreasures @bethany a British baragain??

Christmass tree unwrapped

And the tree only cost us £1.00

Lights we had, and I got clearance baubles for £3.50 🙂

Andy B