Christmas Day 2009…….the first time I have actually spent Christmas outside of the UK, and the first time I have spent Christmas without my children!! Strange as I had wished about being away for Christmas for a number of years, but never envisaged it just like this! Guess it has been made harder by the lack of telephone contact with the children.
However, it has been an extraordinary day and it has been a welcome escape to have an ‘un-Christmas’ this year. We have spent the day relaxing on our pier, and taking the occasional swim in the beautiful Caribbean sea when we needed a cool down. The beach and sea-front was exceptionally quiet in the morning, with little air of Christmas around. My one ‘gift’ celebration was to buy a couple of hand-crafted bracelets from some local children selling their wares. It seemed quite strange that even the children carry on as normal here, out earning their contribution, rather than festering around a Christmas tree or sulking about what they haven’t got! The children told us that they celebrate in the afternoon with a chicken BBQ! And the afternoon did get quite busy with local children playing around the pier, jumping in……enjoying the free time to play.
We made our own ‘Christmas’ dinner which proved exquisite…..local lobster broiled on our little burner in foil with garlic, onion, vegetables and butter, served up with a fresh salad and home-made coleslaw! We washed it down with a bottle of Belikin beer, smug with our culinary success, and I guess pleased that we had made the day special in our own way!
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