A Year on Light Duties!
The Quigley's year always starts rather than ends at Christmas. For the last several years we have all gathered in Luxembourg at the home of Danielle, Laurent & India. 2008 was no different. As usual Danielle & Laurent produced some of the best food and wine in the world - It never is simply roast turkey & Christmas pud!! We started full but then had a year of light duties because of health problems.
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Christmas Eve 2008 Laurent, Jill & Chris in Luxembourg's Christmas Market |
Chris watching bubbles in Luxembourg's main shopping street |
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It has become a family tradition that we always start Christmas by going to midnight mass where ever we are in the world. We've only missed once - that was in Vieques a small island off Puerto Rico when we found the church closed at midnight! Many churches the world over have become "consumer friendly" and have midnight mass earlier in the evening.
In Luxembourg, however, the cathedral still holds a multi lingual mass so we always aim to attend.
Left - Jill & Chris outside Luxembourg cathedral Christmas Eve 2008
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Christmas Day heralded a day of lots of presents, mostly for India. this was followed by an 6 hour lunch enjoying Laurent & Danielle's amazing food. |
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Some of the amuse bouche and champagne overlooked by India |
Laurent helping India with one of her new presents |
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Above - The boys, Chris & Laurent, enjoying one of the boys presents - Racing cars
Right - Chris trying on a present from Mum & Dan a Burberry flashers mac |
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Chris introduces India to his latest project "A Maps" - "Are children worth it?" She's not sure! |
Jill in Thionville, across the border in France, where an ice rink had been set up. |
How poetic - Iambic pentameter?