Daniel helped the family cope with pre-Christmas illness
Daniel helped the family cope with pre-Christmas illness

Last minute Christmas shopping with Della amongst the crowds, as Daniel earned £20 for petrol by delivering my last Diddington Focus’s and then home for some novel wrapping. Relaxing watching a film or two on TV until the children were asleep after which Santa could do his work.

Di insisted on sleeping in the spare room and Mum is very low but at least is with Freda and family as we cannot go near with our infections.

I was recovering slowly this morning and decided to take Della out to do her last-minute Christmas shopping as I did mine. The weather was not too bad compared with that we had recently, but we just went to the Park Way shop at first to get the bread for Diana and a few other bits and pieces. Then Watkins next door for cards and on to St Neots which was packed with Christmas Shoppers; the car parks being crammed full of cars. We parked in an un-made side road and filed into the United News shop where we bought a couple of presents.

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Della got some Roses Chocolates for Diana and I got some Kinder Eggs for Della because according to her "nobody would buy me these and I wanted them so much!". Home to the warm again and Daniel went off to deliver my last twenty FOCUS's to Diddington and I gave him £20 for some petrol. We are pleased that he has avoided the colds and 'flu so far. Once home, I had lots of wrapping to do. I put Daniel's MAC computer into a dustbin bag and Diana's HiFi back into some wrapping before doing the same with the children's presents.

We watched a film of two on the TV and it was then ages before the children were asleep in bed and we could get all of the presents down and arrange them in the lounge ready for the morning. Daniel was also in late and then we did his as well. Di insisted in going to bed in the spare bedroom again and I slept on my own. I spoke to Mum today and she was still very low but there is not much I could do to help her with our colds etc. At least she is spending the holiday with Freda and family.