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I listened to the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, from Kings College Chapel, on Christmas Eve morning. It starts at 3pm there, but it's 10 am here. I was wrapping gifts while listening. So pretty!

We got home about an hour and a half ago from Midnight Mass. My hubby, SirKit, our daughter Clare, and I, all sang in the choir, and after Mass we hosted a party for the group in the Church Hall. It's always fun to just wind down and visit, because we're so UP from singing.

Our #1 son arrived about an ago, from Boston, and we did our St. Nick gifts, and now we're just visiting. We'll roll out of bed around noon tomorrow, open the rest of the gifts, and then I'll fix dinner. We don't eat until about 5:30, cause we just take it easy.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas Day!

I watched it on TV it was lovely

Your Christmas Day sounds great when mum was alive we used to have presents at midnight either just after or while watching the service on TV.

Then off to bed and get up about 8.30 have a coffee with mum and help her get the dinner which we would eat just after the Queen’s speech.

Nowadays dad and I may exchange a gift at midnight but leave the main present opening till later in the day. This year was strange dad decided after watching the service on TV that he would have a lay down for an hour and then get ready for bed. I called him and he asked for another 10 minutes, I then fell asleep in the chair and dad went to sleep as well.

We both woke up about 6.00am so we gave each one gift then and then dad went back to bed about 7.30am and I had my usual Christmas breakfast of a cup of coffee with cream and some chocolates. Then I watched a couple of movies on TV and then a couple of DVDs. Then dad and I watched the Quuen's speech before preparing dinner which was ham that I had boiled yesterday. I coated it in honey and rubbed in brown sugar and maple syrup and put into the oven to caramlize for about 40 minutes and served with carrots, sprouts, mashed potato and swede and boiled potatoes. Desert was Christmas Pudding and clotted cream with brandy.

Then for supper we had cheese and biscuits (crackers).

Well, my Christmas didn't turn out quite as expected. I woke up about 8:50am, still not breathing well. I've had problems the last couple of weeks, and just thought it was congestion from bronchitis coming on, or something. I was walking around getting breakfast ready, and had to stop several times because I was so winded. There was nothing for it but to call our Doc's service. He's an old friend, but I didn't want to call his house, I figure another Doc in his practice might be on call. Anyway he called me back, fussing at me for not calling me at his house, and after giving him the info, he said he wanted me to go in to the ER, so they could check my heart. Well, that did it. They admitted me, so I spent Christmas Day in the hospital, and I'm still here! The kids brought up my gifts, and some of theirs and we opened them up here. I had already told them to put the ham back in the freezer and fix some pizzas for supper.

Turns out, I had Atrial Fibrillation, so they've been bombarding me with blood thinners, they did an Echo Cardiogam this morning, and a Cadiac CT tonight. In the morning they sedate me and I'll go in for a scan for them to check for any clots in my heart, then, if its clear, they'll zap my heart with some little paddles to shock it into a regular rhythm.

So, if y'all could keep me in your prayers, tomorrow, I'dd appreciate it! Doc said if there are no complications, I might be able to go home tomorrow night, or at the latest, Friday morning.

GAK, it's been almost 18 years since I've spen more than a few hours in a hospital, and I'd forgotten just how bad it is. It's hard to sleep when you'e hearing the beeps and dings of other folks' , and my own, heart monitors, if you roll over and leads come off. Also, they wake you up at 4 in the morning to check your blood pressure. Since I wasn't asleep this morning about 3:30, the aide went ahead and did the BP then, and I finally got to sleep about 4 and slept til about 8:30. Felt good.