Maybe 3 or 4 
Merry Xmas to all....we are just beginning the festivities, waiting to be inundated with family and friends.
Turkey is in the oven, the pool is at 32 degrees C and the beer is at 6 degrees C.
Cant ask for much more an a lovely 37 degree C Perth day !!!!
For the past 6 Christmas' I have now had a typical Chinese Christmas which includes a bowl of rice washed down with a glass of water from the sparkling Pearl River.
But next year maybe something different, as every day for the past week, I have caressed the boxed up Western Oven that is awaiting to be fitted in the new home. Maybe I will be having a roasting soon.
Then maybe get a roasting when my wife finds out just how much electric the oven uses!
Still all this will not stop me from wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
At least this year I can celebrate with pancakes and Maple Syrup thanks to Rhonald's visit.
Willy
There is a consolation though. That is all my Christmas shopping was completed in 2008 and I have not had to bother since.
