Xmas atmos

Why am I up at this hour? 'Cause I'm at work. Predictably, there's no one here and there's nothing to do, so I'm wasting time on LJ...

Enough self-pity. 8) Xmas was nice. Got up late, made scones, had them for breakfast with creme fraiche, blackberries, home-made strawberry jam, and a whole bottle of champaigne. Decadent way to celebrate a holiday.

My wife gave me a number of neat kitchen toys. I gave her earrings. Winner of the "least sentimental but still vastly appreciated" award goes to my dad, who sent us a sectional 16' ladder. Now we can hang art on the wall along the staircase!

Had dessert upstairs, where the fuzzy neighbor's mom was visiting and made a traditional plum pudding. He flamed it and served with hard sauce. Yum.

Otherwise, spent the day on the phone with family and watching movies. "Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense."

With razzleberry dressing!

Forgot to mention that our Xmas dinner was pot roast with root veg: carrots, potatoes, parsnips, and beets (all from our farmer's market). Yum.

When I made gravy, the beet juice turned it a lovely scarlet. Yes, it looked like berry juice rather than gravy. Tasted good though.

...which led to the idle thought (not that there are much of other kinds here on this boring day at work): I vaguely remember some cheesy '70s cartoon, maybe a Christmas Carol remake, where there's this whole cute kiddie song about "razzleberry dressing". Anyone know the source?