Christmas guests.

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This year is will be no different to any other year for us at Christmas. My daughter and her family will come to spend the day with us. We shall be cooking Christmas dinner which will consist of Lamb and a gammon served with roast potatoes, parsnips, sprouts, carrots, peas. Pigs in blankets (Chipolata sausages with bacon wrapped around them. Stuffing and a delicious onion gravy. We sort of adopted a neighbour around 15 years ago when I saw her on Christmas day and asked her if father Christmas had visited her that morning. She said no. I asked her what she was having for dinner. She told me a boiled egg. Oh boy I said well I have news for you we have plenty of food you shall come to us for lunch and she has done ever since. We moved to a different town so on Christmas eve I go pick her up and take her back home on New Years day after all the celebrations. She is more or less part of the family now and joins us for all celebrations ie christmas weddings birthdays etc. I do tease her though as she likes a drink. She is 85 now. I buy her a bottle of baileys and then I sit her in the corner with a glass and the bottle and tell her that's you sorted now! After all this time I don't think we would enjoy it without her company. It does not cause us any bother because there is always plenty of food around and it stops her from being alone. It must be horrible not having any family. The family usually go off to Church while I stay home and cook dinner. Easy peasey. When they come home from church we have a tipple of sherry. This can be quite strong on an empty stomach but it helps work up an appetite. Have you ever adopted an old lady or neighbour like this?