… are somewhat malleable. No barszcz tonight, I’m not sure if we have any opłatek, and this fish certainly hasn’t been swimming in our bathtub (not that we’ve ever had a carp swimming in our bathtub). Still, it *is* a fish meal. Traditions from my side: tree decorated while listening to the Nine Lessons and Carols. Nobody made mince pies or iced the cake, though; all that’s going to have to wait until my gallbladder comes out.
I’m not feeling up to the midnight service: disappointed about that (it’s very rare that I get an opportunity to concentrate in church these days) but I will revive Pa’s tradition of Not Going To Midnight Mass (And Reading Gray’s Elegy Instead).
Kathleen Jowitt 
Haven’t done the 9 lessons at all, went to the crib service with Jane instead, both ways by bus. Made cake with cherry vodka, so did have some Polish content to my evening meal (well, I licked out the mixing bowl). Planning to make mince pies for Joy for Boxing Day. Denis Noble on IAI saying that they are going to have to rewrite the biology textbooks. Planning still to make other textbooks obsolete this year or next (2026 is ‘my’ ARM’s 50th)
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We always have a fish meal on the 24th too, on the other side of the planet – this year, pan-fried tarakihi with buttery new potatoes and peas.
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Oh, that sounds very good!
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