- Alice and Chris, living it large
- Was that Vicky in the background?
- “It shouldn’t be all sleep and work at her age”
- Don’t interfere!
- Clarrie gets a day out!
- Nearly ‘101 Jigsaw, with Clarrie Grundy’
- The Grundy family Christmas is back on!
- Jazzer’s been dumped
- Sid liked Carol Singers
Alice and Chris, living it large
I shouldn’t take the Michael out of Alice and Chris for being a tad twee and middle aged. After all, it is the simple pleasure in life …
They’re happy enough just being able to have lunch together. Alice is back from Uni for the holidays, and is loving the festive air of Ambridge.
Was that Vicky in the background?
As Alice and Chris were having their lunch in The Bull, I could have sworn I heard Vicky in the background talking quite loudly about something she’d seen on TV.
Maybe she’s drowning her sorrows after her ‘mistake, and subsequent dressing down by Pat.
“It shouldn’t be all sleep and work at her age”
Quite right too, Jolene.
Though I think Fallon is going to get some sort of a nasty shock if she keeps up her chase of Harry.
I have no idea what that shock will be due to – but it is acoming …
Don’t interfere!
Alice and Chris are talking about Susan’s Christmas Eve soiree:
[Chris] “It won’t be what I call a party … sophisticated and stylish, is what she’s going for … she doesn’t mind going to a lot of trouble when it’s your mum and dad.”
Worried that Susan tends to gets over-anxious about the two families bonding, they can foresee that the party won’t be fun, and will result in an upset Susan.
[Chris] “Basically, it’s going to be everyone standing round for a bit with drinks an nibbles, all on their best behaviour … then they’ll all start drifting off cause they’re bored … and mum will feel rubbish”
[Alice] “It is a bit of a waste of a party”
[Chris] “No kidding. So, what we going to do?”
Later on, Alice and Chris reveal their rescue strategy of the party involved …. Party games.
Hmmm.
As they were mulling over wondrous games like name that Christmas tune – team races – pass the orange without using your hands – pin the red nose on Rudolph (which Chris seemed to get quite excited about – am I missing something?) – or charades.
Bless their eagerness, but I don’t see how making everyone play a party game will relax the atmosphere. Seriously – Susan and Brian squaring up to pass an orange? I think not.
Best leave well alone, methinks.
Clarrie gets a day out!
But it is only the supermarket.
Still, at least Nic driving her means she isn’t left by Joe and Eddie to make it alone (one-handed) on the bus.
Nearly ‘101 Jigsaw, with Clarrie Grundy’
Thank goodness Nic walked in when Clarrie was explaining how to do a jigsaw.
I actually could listen to Clarrie talking about most things for hours, but that would have been pushing it.
Actually – Saint Nic seems to be popping everywhere, just at the right time. She’d helped Clarrie go Christmas shopping and she tided Clarrie’s kitchen after Joe and Ed had wrecked it (“was like Kung Fu Panda had been in”).
But it’s Nic’s next good deed that’ll make Christmas interesting for us all …
The Grundy family Christmas is back on!
Nic’s horrified to hear Clarrie talking about how she’s going to manage to make Christmas dinner.
Clarrie was going to get up extra early to get it all started. After all, it’ll take twice the time with only one hand. But:
[Clarrie] “There’s no pastry involved in a turkey dinner, luckily”
[Nic] “Can’t Emma help you?”
[Clarrie] “They haven’t said what time they’ll be round … they can always help me set the table … you know, last minute things”
Nic then sounded more than perturbed that Emma and Ed hadn’t thought to offer to cook Christmas dinner for Clarrie. What with her being slightly incapacitated.
So Nic takes matters in hand, and changes her plans so that the rather selfish Ed/Emma/Joe/Eddie can have their dinner without cooking it.
Which means Will, Nic and kids will be joining the rest of the Grundy clan for Christmas.
Yup – that’s right – Will and Ed will be spending Christmas day together. What larks we shall have!
Although delighted to have Will and Nic for Christmas – with the added bonus of not having to struggle on alone – even Clarrie is a tad suspect about Will actually agreeing to all of this willingly (ahem!)
[Nic] “He said yes – he was fine about it”
[Clarrie] “It doesn’t sound like our William”
[Nic] “You see this way, he gets to spend Christmas and boxing day with George”
[Clarrie] “Oh come here – you’re a smasher, you are!”
So Nic’s fixed it.
And it’s a rare occasion that an Ambridge resident can simply be that nice and good, without having to be wary about her motivations.
Nic is just that sort of a lass.
Jazzer’s been dumped
Oho! And, for once, he’s let it get to him.
Jazzer’s seemingly sat in The Bull reading old texts from Jackie – who, despite his best efforts to impress by cooking her a meal, hasn’t seen fit to stay with ol’ Jazzer over the festive period.
A return to proclaiming love for Fallon while slightly more than full of the festive spirit?
Sid liked Carol Singers
So says Jolene.
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