Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 13: Down goes the Christmas tree

I was going to keep the tree up till Australia Day but all of a sudden this morning it all just felt really silly.

So down it came ... not all the ornaments went into boxes today (Tuesday's task) and the tree stayed out in broken down form behind the dining room table till Thursday when I got more tape but it was essentially done with only the lights over the window staying up at Aidan's request ...

My Twitter friend @becsmog was very sad that I reneged on my Australia Day promise

And some wonderful feedback from ALI, a music artist I featured on my blog ...

Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 359 - Christmas Day!!!

Started Christmas Day off early at 7.30am, cooking last of our Christmas food and exchanging the presents between Carolyn and Ric, Steve and I ... and yes the customary piece of chocolate for breakfast ...

Then off to Brian and Sue's for Christmas lunch  at 11.30 ...

The pesto scrolls Steve made ... sundried tomato in green bowl and basil pesto in red bowl 

My meatballs

Ric's salmon and pumpernickel bread bites

Steve's prawn toast

And Rachel or Helen was kind enough to send me these photos of the kids decorating the tree for Christmas up in Alstonville ...

And to give some idea of how much I ate today, here's a tweet from Christmas night ...