Christmas

As usual I am way behind with my blog... sorry!

Here are some photos from Christmas.  We had a very quiet holiday, just hanging around and enjoying the time Kev had away from work.  In these photos you will see the icky Christmas Pudding.  Obviously I didn't eat any, but its something he loves so we got it.  Its this brown spongy cake with pretty much any and every fruit you can think of.

The holidays here are similar to home, aside from the pudding, the only difference being not as much snow and we have crackers at the table.  By crackers I mean the foil things you pull apart to get the prize inside, not the crackers you eat when you have an upset stomach... although those could be useful as well at the holidays.

More Christmas Photos

I went downtown with Kev (he has the only working camera at the moment, as a result of my move, I've lost mine) and we had dinner at the Continental Market on the lawn of City Hall and took some photos of the lights for you all.  The market is open every year from the end of Nov to the end of Dec and has food and gift stalls.  Not everything is homemade, but the food is!  Its a great little market, and it is always packed.

Christmas Lights in Belfast

On Tuesday Belfast City turned on the Christmas lights!  I met Kev after work and we went in town to see the show.  There was Scooby-Doo, Hollyoaks (a soap show) actor Gerard McCarthy, Olympic medalists Wendy Houvenaghel (I googled her, she is a cyclist) and medal winner Paddy Barnes (boxing), as well as X-Factor finalists Same Difference from last years X-Factor.  It also marked the opening of the Christmas Continental Market which has sprung up on City Hall's front lawn.  The market has food, crafts and all kinds of goodies from everywhere.  There were loads of people downtown for this.  I wasn't a big fan of Same Difference, but the kids that were out seemed to like them. X-Factor is Simon Cowell's brain child here, like our American Idol, Leona Lewis was last years winner.   I don't have any pictures, will get some soon.  But below is a clip I found on YouTube from CityBeat (a radio station here) of the countdown and lights getting turned on.