Of course we remembered exactly whose birth we were celebrating, when we all crowded into the pews for church services, at midnight on Christmas Eve, and again on Christmas morning.
As you can see, there was no shortage of presents round the tree: bears simply love giving and receiving presents, and as we all know each other so well, we know exactly what to buy. We can't understand why humans find it so hard to find just the right present.
In fact, our present mountain was so big, we managed to lose (temporarily!) smaller bears, George and Yorkie in the present mound. We also had to have several instalments of present opening, breaking off for such important things as eating our Christmas dinner. Chef Oakley had once again excelled himself by cooking, Tina, our locally farmed, succulent Norfolk black turkey, to perfection, and there were plenty of sprouts to go round, another bear favourite.
On Boxing Day the sun shone and we went out for our traditional ramble, and we ate lots more and played lots of games. The Suffolk Branch had brought their W.I.I. we gave us hours of fun.
But far and away, the most important thing was that we were all able to be together. Bears never fall out at Christmas, and love nothing better than to be in each other's company (preferably with a beer and a big box of chocolate biscuits!).
You're probably used to seeing double, sometimes triple, when the various branches get together. Here you see the phenomenon yet again, with this picture of some of the gang, re-united with brothers and sisters from other branches.
We hope all our readers had an equally good time, and we wish you all a very Happy New Year.
Lots of love, all at Bears Unlimited xxx
2 comments:
The Harpenden Branch would like to thank all the bears for another marvellous Christmas,for the wonderful food, and all the much appreciated presents, and for the lovely church services which we all attended together.With our love to you all, and hoping we will all be together again for some other celebration.
Since returning home Midlands Branch have also been enjoying their presents, although some are more suitable for prevailing weather conditions than others. Thermals and bird feeders are are great for outdoors, food, books,CDs and 'smellies' for indoors, while travel bags and summer clothes are admired and then stored for future delight, thus spreading the Christmas spirit throughout the year.
Thanks for a great time.
Midlands Branch
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