Henry had also been given a drum kit off 'Father Christmas' this year. I'm not sure Henry believes in Father Christmas any more, being 16 and far too cool for that but for the purposes of Anna, Father Christmas had delivered the same gift to both of them this year. The only difference was that Uncle Henry's drum kit was electric. Anna quickly became acquainted with this new version of a drum kit while Henry accompanied her on guitar. A new band was formed!
Grandad Flob and Grandma Lynn had given a Anna a huge range of Fancy dress costumes so Anna was thrilled. In fact, every half an hour saw her change from one persona to another including a sheep, witch and Cinderella. However, her favourite costume was the angel costume.
There had been some controversy earlier that month, surrounding angel costumes. At pre-school, the girls had been divided in half with the first group being given angel roles in the Christmas Nativity while the other half of the girls were to be Shepherds. One little girl was 'special' and was to be Mary (who just happened to be the PTA Chairperson's daughter) Guess which role Anna had been given? Yes, Anna was to round up sheep! In fact, I don't think Anna cared what she was as long as she got a chance to dress up and show off on stage. However, the other 5 girls chosen to be shepherds were in uproar! According to their parents, there had been tears and tantrums at bedtime as their little girls were inconsolable at the thought of having to wear brown!! Heaven forbid! Anna had picked up the mood in camp so decided to complain along with them when at pre-school. However, when getting her home each day, it quickly became apparent that she actually couldn't see what the big fuss was about!
However, New Years Day saw her chance to shine and, dressed in her new angel costume, she could suddenly fulfil her dream of being an Angel. Of course, this also meant that fellow family members would have to play the other roles in the Nativity. I forget what we all were but I think James/Daddy ended up being a king along with Uncle Henry and Grandad Flob was a wise (old) man. Uncle Matthew requested to be King Herod but ended up being nothing due to his cheek! However, when it came to speaking parts or any of the good bits, there was only room for two actors in this set-up and that were the two angels - Angel Ulriikka and Angel Anna. So the angels would disappear into the back bedroom looking for their lost sheep and then come back into the living room having found them! This carried on for most of the day! Anna loved it! I can only apologise to Ulriikka.
Anna then remained in role for the entire day, including Christmas dinner part 2 (we had a re-run of Christmas dinner as Matthew and Ulriikka had missed it, being in Finland and us being in Hereford). Apparently, angels don't eat much Christmas dinner apart from one potato and a sausage wrapped in bacon). When Auntie Ulriikka got her camera out, I think she intended to take a picture of the 4 men in the room (Matthew, Flob, James and Henry) but Anna soon crept into the picture and Flob announced that 'only boys and angels' were allowed in shot. Anna thought this was highly amusing and kept quoting that 'Only boys and angels' were allowed to do anything thereafter!
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