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Counting Down to Christmas

• Kim Lenaghan
• 21 Dec 07, 11:56 AM

The last week has gone by in a flurry of festive frolicking, insane smash and grab outings to the shops and even a spot of Nightingale nursing with the beloved suffering from ¡®man¡¯ flu ¨C or a bit of a cold if you¡¯re a woman.

But now, the final countdown is on and the seconds are ticking away! I bought a Christmas tree a week ago ¨C a real one ¨C which I spent hours choosing because I am VERY fussy about my Christmas trees. Ask me is it decorated yet? Of course not! I¡¯ve been out at a few drinks things and really busy with work ¨C yes, I am the lynchpin of the Radio Ulster Christmas, on live every day.

To make things worse, I did this interview a few weeks ago with the Belfast Telegraph where they asked me about my idea of Christmas. It went out on Wednesday, and there was I waxing lyrical about how I love to decorate my house and how I love a really nice tree. That very night I had some friends and neighbours around for a wine tasting ¨C you can hear the results of that on Boxing Day morning ¨C and the irony of arriving at my entirely festive free Scrooge house with a naked Christmas Tree sitting in the corner was not lost on them. To add insult to injury the ¡®Tele¡¯ printed my age in bold type in the headline! No more will I be ¡®professionally¡¯ 37 ¨C and as I have another birthday on Monday I am already acutely aware of that fact. Yes, I am a Christmas Eve baby ¨C and you know what that means¡­.one present and most people forget it¡¯s your birthday anyway.

But tonight ¨C should George Clooney call at the door for a date ¨C I have resolved to sit in and decorate. By tomorrow my house will be like something out of the Â鶹ԼÅÄs and Gardens Christmas special. I shall pop the cork on the aul Cava, stick on my favourite festive cds and get in touch with my ¡®inner Yule¡¯.

Then on Saturday morning I¡¯ll get up with the dawn, like most other women at this time of year and make for the shops ¨C I don¡¯t want to be the one out there on Christmas Eve in a tussle over the last turkey or battling over the Brussel Sprouts¡­.but I know I¡¯ll still need to get to get my shoulder pads on because there will be many, many rugby tackle situations between now and the moment the madness ends when the shops finally close on Monday.

And don¡¯t forget that while you¡¯re all recuperating I¡¯ll be busy playing your festive favourites on my ¡®Twinkly Christmas¡¯ ¡­.so whether you¡¯re up to your elbows in turkey or your eyes in wrapping paper I¡¯ll be expecting you to tune in!

Happy Christmas!!

Kim Lenaghan¡¯s special festive This New Day is on Sunday the 23rd from 7.00 to 8.30am

Kim¡¯s Twinkly Christmas is on Christmas Day from 10.00am ¨C 12.00 noon

Christmas with Kim is on Boxing Day 06.30 ¨C 9.00 am¡­the 27th and 28th from 06.30 to 08.30am

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