Friday Dec 25th

Presents from Lucie & John. From[RG] Picture of Cowboys near San Francisco, a set of mock-Roman buttons, bead teapot stand, small gilded glass-bottle.
Got breakfast. housework.
Lovely Christmas dinner at Maisies. Laura Maisie Honor Gordon Julian Alix, Karl. Turkey, Moselle1, pickled damsons, cranberry jam, mincepies; a Christmas tree with electric fairy lights presents. Laura got a Trojanish cream-jug (Wedgewood ×××× [indecipherable] slip-ish) I a pair of nutcrackers.
To Jenny for 2 hours. Laura talked her sensible, after tears.
Proofs.
Party at J.F.'s. Present Margaret & her husband (& child upstairs) J.F., Violet, Tristram, Honor, Gordon, L, me, three others Ruth Pat etc. Played charades: Elisha, Levita, Isabella II. Then Advice. Then Fort Belvedere. Jenny complications. Wrote to N.N.

Editorial Notes

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