We are off to the island on Saturday. The children will join us there. We will have an early Christmas celebration – the only chance to be together. It is cold but sunny. We hope to be spending the coming 2 weeks sailing.

We manage some preparations before darkness encompasses us. It is pitch dark at 4 pm. Luckily the lights are up and we brighten up the environment a bit.

We collect them in two rounds from the mainland. The open fire has made the cottage welcoming.
 
Hasses’s unsurpassably hot sauna is again appreciated. The girls immerse themselves in the cold lake to survive.

Our little Christmas celebration consists of the usual masses of food, drink and games.

After brunch the day after Hasse takes the children back to the mainland.

We stay another night and enjoy our Christmas presents.