As usually on 12/25 my older sister and her bf came for tea ... uh it wasn't it was 12/24 *scratches his head* ... strange ... anyhow my mum made way to much food. Well this has tradition, but we have enough food for the next day, which isn't that bad init. Another thing is that we don't have tree or presents; usually Heike has something anyhow so we gave our mum credits for her pay as you go, something she has use for since she tends to not turn on the keypad lock. Our mum in turn spent way more and had for us all vouchers intended for the Abba music thingy at Alte Oper ... wouldn't guessed that, at the Saturday Night Fever Show she empathized the bits she disliked.

Melanie made herself a nice present, guess what I got myself she asked me, three wrong guesses later she showed me the extended Lord of the Rings box and was all Legolas, Legolas uh huh. Guess what I watched until 3ish this morning *grins*. She made a marathon with Nicole and Sven and so we made Gollum impersonations for the last uh... three days?!... Master was good to us, yes he was.

Uh the first time as I watched the LOTR I only had read the books as well as the hobbit. Now I had read the Silmarillion as well and I have to say it takes away much myth and all magic and you recognize bits that do not seem that important on first sight but all makes perfect sense when you know why they happen, why things are as they are. No spoilers here. I rather say: get yourself the books and do a marathon and see yourself. Guess re-reading would also work, but boh.