26 December 1996

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  • Ellie-May is calving, Joe is lending a hand and expects a difficult birth thanks to her being slightly overweight. This helps focus Nigel and Elizabeth who’ve been bickering about things (mainly Christmas with Julia and her work with Hugh).
  • Usha’s Christmas wasn’t great, but Ruth offers the time-honoured wisdom of ‘give it time’.
  • Ruth is at Lower Loxley for the great moment – a son for Ellie-May! (Albeit a day late 😉
  • Julia doesn’t appreciate her broken night thanks to the imminent birth and expects everyone to be at St. Stephens for the Lessons and Carols. As Nelson pointed out, telling people in advance might have been an idea and Nigel and Lizzie stay back to look after the buffalo.

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