To: From: Sent: Fri 12/26/2003 2:45:37 PM Subject: Re: Many happy returns of the day my sweet baby! on 25/12/03 14:31, Gmax at [email protected] wrote: $2500 for a Christmas present - that is of course on > top of what I normally send you My darling, What a surprise and how generous of you, Thank you very much indeed for this generous Xmas present which as you can easily imagine comes in more than handy! I was so pleased to hear that you had a quite and happy birthday cum Xmas day in Palm Beach. As you are always crossing the world in all directions, I am certain that just being quietly at home is quite a change! Unlike most people who try to escape the humdrum of their lives and only dream to "get away". I had a very happy Xmas stay at Patrick's with Vonnic, two of his children, Daniel and Adam as Roland and her father, a very distinguished an cultured gentleman. We arrived at 1pm and sat for Xmas lunch at 3pm, starting with smoked salmon and a truly delicious fresh foie gras procured by Vonnic and washed with a Mombazillac I had offered from my cellar. Then Vickiu and cooked a truly excellent capon stuffed like a turkey. it was tender and melted in your mouth adn the farce, teh roasted potateoes and teh chesthuts were very good as usual and that dish was accompanied with a St Emilion wine also given my me out of the cellar. Then we had a break during which time presents were distributed and Vonnic and I enjoyed ourselves on a very fiendish puzzle. then a cup of tea appeared and we sat down again by then it was 8 O'clock when we ate the Xmas pudding which Oping at made for us on my order and which I had carted all the way from London and brandy butter done by Vicky and fresh cream, then it was followed by some really first class French cheeses and a totally out of the world Coulomiers. Then there was some fruits and goodies . I was absolutely full having done nothing else but eating all day. But the atmosphere was good in his beau