Day 0 (Saturday December 20th)
Sam greets any early guests at the Bachelor Pad
Sam sends nanny to Ohio 1 week prior to Ben, Jules, Ella, and Sophie's departure to help with Ella and Sophie and packing - nanny stays on through trip and returns with kids on plane while mom and dad take mini break in the Seychelles...
Day 1 (Sunday December 21st)
Early: People begin to arrive at London Gatwick and take the train to London Bridge
Noon: Check-in at Chez Kessler followed by snowball fight in the square
12.30 p.m.: Takeaway from Pure Pie (London Bridge) to be eaten by the Thames
Please choose your pie now.
Afternoon: Naptime/free time
7.00 p.m. Dinner is served at Sam’s
Late: Slumber party
Day 2 (Monday December 22nd)
9.00 a.m. Travel from Paddington to Oxford
10.30 a.m. Meet the Itens
1.00 p.m. Travel to Woodstock to check in to our lodgings
Afternoon: Stroll across the street to Blenheim Palace and walk around the deer park
Evening: Family dinner at the Trout Inn beside a log fire
Day 3 (Tuesday December 23rd)
Morning: Hang out with the Itens
6.00 p.m. Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at Christ Church Cathedral
Day 4 (Wednesday December 24th)
Morning: Collect Christmas goose and Christmas nut loaf from the Covered Market
Day 5 (Thursday December 25th)
All day: CHRISTMAS!!
Day 6 (Friday December 26th, i.e., Boxing Day)
Adults: Lie in
Late morning: Walk to Wytham for pub lunch
Afternoon: Kesslers and Itens travel to London
6.00 p.m.: Ice skating at Somerset House
9.00 p.m.: X Box tournament
Late: Slumber party
Day 7 (Saturday December 27th)All day: Sam laments as people begin to return to the U.S.
