midday
Perhaps I would be noble and forgiving and ask Eric and Claudia and Moreen . Poor mites , it was n't their fault that their mother wore false pearls ! The tree should be on Christmas Eve , and on Christmas night I would invite the grown-ups to dinner , and give them a light , dainty feast , with never a shadow of roast beef or plum pudding ! They could do their duty by convention at the midday meal . In two minutes ' time I had thought out the whole menu , even the decorations on the table . What fun it would be ! How they would all enjoy it !