Christmas Eve

Today, we are off to visit extended family in a cottage they are renting for a week, just an hour south of us. Cancelled due to weather and health on both sides. This is the AI summary of the morning conflab* on FB  

For the sake of the blog, however, it is time to catch up with Christmas doings. We all prepare for so long, but then it is over in a flash. Today, I take you back to Christmas Eve, which we hosted for, I think, the first time since we moved here.

We only graze on Christmas morning before we all disperse by noon, but we have a meal on the Eve. This year it was Mexican Lasagna. In this first photo, Sha and Dani were at the stove about to serve themselves before heading to the table.

It was apple pie for dessert, served from my mother's ancient silver, pie plate holder.

There were post-dinner games at the table: Tiddly Winks in the first picture, Wizard in the second. I think JJ won at Tiddly, and I know that Dani won at Wizard because she noted such very clearly on the scoresheet which we will keep. 

The kids enjoyed hot chocolate.

Sue revived the Christmas Journal in which everyone leaves a note. The practice stopped with COVID, but it was time to revive it, especially since we were here for Christmas Eve and Sue recently came across the book again.

It was a very nice Christmas Eve. On this occasion we didn’t need to bundle up and drive home in a cold car that would barely have a chance to heat before we arrived. 

* Spellcheck doesn’t like conflab, but it is in the Dictionary: “noun INFORMAL an informal private conversation or discussion.”