We had low energy but enjoyable holidays this year. I was off work from the 19th until the end of the year. I was supposed to go back to work today (January 2) but we are having a perfectly timed, 36-hour snowstorm so I won't go to work for four more days!
We buy our tree from the high school band. This year we went a little later than usual and they only had larger trees left. We bought the widest tree we've ever had. Good thing we had room for it.
We have friends a few streets away who are from Germany. They invited us over for Christmas Eve dinner. Antje made a traditional German Christmas Eve feast:
- Grapefruit Endive Salad
- Wedding soup (small meatballs and vegetables in chicken and beef broth)
- Roast Goose
- Fruit and walnut stuffing
- Dumplings and gravy
- Red cabbage
- Parsnips and celery root
- Pears with cranberry sauce
- Chocolate mousse and macaroons
It was all quite delicious. My challenged taste buds liked the variety of new flavors.
The girls really enjoyed Christmas and their gifts. Their biggest gifts were huge stuffed bears.
Santa brought Wii U, the newer version of the Wii video game system, and also a couple of games for it. The girls spent much of Christmas Day playing the new games.
During the break we got out for a couple of good walks.
On New Year's Eve the Giuliana-Lattas came over for dinner and games. They brought a bunch of ice cream with dry ice to keep it cold (they distributed ice cream to several neighbors). The next day the girls and I played with the dry ice in warm water. Great fun!
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