I'm a real fan of the Christmas season, and I got excited weeks before the day itself, baking up a storm for family, friends and clients. Two years before, the festive-goodie-giveaway was Oreo cheesecakes, last year, it was tins of butter cookies, and this year, it was 20 jars of chocolate/ dried fruit granola (and quite a few other cakes here and there). I went through 35 cups of whole rolled oats, more than 1kg of honey, about 1kg of brown sugar, same amount of almonds, and not to mention, a lot of dark chocolate and raisins. It was many hours of work, but I truly enjoy feeding people wholesome food. So... Happy Christmas folks!
I spent Christmas eve lunch with my brother at Au Petit Salut. The food was impeccable; I especially loved my main course of mackerel, and sauteed green vegetables. Chubbs had a great time feasting on our profiteroles and creme brulee at the end.
While we were feasting on French food, Fuzzy was away at a company Christmas lunch and gist exchange. My hubby was thrilled to announce that he got the coolest gift of all! A two-man tent! Can you beat that?
After lunch, it was off the Chubbs' pseudo-Godpa's new home to deliver some sweet treats, and to exchange gifts. Chubbs absolutely loved the pressie A got him. A giant book on trucks and cars by Golden Books. Thanks, man!
For Christmas eve dinner, we ate an obscene amount of melted raclette, together with jars of pickled cocktail onions, cornichons, and a potful of steamed new potatoes. It was unbelievably fattening, but sooo good.
Chubbs got to open his first present after breakfast on Christmas day. He was so thrilled to finally get his first set of velcro food, which he cut with a kiddy knife. It was a gift from his 8-year old Aunt Sara. The set even included a sink, a chopping board, and a stove. He can't stop playing with it.
The whole extended family from Fuzzy's side came over for lunch, and the spread was not for the faint-hearted (five different types of meat, and six cakes for dessert). Lunch lasted for five hours, and when things slowed down, Chubbs opened the rest of his presents, with Aunty Jean and Aunty Katie (who are back from New York and Vancouver) looking on.
We had a very simple dinner, which mainly consisted of left-overs and then, it was a quiet night in, with Chubbs sleeping on my lap, me watching TV (with one of my Christmas presents from Fuzzy- Sennheiser RS 160 cordless headphones), and Fuzzy playing video games. Till next year!
