Christmas

I hope everybody is having a good holiday so far. Mine has been great. =)

Christmas Eve

My Aunt Anne is in town, staying with Grandma. My parents and I went over to visit them on Monday night.

I don't get to see Anne often—she lives in Connecticut—so it's always fun to visit. We had some cookies and other light desserts, and some wine.

I didn't get a picture of Grandma's cat: he ran and hid when we came in. ;-)

Christmas Dinner

My parents held Christmas at their house; everybody came in for lunch. Mom and dad, MeMa and PaPa, my brother and his girlfriend, two family friends and their son, and I all had lunch together.

Dinner was great. We had a ham, macaroni and cheese, broccoli casserole, mashed potatoes, carrots, corn, beans, bread, and a large variety of cookies, cakes, and other desserts (and probably some stuff I'm forgetting, too). ;-) It was all homemade and all very good.

We had a wine with dinner—a table red from Childress that MeMa and PaPa brought up at Thanksgiving—and coffee and tea afterwards. Everybody sat around and chatted for a while, and eventually headed home.

Gifts and Such

Because of my job situation I didn't buy many gifts this year, although I did get cards for everyone. I'd been told (repeatedly) that this would be a very low-key Christmas, but my family was very generous towards me.

I received a new teapot/teamaker (which will likely receive its own post later), a thick book on wine, clothes (including a light jacket—something I've been needing), and a lot of candy and food-ish items (including some dark chocolate and a bottle of very nice balsamic vinegar).

Post-Christmas

Today was a relatively quiet day. I did some reading, worked on the online game website (I'm halfway finished for the January 1 personal deadline), and ate leftovers. =)

Aune Anne came over tonight to say hi. She's an Assistant Dean, so she has a lot of fun stories and good advice. We all sat around and talked for an hour or two, and I started writing this shortly after she left. Now my cookies are gone and there's a cat purring in my lap. =P

How was your Christmas?