Joyeaux Noel

Christmas finally arrived and Santa didn’t disappoint this year. Not only did everyone enjoy their gifts but we also had a very nice relaxing day with some beautiful weather. Even though we all agreed on Christmas Eve that we weren’t going to set a time to wake up Christmas morning AND the consensus was that 9am or 10am would be just fine, that didn’t seem to quite work out. Mom and Dad, unfortunately, woke up around their normal time (5-6am), but it was Sam who really got things going and was making sure everyone was downstairs by 8am. Luckily, Nana brought some champagne so Dad, Alex and Nana all started off the morning with mimosas. We then had a light breakfast, danish and/or ham biscuits while we opened presents. For Lunch we had Christmas pork loin with roasted potatoes and roasted carrots. Then to top it off we had a Yule log for dessert. We have lots of leftovers for dinner tonight and beyond, because we still have Salmon left over from our Christmas Eve/Feast of the Seven Fish dinner. To be fair we still haven’t been able to make 7 different dishes since we started this tradition a few years ago. This year’s feast was Grilled Salmon, homemade New England Clam Chowder, Lobster Crostini and boiled shrimp. Of course we had plenty of homemade cookies leftover and lots of sweeties from Santa to nibble on all weekend. We finished everything off on Boxing Day (Dec 26th) with breakfast dinner on the deck as it was 72° today.

Just for fun…..

Finally, we added some new lights this year on the Christmas tree. Generally, we will always have them on the traditional white lights, but we can liven things up if we want to… here is a sampling of some of the different effects.