Our family had a wonderful whirlwind of a Christmas. We arrived at my parents' house in the Catskills around 3am on Christmas morning after spending Christmas Eve with my mom's side of the family at my Grandmother's house in New York City (my dad and I each drove a car). We woke up around 10am to start opening presents and enjoyed tea and muffins while we went around the circle one at a time for a few hours opening gifts, enjoying each other's new treasurers.
Around 1pm, my dad went down the mountain to pick up my Meme from the train station while my sister cooked eggs and sausage and my mom started the roast. Over breakfast we toasted to the holiday with a nice glass of homemade eggnog (apparently George Washington's recipe).
Once Meme arrived and we were all showered and prepared for the rest of the day, we enjoyed wine and hummus and played a rousing game of Holiday Charades, which had everyone laughing their ass off by the end of the game. My 82 year old French grandmother trying to reenact Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer by twitching her nose like Samantha from Bewitched and Deck the Halls by waving her arms at the around at the decorations without speaking are priceless moments.
Around 9pm, we enjoyed a fantastic Roast Beast prepared by my mother, complete with string beans, carrots, stinky cheese, a pear walnut salad, roasted potatoes and more red wine. We also enjoyed some rousing conversation around our family histories as the wine continued to flow. Gotta love family get togethers.
Finally, to close the night we enjoyed some homemade gingerbread and fresh whipped cream that my sister made and opened our stockings. We always end Christmas by opening our stockings and while this year we may have started to go into the wee minutes of December 26th, I would have to say this was another Christmas success.
Now as we sit next to the fire enjoying some tea and watching Fred Claus on ABC as the snow begins to fall, I wanted to wish you all a Merry Belated Christmas from my family to yours!
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