Ah, Christmas. I know everyone has their different traditions (it's really the same way for Thanksgiving), and each family does things their own way. Since I'm Jewish, and my family didn't do Christmas (apparently that suprises a lot of people, that Jews don't do Christmas?), I don't really have a lot of expectation built up.
That being said, I really, really love spending Christmas with the Husbear's family!
There's lots of food:
(Ribollita, traditional Tuscan stew, with all the toppins);
Various tasty casseroles, including the best broccoli-rice EVER, and rolls;
Cornbread dressing, giblet gravy, sweet potatoes with gingersnap topping, fried turkey, roast turkey (gotta have two kinds!) and panade (bread, onions, cheese, salt water);
Turdilli, Italian fried cookies, and blueberry biscuits;
And of course, lots of other wonderful food that we don't have pictures of.
There's also lots of family!
Hi, everyone!
And a cute little nephlet (already 17 and a half months!) named Rayne!
(If you click on any of these pictures, it will take you to the Flickr photo page - then click on "all sizes" right above the picture to see it larger.)
Rayne really wanted in on all of the action! This is my favorite picture:
They say he's got the Husbear's ears! Woo!
And then, of course - the traditional Christmas nap.
He stole back the bear we gave Rayne for Christmas!
And now, back to the napping...
-girlie
