Our Traditional Christmas Celebration

It was quite super busy day for my husband and I yesterday with all the preparation and cooking. Everytime... lots of movements at the kitchen have to hold on to the broom and swept the floors, then mopped the ceramic tile floor to prevent slip. Thank God it's ceramic unlike the floor tiles we had before made of hardwood floors. You know the runabouts movements on wooden floor is not that pleasant specially if you spill water on it or spilled oil and it will be that's all you can do but clean the floors the whole day.

Checking the turkey from the oven just to make sure it doesn't get burned.

The Christmas shopping, the last minute shopping of the extra food that we have to cook for Christmas dinner, the wine and coolers. We didn't have heavy wine or champagne, maybe if my sisters in- law are here for the holidays then we probably have happy hour every afternoon with Vodka on crystal glasses. He he! That's what you think eh? So just the light peach coolers, grapes and raspberry coolers great enough to sip and cheers with delight. We're happy with that. Simple!

　

Set the table with the usual color motif mantle (table cloth), silver wares and plates.

Prayers before dinner.

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Here's the Christmas dinner Menu:

Appetizer: Scallops wrapped with Kirkland bacon

Fresh vegetable salad with California dill dressing

Main Course meal: Turkey and stuffings with sumptuos delicious gravy

Steamed potato, steamed rice

Pancit canton garnished with pork, carrots cabbage, shrimps

Brussels sprouts - steamed

Lobsters with butter and lemon juice dipping

Dessert: Blueberry pie

Christmas cake with mint flavor

Cheese cake: Chocolate swirl

Fruit salad

My sister Emmy and Brother in- law Romy brought gifts and food +dessert: Maja blanca with corn, sotanghon pancit, and springrolls. My nieces are settled in Edmonton so they cannot come here for the holidays. I wish my parents are here with us together with my brothers and their families. I also wish they are happy and contented in their own homes celebrating the merry jolly Christmas if they cannot visit us on this very special occasion.

Wishing...wishing...lots of wishes.



After dinner we're all gathered at the living room and watched a new movie of Hugh Jackman's the "Wolverines." Ngek! This movie is filled with blood and too much violence.

I know we should have just watched National Lampoon's Holiday Vacation something funny to make us laugh. But what Chevy Chase got for movies are old and we watched them all already long time ago. I watched the "Christmas with the Kranks" the other day and it's more like a movie about stress and accidents that go with the last minute holiday celebration to make family members happy. I suggested we watch the latest Soperman movie but sister said they have a DVD that she will lend to me sometime.

Oh my too sleepy right now. After all the excitement, the shrill, pressure and stress of the Christmas spirit brought to us by the birth of our lone savior Baby Jesus, I thank the Lord God and His Holy Family for a wonderful bright Christmas. To the Head of my family which is of course my husband Lorne who brought much of happiness within the family because of his generosity and thoughfulness. Thank you my loving and caring husband. Your thoughfulness and kindness is much appreciated. To my three children Tyrel, Cade and Tamara who are happy and enjoying the gifts they received from the generous givers (Mommy and Daddy of course + aunts and uncle) ...Thank you, thanks to those who remember us on Christmas Day.

Looking forward to a better, fruitful, prosperous and joyous Year 2014.

Cheers!