December 26, 2009

• Christmas Day

  We had a fantastic and very busy day yesterday on Christmas.  It started around ten o’clock with brunch for eight.  Beth made a breakfast casserole with ham, eggs, cheese, and bread that was delicious.  We had a fruit salad, too, and biscuits and scones.  We ate a lot, of course.  The cast included Beth and me; Susan and Sean; Catherine, Mike, and Liza; and Grandma Jane, Beth’s mother.  Savannah, the yellow Lab, was also here, but she wasn’t at the table, obviously.

  After brunch we opened presents.  That took about two and a half hours, and it was a lot of fun.  Grandma Jane’s gift of cash surprised us and brought tears to the eyes of several people.

  After presents Cat and her family, and Grandma Jane, went home to rest up for Christmas night.  Several of us at headquarters took naps, and Liza got in a good nap at her house.

  Around 6:00 PM everybody reassembled at headquarters for a big dinner party.  The friends and extended family came in, and there were 19 here for drinks, red beans and rice, pork roast, and Caesar salad.  We put out all the desserts we had accumulated, and we had a grand time.  Everybody was gone by 10:30, and we all more or less collapsed.  Liza spent the night with us (Cat and Mike have to work today), and Liza slept in the bed with Beth and me for the first time ever.

  Over the 2-day holiday, Beth served a total of 41 meals: 14 for dinner Christmas Eve night, 8 for brunch Christmas morning, and 19 for dinner Christmas night.  I have no idea how many bottles of wine were consumed, but I know it was more than a couple.  A very good time was had by all.

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