*The beautiful table that Vereena decorated
*We had many of the same dishes as for our last meal (such as roasted chicken, tomato and cucumber salad, and sausage), as well as some new additions like pumpkin soup (made by me and which was one of the most popular dishes of the night…yeah you right!), Spanish omelettes, green beans, tomato and mozzarella sandwiches, and German ________.
In addition to the usual suspects, there were also three guests at our Christmas dinner—Kelly, Jo (Lauren’s girlfriend), and a friend of Leo that was visiting from England.
*I taught Kelly about the Proost thing where you have to make eye contact when clinking glasses. She's a good student.
Towards the end of the meal, the English kids took over and provided dessert (fruit salad and a REAL fruit cake—I’d only heard about them in Christmas clichés!) as well as what they call “crackers”. It was pretty fun. A cracker is kind of like the little “poppers” that you use for New Year’s or during the national anthem: the ones spew confetti everywhere when you pull the little string. There was one “cracker” for every two people and each person would take an end and pull. Upon _____ing the cracker would make a loud “popping” noise and out would come a little prize. For the crackers that Robert provided, each little prize was a paper crown which we all wore for the rest of the night.
I have to say that it was another fun meal. It was especially nice to be able to celebrate the holiday season with our little “family” and our guests.
