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Ours will be a two day affair ,,,,
Christmas Eve will be at my inlaws with the 10 or 12 of us, Christmas there is on the Eastern European side of things and will consist of a clear soup with the chicken, veggies,minute noodles all on the side to be added by the consumer only when you are ready to eat so the broth remains clear, breaded Veal, and another Veal roast done ONLY the way my M in law can do it and its to die for! , then there will be a fish dish,probably breaded pork chops, chiken cutletts, salad, potatoes, rice (for me... thanks Mom) all enjoyed with a good Aussie Shiraz Penfolds or the like,followed by some homeade pastries and just when you think you may get a little couch time in, its time to sing Carols and then open a few gifts.... the rule is NO SINGING,,,,NO GIFTS! ,,,, we are all in fine voice! lolol

Christmas morning, I will make breakfast for the 6 of us, bacon and eggs the style of the majority vote...(usually scrambled) with toast, coffee and juice.

Christmas day at our house will be Turkey and all the trimmings... my wife makes a dressing that is every bit as good as my mothers. we will probably have 16 people or so over and my wife will cook enough to feed Cambodia as always! I hope i can convince her to cook up some of that fawn we brought home in November. She has got onto this new salad made with, among other ingredients, pomegranites and feta cheese... sounds odd but its pretty damned good!
dinner will be followed again with home made pastries and more than likely, my wifes special multi layer(8 of them I think)cake that is light as a feather and as calorie laiden as a you can imagine!
pre dinner will consist of gift swapping between the family and i will serve as the mixicoligist for the gang.
I will crack a couple bottles of Malbec before dinner and I may be persuaded to open some 1999 Dominus Cabernet for dinner. I have one sister that does not like red so there will be a good Chardonnay or two on the table as well.

of all the great things of Christmas... nothing beats the dinner and the entire house smells teriffic with that bird cooking away..... man i'm gettin' hungry thinking about it!

I am already looking forward to the left over turkey for a Dagwood sized turkey sandwich the next day.

DT

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