Dec 26 2010
Scenes from a Christmas
The stockings were hung – well, piled – by the “tree”. I bought it from an artist in Mexico many years ago.
Christmas crackers on my maternal grandmother’s platter. They didn’t pop very well, but they had good prizes (a tiny metal yoyo, a keychain with a faux diamond) and shiny metal crowns to wear during dinner.
My paternal grandmother’s ivory-handled silver and star dish, and my maternal grandmother’s wine glasses.
My world-famous cheese biscuits.
Erica’s amazing Yule Log. The mushrooms are meringue. Finally, a mushroom this family will eat!
Jessica opening the Lily Munster* doll I gave her…
…and dancing** to her new favorite song, “Airship Pilot” by Abney Park:
*Jessica first fell in love with La Lily this Halloween.
**I thought I took a movie of her dance moves, but alas, there were technical (read: user) difficulties.