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.
5 Responses to “Scenes from a Christmas”
Merry Christmas! Sounds like it was a lovely time!
Jessica is sure growing up. It looks as though a good time was had by all.
jx
Great photos, glad everyone enjoyed this beautiful day called Christmas, Jessica looks like she’s got good moves.
Isn’t it funny? It seems you always need to compromise when it comes to Christmas crackers. They either “crack” well but offer sad treasures or vice versa but never both. Why is that?
I hadn’t thought about that before, but you’re right!