Along with Christmas eCards & rabid last-minute shoppers, Christmas also brings with it invitations to eat, drink & be merry.
- Ravi, Captain Booger Features & I celebrated Christmas eve with family at my Aunt & Uncle's place, where we stuffed our faces with Christmas ham, pork (lechon for all you Filos out there), potato salad, noodles (palabok), chicken (adobo), rice & a gingerbread house (for dessert).
- Boxing Day lunch was a barbecue at David & Astrid's place where we saw their cute son Taliesin for the first time (he has a penchant for biting knee caps). When I write barbeque, I mean bar-be-que! There were 3 massive slabs of meat (Flintstones-style) on this hi-tech barbeque range that could navigate planes down from the sky! We didn't stop eating until 4pm when we left to . . .
- . . . host Boxing Day dinner at our place for 14 friends. Of course we over-catered! We served marinated chicken drumsticks, roast pork, capsicum stuffed with cous cous, potato bake, corn on the cob, & fruit salad for dessert. Friends brought pasta salad, chciken salad, duck & chocolate crackles (which the kids loved). There was the usual exchanging of gifts & consumption of wine - a great time was had by all!
Captain Booger Features gave me a Diva necklace & Ravi a key ring that emits a beeping sound when someone whistles (great for locating missing keys as an alternative to Ravi's current system of looking with his mouth: "Has anyone seen my keys?") - pretty soon the thing was beeping irrespective of whether anyone whistled, driving us bananas.
Ravi got me a cute little red handbag & an iPod nano. I got Ravi a stainless steel Superman amulet & necklace from Nomination, & Ravi & I got the captain a foosball table.
It's been an utterly satisfying & fun Christmas because everyone I love dearly is happy & healthy. I hope everyone had a very happy Christmas :)
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