Food, food, food!

Christmas day was a festival of food. First there were supposed to be eggs at Dad's house. Turns out though, that everyone decided to eat earlier than anticipated, and no one thought to inform me of this. So we missed the basil and cream cheese eggs, which I'm sure were delicious. I did have some coffeecake though (thanks Grandma), and coffee (without the cake, thanks Dad).

Then there was brunch with J's family, which included the following: egg stratas (like casseroles, I learned), more coffee cake, regular pancakes, nutella pancakes, strawberries/blueberries/whipped cream, delicious bacon, coffee, and OJ. I ate myself silly. But that wasn't the end...

Third, there was dinner back at dad's house. He made a stick-to-your-ribs venison cassoulet with some of his gazillion pounds of elk meat, and it was delightful. Aunt J brought down some cranberry sauce from the Chicagoland area, along with loads and loads of cookies and other tasty goodies. T came to the rescue with a last-minute run for eggs, which allowed us to whip up some delicious cornbread as well (mom's recipe - best in the world)! And lots of wine and candies too! It was a food extravaganza, all day long!

And of course, there was the present-opening extravaganza. It was a delightful afternoon spent around the living room fire!

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J

Me

K

G1

B1

G2

Dad

B2

Cousin M

Uncle T

Cookies!