Had a wonderful early Christmas on Sunday (it was an early Xmas with Brian & Joy before they returned to England—Dale, Jonathan, and I opened our presents from them, and they opened their pressies from us).
Upon getting up in the morning, Brian & Joy got to open their stockings that Santa had left for them (much to their surprise!), and it was a lot of fun to see the two of them sitting on the futon busily unwrapping all the little goodies they found in the stockings. Then we all got stuck into opening presents; had some Cafe du Monde coffee & Krispy Kremes (the beignets fell by the wayside since my mix was two years out of date); and tried to convince Jonathan to open his presents with a greater rate of frequency than one every two hours.
We had a brunch at The Granite Cafe, which was lovely and we had great service, and then we went back home to play with our new toys. The weather was wonderful here (we had our brunch outside), and in the late afternoon Jennifer & Stepan joined us for a Christmas tea.
Oodles and oodles of food for tea: honey-baked ham, smoked salmon, duck liver pate; 4 different kinds of crackers; Central Market brioche, nine-grain w/honey bread, and sourdough bread; stoneground mustard and fresh butter in my butter bell; and vegetarian hors d’oeuvres wrapped in phyllo pastry. Dessert included a dobosh tort (a layer cake), After Eight biscuits, double chocolate Milanos, chocolate ginger biscuits, carrot cake and cinnamon buns from Central Market, and peanut butter blossoms and Stepan’s gingerbread cookies contributed by J&S. And tea, of course. It was lots of fun, and it was great to have Jen & Stepan joining us for it (especially since they ate lots of food—I have tons of leftovers).
Posted by elizabeth at December 18, 2002 12:35 AM