It's Christmas Eve here... we are not of any particular religious persuasion in my immediate family but we have always done Christmas with a tree and presents and good food. There's just my parents, my brother and I in our little satellite family unit in this corner of the world. My brother's girlfriend will be joining us also, bringing our total to 5 plus little dog and big dog.
Since I am unemployed this year, my gift to everyone is doing all the cooking and baking for our get-together. Today I made pecan pie, fruit mince tarts, and chocolate-dipped strawberries in white chocolate (to cater for the caffeine-sensitive) and dark chocolate (for the lactose-intolerant)... Tomorrow's menu has been compiled from five separate issues of Cuisine magazine and is anything but traditional. I'll take pictures and post them. Let's hope I can pull it off!
Happy Chrismakwaanzakuh to you and yours from me and mine :)
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