Sunday 27 December 2020

Xmas

 We had one of the best Christmas days ever though it was a lot of hard work.  Mountains of food and even though we had started preparation the night before we were still cooking side dishes and consulting lists till the last minute.  The yorskshire puds were the last to come out of the oven.  They were gulped down by everyone even though the recipe had to be severely tweaked because my scale decided to give up the ghost and 150 grams of flour turned into, I'm not sure how much, but far too much.  Something has to go wrong.  We forgot the garlic bread too darn it.  It stayed in the oven.


Santa Claus was here



He handed out all the presents with the help of two little elves


Pulling Xmas crackers


It was a warm and sunny day.  We had just had a load of firewood delivered and the gang formed a chain and it was all stacked by the back door


We ate inside and then played a game of trivial pursuit, greek version.  My team won.  I played with two of my grandchildren.  I  know all the oldie questions.  About movies starring Charlton Heston and Audrey Hepburn. The grandkids had never heard of them.  Who was the husband of Sophia Loren.  Strange questions really for a greek game.  But there were also general knowledge.  Where did the Aztecs live, who invented the telephone.  The grandkids know greek history, myths. chemistry and maths.  Together we covered all the bases.
There was  loads of laughter and no cheating.  Really, I didn't cheat this time!

After the game we all sat outside until the sun went in.

All the dishes got done, thanks girls once again.  Our leftovers were in the manageable range.  I had warned them all to bring  bowls with them.

A lovely family Christmas




 


22 comments:

  1. Fun times! Your Santa is quite cute :-) I put the spanikopita in the oven, I'm just waiting for it to be crispy and browned! Yum!

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    1. I'll tell Santa. he will be happy to hear he's cute!
      Mmm spanakopita hot from the window oven. What a wonderful vision!

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    1. Thank goodness everyone enjoyed themselves. No arguments and too much drinking

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  3. Sounds like a great day
    And it isn’t Christmas unless something gets left in the oven. I do it every year lol

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    1. Too much darn food. That's why I have a list and something still gets left behind. I can imagine your feasts are very similar!!

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  4. Sounds like a perfect day and getting the wood stacked an extra bonus.

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    1. We didn't expect anyone would have energy to haul wood but they made it into a , rather tiring, game and got it done. Brilliant

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  5. Lovely Christmas Day here too. Lots of hard work, with muggins rushing around trying to do 10 things at once!!! The kids had a ball.

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    1. Just as it should be!! We were all rather tired by the end of the day but certainly full of joy

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  6. Sounds like a Christmas to remember with a smile.
    You know, it is years since I last played Trivial Pursuits, we used to have so much fun with it.

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    1. We have an old trivial and boy are some things of those questions archaic. My mother would have been able to answer them all but not me

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  7. What a great way to celebrate Christmas. Your garden is looking very verdant too by the way. Good leftovers management too - you will be able to be eating something different by New Year!

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    1. The garden is full of clover/sorell/weeds . I live it . Verdant is great. The front garden is slightly more controlled, clover and nasturtiums

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  8. What a lovely way to enjoy Christmas. Family, fun and good food.

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    1. Family fun. All the grandkids get on well thank goodness

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  9. Great idea to organise a firewood chain. Sounds like a good time was had by all.

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  10. I hope you all had a great day, we are trying to get through the leftovers here. I've never tried to make yorkshire puddings those, are they easy?

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    1. My daughter Elli makes the puds. Very easy, if you measure the flour correctly.
      You make a sort of pancake batter and pour it into smoking hot muffin tins. They puff up and are delicious

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