i love the holidays. lots of food, lots of fun, lots of love, and the what not. in my family situation i have what i would like to call the perpetual a.d.d. christmas. heres a little tastes of what was in store for me over my 24 hour christmas marathon.
starting at 3:30pm on the 24th with the family appearance at church (i am a doubter when it come to church, not to god) that wasnt too horrific, my moms side of the family piled into our family room and proceeded to gorge on too much tenderloin, venison, turkey, and crab. you will begin to see that food is the one constant theme throughout this marathon. after some bawdy public displays with some tacky australian boxers, a smoked sausage, and a stuffed animal - my 1st act of the annual christmas charade was over.
now that the youngest in the house is 17, we dont start the christmas morning ordeal until around 10. this year we had some wayward travelers without a family, both female (alright!) and both from far away lands - australia & south africa (double alright!!) - who fit in perfect and added a feminine presence that has never graced 420 range before. cool new twist. well presents went well and of course the annual eggs benedict/grand mimosa brunch went over like a treat.
with little time to digest let alone recuperate it was time to dash off to northern virginia to spend time with jb's side of the family. after more food, a plethora of sweets- again these are the people who have had an italian bakery in the family for nearly 75 years - some booze based presents, and a quick catch up with the relatives (perpetually explaining about my time in australia and what im going to be doing now) it was off to dads for the final meal and the curtain call on christmas.
dad lives in northern virginia as well so its definitely a 2 birds 1 stone kind of deal with the 3rd and 4th act. by the time we arrived at dads (jmc and the female australian were my companions) i had already consumed about 12000 calories, 4 glasses of wine, 2 mimosas, 5 beers, 3 whiskeys, and lord only knows how many altoids (** note these are only rough estimates over the 1st 3 acts of the clare marathon christmas). dads was pretty low key and stacked high with good food. after some chocolate martinis (i passed) and some apple crumble to top it off, it was time to waddle back out to the car and call christmas a night. oh and then drive an hour and half back to baltimore.
it was long, fattening, and at times a freaking hassle ... but for me thats christmas. bouncing around, always on the go, and having to make an extra effort to pull it off. but the effort put in is always rewarded by spending some q.t. with family.
hope christmas 2k8 was a time of love, joy, and warmth for all of you!
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