Merry Christmas

I hope each of you has had a very Happy Christmas filled with family, friends, and loads of joy!



We enjoyed a very relaxed holiday.  We all woke up leisurely and ate Dosas with Mutton curry a traditional Christmas Eve dinner (for brunch) and then decorated the house.  Christmas music played in the background while each of us took turns entertaining Caroline.  We headed to "the love feast" an after marriage celebration where we tease the new family member in this case the groom.  It was originally a time to help couples break the ice since many marriages are arranged and often the couple hasn't had time to get to know one another well.  In our family since even in arranged marriages couples have time to get to know each other and become comfortable it really was just an opportunity to tease the couple and make them blush and or laugh.  Pretty much everyone's goal is simply that. 

 We got home and rested for a bit before the Christmas Eve midnight service.  It was a lovely service and it was nice to see everyone again.  We had tea and cake after the service and visited greeting everyone a merry Christmas.  Mom, Dad, Jake and I ended up staying up till about 4am chatting.  We were super dressed up and looked pretty fantastic in our Christmas outfits but of course we didn't take any photos. 



 We woke up late and cooked all day.  I mulled wine and made sweet potatoes.  My dad made bourbon glazed ham, meatloaf, and turkey, my mom made green beans and Jake entertained C.Si!  

 Junia & Maju, Prem & Rupa, and their kids Andrew and Faith came to dinner.  We all enjoyed the meal together and were treated to a lovely Australian dessert called a pavlova cake made by Junia.  We gifted each family with a Knob Creek Maple Whiskey which is their favorite gift from the states.  We enjoyed lovely conversations and making up for all the Christmas's apart.  

 Here is a picture of our Christmas day morning up on my parents Terrace being silly and enjoying the lovely cool weather. 



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