Merry Christ­mas everyone!

I hope every­one who cel­e­brates it out there in blog land had a won­der­ful Christ­mas, or depend­ing on timezone/tradition, is hav­ing or is about to have a won­der­ful Christmas.

We had our big Christ­mas Eve din­ner last night. Although we orig­i­nally had planned on 25 peo­ple and in the end only had 17, and apart from a nasty re-occurance of ten­donitis in my fore­arms brought on by 16 solid hours of cook­ing and clean­ing, it went really well. I’m now sit­ting down with my pile of Christ­mas loot — which includes a 12″ Lucidique, Triv­ial Pur­suit, DVD Burner, and a “promis­sary note” for paving of our front path — and am look­ing for­ward to the very best part of Christ­mas Day — fry­ing up last night’s left­over pierogi!

So, girls and boys, what did Santa bring you?