Hello, everybody! Merry Christmas to all of you! This greeting came in a day late because I had no time to go online as I was so busy wrapping gifts, making last minute trips to the mall or the grocery, and also cooking up a storm in my kitchen for our Noche Buena with friends and family. Now I can sit back, relax and write a quickie post while waiting for the laundry to finish in the wash (hehe!).
So how are you after all the holiday feasting that transpired over the weekend? I certainly missed my dad's tiim (chicken sauced in beer with herbs) and leche flan and crispy fried chicken. But I borrowed my Mom's delicious spaghetti recipe and cooked it here to serve to our guests, and it tasted just like my Mom's, so that seriously lessened the holiday homesickness. And everybody loved everything I prepared, so I am really, really tickled pink! Here's to more cooking and party hosting in 2012!
Me, I think I'm okay. Did not gorge too much on carbs and sweets, but I swear sometimes I still taste the roasted turkey every time I burp!
This year we decided to have some traditional roast turkey and some honey glazed ham, then I made some Pinoy style spaghetti, Chicken Stroganoff, and mashed potatoes with homemade gravy sauce. Our friends also brought leche flan and wine. And of course, the Christmas log cake! Yummy yummy!
It's not fancy but it sure did the job of making our Christmas away from home a lot more happy and enjoyable, not to mention delish!
With our friends and family to celebrate Noche Buena together.
More food, more booze, more gift giving!
Around midnight, we started exchanging gifts in between mouthfuls of cake and leche flan. Teehee. I was absolutely surprised when I opened my Christmas present from my hubby. I thought he was going to give me the Kate Spade bag I wanted, but what he gave me was much, much better! Let's just say that reading all my e-books will be a more enjoyable experience from now on! Thanks so much, sweetie! I love you!
It's the first Christmas I spent away from the Philippines, but this certainly was not the worst. In fact, it's one of the best and most special Christmases I've had in a long time because this Christmas was our first Christmas spent together as a married couple. Love love love!
My sister sent me this photo of my parents on Christmas eve, sending their love and holiday cheer across the miles:
Ang kulit lang! Haha!
Merry, merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone! Eat and be merry. Worry about the weight gain later on. Haha!
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