Christmas Eve, Christmas, St. Stephen's Day-Boxing Day 2005
Lots of visiting for Christmas...
The day before Christmas Eve ... Elaine and her six-year-old daughter Maria arrived from Malibu. We played many games of pick-up-sticks (Maria really liked it!):
That evening we watched The Polar Express --
with Guai -- a wonderful preparation for the days to come..."Seeing is believing... but sometimes the most real things in this world are the things we can't see."
Christmas Eve day ... Patty, Allen, and Sylvia joined us (Guai, Elaine, and Maria) for lunch at our favorite Korean BBQ...
Allen and Elaine -- almost 25 years after Bataan!
Patty and Sylvia
Guai and Maria
Later that night, Maria has a brief lesson is getting ready for Santa Claus...that it's important to leave cookies out for Santa Claus because he's so hungry from going all around the world to leave presents for all the children who've been nice. She dressed a plate with cookies, added a ribbon, and went to bed ... but not to sleep! She couldn't sleep all night! She was waiting for Santa to come, waiting to see if he'd eaten the cookies she put out for him!
Christmas morning...
Maria reported in: "Santa came! He ate the cookies! And he left me a stocking on the table!"
Maria and her loot! The beginning of a day of chocolate!
A quick check of email netted a skype-call from Meyen in Istanbul, at the end of their Christmas Day and the beginning of ours. They had a Costco ham (procured during the summer home-leave) for Christmas dinner!
Kevin and Meyen
Then out to Patty's for the day...
The tree before -- with Bruce in the background, Maria and Corina (with the purple hair and red streak) in front...
Bruce with Santa Ella, who had gift cards for everyone for Border's and received many chew toys, some of which she demolished straight-away!
Patty opens a present and starts hoarding wrapping paper!
Corina, wearing earrings from Elaine, and Glenn
Bruce and Corina
Elaine and Maria
The tree after
The day after Christmas, Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day...A visit at Lisa, Oliver, Deme, Anna, and Rudy's new home...
Anna and her friend Maria
Linda and Patty, looking a bit dour
Lisa, Anna, and Oliver
Good cheer! A time to hang out with friends and catch up!
The day before Christmas Eve ... Elaine and her six-year-old daughter Maria arrived from Malibu. We played many games of pick-up-sticks (Maria really liked it!):
That evening we watched The Polar Express --
with Guai -- a wonderful preparation for the days to come..."Seeing is believing... but sometimes the most real things in this world are the things we can't see."
Christmas Eve day ... Patty, Allen, and Sylvia joined us (Guai, Elaine, and Maria) for lunch at our favorite Korean BBQ...
Allen and Elaine -- almost 25 years after Bataan!
Patty and Sylvia
Guai and Maria
Later that night, Maria has a brief lesson is getting ready for Santa Claus...that it's important to leave cookies out for Santa Claus because he's so hungry from going all around the world to leave presents for all the children who've been nice. She dressed a plate with cookies, added a ribbon, and went to bed ... but not to sleep! She couldn't sleep all night! She was waiting for Santa to come, waiting to see if he'd eaten the cookies she put out for him!
Christmas morning...
Maria reported in: "Santa came! He ate the cookies! And he left me a stocking on the table!"
Maria and her loot! The beginning of a day of chocolate!
A quick check of email netted a skype-call from Meyen in Istanbul, at the end of their Christmas Day and the beginning of ours. They had a Costco ham (procured during the summer home-leave) for Christmas dinner!
Kevin and Meyen
Then out to Patty's for the day...
The tree before -- with Bruce in the background, Maria and Corina (with the purple hair and red streak) in front...
Bruce with Santa Ella, who had gift cards for everyone for Border's and received many chew toys, some of which she demolished straight-away!
Patty opens a present and starts hoarding wrapping paper!
Corina, wearing earrings from Elaine, and Glenn
Bruce and Corina
Elaine and Maria
The tree after
The day after Christmas, Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day...A visit at Lisa, Oliver, Deme, Anna, and Rudy's new home...
Anna and her friend Maria
Linda and Patty, looking a bit dour
Lisa, Anna, and Oliver
Good cheer! A time to hang out with friends and catch up!
posted by Dianne at 6:23 PM
2 Comments:
Wow - nice!!! Thanks for including us in the party!!! More details needed - what did you eat, what presents did everyone get, what Patty said and did - MORE MORE MORE!
OK, Ms. Details...bagels and schmear and fruit salad, bloody Mary's for those who wanted one, cheese and crackers, sausage, shrimp cocktail...then for dinner: a roast, salad, baked potatoes, green beans, and then peppermint ice cream and cookies -- all with Starry Night wines!
Gifts...too many! We all have too much stuff. I gave cards from donations to the Heifer Foundation and received an gift of support for the baby panda at the San Diego Zoo (go to http://sandiegozoo.org and click on the Panda Cam).
Patty was happy, tired, dressed in green cashmere and a cloisonne necklace. She had so much stuff she didn't even find one gift until yesterday!
8-)
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