For Christmas Eve we celebrated with the Morel side of the family (John’s mom’s side). You should definitely check out the pictures online (here) to see how much fun we had. We arrived early to help prepare for the evening (which consisted of opening oysters). I don’t know which is the better highlight: that despite the high-risk Alexis, Guillaume & John opened 24 oysters without a single knife incident or that I actually tried one. Perhaps the real highlight was that Mamy even made her own foie gras!! I think I may have even been able to cross off a few firsts between the oysters, foie gras and the cheese (and hey, I can’t complain if I liked 2 of the 3)! Without doubt the best part of the evening was the pioche (free auction) that Mamy holds each year. Mamy collects things all year and then auctions them off to everyone after dinner. John came home with a platter, oven mitts, a toothbrush or two and enough cookbooks and recipes to last a lifetime! I even got some facial stuff! I suppose you had to be there but take it from me, the pioche is so much fun!
For Christmas Day we celebrated with the Silva side of the family (John’s dad’s side). You can never be fully prepared for a Silva family meal with Grand-mere & Grand-pere. It quickly becomes a competition between who ate the most. By the time the annual Briscola championship began I didn’t think I could eat another bite! Joseph & I would have been a winning team had we been dealt one good hand! Luck wasn’t so kind and Joseph & I come in last. Leave it to John & Grand-pere to win. Next year I hope luck is on my side!!!
Spending Christmas with John’s family was great. This may be risky to admit but I’m happy to have a new Christmas tradition to look forward to.
Make sure to check out our pictures of our Christmas Eve Celebration here!
And our Christmas Day Celebration here!
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