For the first time in many, many years our family Christmas Eve gathering was not held at our home. Rebecca and Steve kindly offered to host the evening for the Gorniaks, Kleins, Drayos, Grant, and Legos. Sadly, Ron and Lori could not make it as they were home with three sick little ones. Bad timing. Big Glenn and Arianne along with Greg and Julie’s family were there.
The food was copious and delicious. Lori sent gifts for the kinds and desert tray. I brought some vintage port, which created one crisis. The cork broke when we tried to remove it and Becca resorted to using her French press coffee maker to strain the cork pieces out of the port. Now, that’s a novelty, French press Port.
Soon it was time to break out the traditional Christmas Crackers for some explosive entertainment. Everyone donned their paper crowns as the trinkets were examined and gifts were exchanged. Some photos can be found HERE and a short video is included below. Merry Christmas.
Christmas morning started with a quick visit to the families but we were, of course, late for the presents were all opened by the time we arrived. It appeared that all of the kids had great visits from Santa. We returned to our house to prepare for Christmas Dinner. Ham, filets and all of the fixings along with several delicious deserts provided by our guests.
When the grandkids arrived, it was time to open the presents from Grammy and Pop. Photos of those and a short video are here. Unfortunately Mark and Steph had other commitments and Ron, Lori and the four little Legos were confined at home with illness. Lori did provide some photos that I have included in our collection, HERE.
Hoping to add some new photos and maybe extend the 2021 Christmas Day video when we finally get a chance to see Ron, Lori, Lily, Grace, John III and Violet. For now, here’s a short video put together for those who don’t like to browse photos.
Lori, Ron, Lily, Grace, John III and Violet finally recovered from being under the weather and were able to visit us New Year’s Eve. I’ve added several photos to the LINK, along with a very short video at the end of the gallery. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.