Not a finger, Butterfiger, Naddafinga -- A Christmas Story Conundrum

Assss you should all be able to tell Christmas is my ABSOLUTE favorite time of year. Not just because of the presents, but because of the way the house is decorates and the way my whole family is just happy. My heart is warm and I am so so thankful for the many blessing that I have been showered with in this beautiful life. Here is my Christmas in pictures; we start on Christmas Eve:

ANDDD THE FOOD

Our Christmas Eve meal is almost as important as the Thanksgiving meal. We eat the same meals the my grandma prepared, and my great-grandma prepared, and so on. My mom makes it, but I help her with the preperartion.

BoBike (not sure of that spelling) : Oven toasted quarter sized balls of bread or pizza dough. We prepare those ahead of time, maybe a day or two before. Then Christmas Eve you rinse the balls in warm water and put them in a pot with a little bit of water and butte and let them steam and soften up. They soak up the butter. DELICIOUS. they are probably my favorite part of the meal.

Pierogies: everyone knows how to make these. DUH. Homemade.... yummmm

Then we have sauteed shrimp and lobstuh tails

And probably my favorite addition to the mix are the mushrooms in a roux.

We boil the mushrooms to soften them up, use any kind you would like. Then create a roux of flour, butter, onion and garlic. it isn't runny and add's incredible flavor to the mushrooms.

Water and a Chardonnay create the whole meal.

Rum & Coke. Such a Holdiday Drink

It is a tradition in our family to watch the 1980's version of A Christmas Carol, with George C. Scott staring as Scrooge. After a Christmas Carol comes A Christmas Story which we watch on TBS. All of this while we are sipping on rum & coke. Usually these movies are followed by a nap and then midnight mass, but thankfully we could forgo mass this year and I went straight to bed... all in anticipation of Santa Clause <3

Santa did come, even though my brother is 22 and I am 19, way past the age of believing, but he came with an abundance of presents for everyone in the family including my mom and dad. I have to say everyone was happy and more than thankfull for all the presents that were exchanged

I spent the rest of the morning hanging with my family and admiring some of my favorite decorations in the house.

My new pair of letters that santa brought me.
Merry Christmass!

Everyday I am going to try and be more thankful for evrything I have in my life.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE