Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas one and all!

So this morning started out like any usual Christmas, little kids eagerly anticipating the unwrapping of their Christmas gifts.  It is completely understandable why my parents allowed us to open our stockings before they woke up.  We had breakfast and gift opening, then lunch preparation began and family began to arrive.  Lunch was basically an all afternoon affair….so let us compare Christmas feast menus

Our meal started with

·      Vegetables (sweet carrots, green beans, a bit of onion) they tasted candied and yet there was nothing added (the carrots are that good)

·      Pilav (spiced rice with a few veggies and beef)

·      muikio(mashed potatoes, maize, peas)

·      chicken which also created the gravy or soup as they call it around these parts

Next as we were finishing up, the namachoma (roasted goat) arrived.

After goat, we had cake, cookies, fresh fruit

This meal lasted most of the afternoon and everything was really delicious.

In the evening we began a game of Monopoly but of course did not finish due to the arrival of the children’s bedtime.  Have no fear, Marianna and I shall win tomorrow when we pick up where we left off!

I hope that everyone had a blessed Christmas and happy boxing day!