just wanted to take a moment to wish you all a very merry christmas!
christmas has always been one of my favorite holidays - the music, the food, the gifts, spending time with family...i love it all.
the first thing we did this morning was open presents.
later on in the evening, we sat down for an amazing dinner cooked by my beautiful madre.
the menu this year consisted of turkey (which was roasted in coke...what?!) stuffed with cornbread and ham, corn casserole, roasted potatoes, rice, pasta salad and italian cake for dessert.
my sister also made a traditional german mulled wine called glühwein and it was delicious.
all in all, it was another amazing christmas spent with the ones i love the most.
although missing was my cousin, sherley, who is soaking up the sun right now.
jealous.
i hope you're all having an amazing holiday season.
and to all my torontonians who are still without power - keep warm!
merry christmas to all and to all, a good night.
:)
vanessa
ps.
some christmas snapshots to share:
some of the homemade christmas cards i made this year
pps. i discovered what could very well be my new favorite christmas song.
over the weekend, toronto experienced an ice storm that basically paralyzed the city.
broken trees, downed power lines and subsequent power outages...it was madness.
luckily, power was restored to my house earlier this morning but there are still thousands around the city that are still without it.
it's pretty easy to get caught up in the materialism that comes along with christmas - i literally spent the entire day saturday at the mall running around like a chicken with its head cut off.
perhaps this storm was sent as a way to slow us all down and remind us what's really important...
one thing i do know for sure - i'll take a snowstorm over an ice storm any day of the week.
