The tree...

The presents...

More presents...

The crowds at Whole Foods at 8:30 this morning...

Seeing Santa on the way home...

Hanging stockings...

Seeing who wears it better...


Mailing...finally...our Christmas cards...

Someone downstairs wrapping presents for me...oh boy...

Dinner tonight is a combination of foods from our childhood Christmas Eve celebrations...we are having pierogi, sautéed cabbage...the ruffled kind...Savoy, I think...and shrimp cocktail! My Polish grandma would make pierogis all day long...filled with potatoes and cheese, my Italian grandmother would make Seven Fishes...the Italian feast. The cabbage is for Den because according to google...that is served on Christmas Eve if you are Hungarian! Ethnic eating can be tough...you have to sort of sift through the dishes to find things you like!
Pierogis are so delicious, though, soft doughy pillows stuffed with mashed potatoes and cheddar cheese. You have to sauté them in butter and sweet caramelized onion to get them crispy and delicious! Of course...Whole Foods has yummy artisanal ones...I only need to pop them in a pan!
Happy Christmas Eve! We are praying for snow on our drive to church early tomorrow morning!