This time last year, we were dealing with some uninvited house guests. This year? We were the uninvited house guests. Maybe uninvited is a harsh word. Self-invited?
Our friends have begun hosting a traditional seven fishes dinner every year - a typical Italian/Catholic (still not sure if it's one or the other - or both) tradition on Christmas Eve that includes lots of people, lots of wine and lots of seafood. It sounds delicious. So when they were talking about the prep work this year, we casually mentioned how awesome it sounded and how much fun it might be to go (we're really bad at not being obvious). They took the bait (pun intended) and offered us a seat (or four) at the seven fishes dinner!
Beyond the food (which was as awesome as we thought it would be), it was so nice to be with "family" on Christmas Eve. When we made the decision to have Santa visit our house every year on Christmas, we knew that meant we'd be giving up the ability to visit with family the night before Christmas. Our friends in Delaware are like our extended family, so who better to kick off the holidays with than them!?
When we got home, before we said good night, Ryan and Lindsey made sure to have some cookies and milk for Santa and a big bowl of cabbage and carrots for the reindeer.
And now...we sleep and wait...and digest.
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