I love Christmas and I love Christmas Eve with my mom’s side of the family. Every year we go to my Aunt Sylvia’s for some (or a lot of) yummy foodz and family time and a Christmas gift exchange game. We fight about the rules every year. It’s great.
First, look at the beautiful cake my mom picked up at Mrs. Maddox Cake Shop:
The cake got a liiiittle messed up during transportation which is why it only says “ery Christmas” instead of “Merry Christmas,” but you get the idea.
There’s always tons of food at the family gatherings. Each year there’s some variation but the main staples are always: pierogies, kielbasa, and cheesy potatoes. My family is Polish and we make some great pierogies.
And here’s some of my family milling around the table:
My cousin Danielle likes to be front and center:
And of course we have lots of treats. Chocolate cherry cake:
Pumpkin cake:
Sugar cookies from Maddox:
All the treats:
We played the present game we always play, which my aunt just informed me is called “Dirty Santa.” This year the theme was “favorite things” and we were instructed to bring, guess what, a favorite thing. Some items were: a Sonic gift card, a giant basset hound figure, fuzzy socks, a coloring book with crayons, a remote controlled Ferrari (which my grandma brought, of all people) and a ShamWow. Hilarious.
My gift was something I picked up last week at Artists & Fleas in Brooklyn. It’s a Kreepy Doll from the Kreepy Doll Factory and I thought this guy was the cutest. I love creatures and this was perfect to be a “favorite thing” for me to contribute to the game. And then of course, I fought like hell to get him. I can always count on my sisters to get my back and scheme with me so we end up with what we want.
Look at my baby:
I love him. Oh, and that’s my little sister at the top. Merry Christmas, everyone!
4 responses so far ↓
Em Bem // December 26, 2009 at 12:16 am |
it’s too bad that Maddox’s website doesn’t have pictures on it. Because that chocolate one was really cool and they good stuff.
looking at this just makes me hungry again.
Mike // December 26, 2009 at 10:13 am |
What a beautiful, Merry, Christmas! Wonderful. :-) Give my best to your family.
I LOVE that shot of your tree; the light is great! And, your sister is cute. Oh, now she’s probably all creeped out. Some old guy on the internet gave her a compliment. Well, Pbbbbltt! ;-P
Speaking of creepy… that is a very creepy doll. Yes, it is. What’s his name? I didn’t see it on the website; are they all one-of-a-kind? Seems like it might be hard to reproduce some of those improbable sewing accidents… But, I have to admit, some of them are cute too. Did you get him back?
Is this the same game as the white elephant gift exchange where you can open one present from the table or steal an already open one from someone else? I think there’s probably a thousand variations on that one, but they are all fun. :-)
Time to go walk off some of that Christmas pie.
cmitten // December 26, 2009 at 12:11 pm |
Haha, she’s not creeped out, she is a cutie!
And of course I got the doll back, he is sitting with me as I type and his name is Ghasty. He’s not creepy at all, he’s such a darling and I think they are all one of a kind.
And that’s actually our cousin’s Christmas tree. I’ll post a pic of ours up here soon.
And, finally, yes it is the same as the white elephant game and it is always fun.
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well! :)
melissa // December 26, 2009 at 2:12 pm |
i thought the cake ur mom got wasn’t from Madox but the P.P. bakery ( i can’t spell it) my chocolate cake and cookies were from Madox though.