Saturday December 25 2010

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

Yesterday Jean-Paul asked Ed if we were going to have our Christmas dinner. Ed said yes at 1:30. That meant we had to make a trip to the market to find what we needed for the dish we were bringing to the dinner. Ed always fixes the turkey, this year its chicken. Jean-Paul brings a fish soup. He starts cooking it the day before the meal. I brought stuffing mix down with me but still need some vegetables that I add to the mix.

I had to go to three different stores to find the celery I needed. They were all very busy, one lady tried to get in front of me to pay for her items. It reminded me of shopping on the day after Thanksgiving.

Our Christmas dinner is very interesting, as we have Americans, French Canadians and Mexicans. Everyone likes to speak their own language. We speak very little Spanish, even less French. Some of the Canadians spoke all three pretty good which helps some.

At 1:30 Ed said he needed at least 45 more minutes, but some of the Mexicans started showing up and Ed wanted the kids to get their drinks and someone to dish up plates. He is worried that they will dish up too much food.

We all had a great time, the dinner broke up around 4:30.