Christmas time & gift haul

Hello there! We are back after a short off time we took from the blog land, and are missing you hard. How was your Christmas? Ours went like this: family time – with less board games than usual but more movies – lots of food and cute sweet gifts. And luckily our menu was a hit, thanks to everyone for the nice words about it in our last post!

Today we are sharing some pictures we took of the table with the entrance dishes already on display. Afterwards we realized that the sushi was still not on the table when we took those, oh well, you must imagine then the big wood tray, that appears in some pictures, with delicious uramakis and nigiris. The pumpkin soup with curry & coconut milk will be one recipe to stay with us because it was surprising and tasty, unfortunately we didn’t take a picture this time but if you wish we can share the recipe.

A few hours before the dinner I rushly crafted some name signs for all of us with some festive drawings. Dani had the Christmas log whereas I had some cutesy bows.

Green italian olives are our favorite, we coat them with some garlic oil (our trick!)

We had two equal cheese plates at both sides of the table. We added raspberries, nuts and fancy bread.

Whenever there is cheese Juno grabs a seat at the frontline.

On Christmas day we went to see Tim Burton’s Big Eyes with my mom and Anna & Albert, and once again I fell in love with the adorable halo Amy Adams exhales. Have you already watched it? We also enjoyed ourselves with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban (I told you about my Harry Potter rush lately…) and Grease, this second one in the theater! and was super fun! Couldn’t keep my feet to stay put neither my arms during the Grease lightning song. And finally we watched latest Woody Allen’s Magic in the Moonlight which I adored for its classic characters and plot, I definitely thought it was like watching a 30s-40s film with a touch of modern top-notch color.

Here is what Santa and our Christmas log were kind to bring me, and as you can see neither the former nor the later read our blog (see our Christmas wishlist) ;) In case you’re wondering, the pillow is from Depeapa. The scarf is too cool, right? It may be creepy to have two hands around my neck but quite useful when in a Slap Bet à la How I Met your Mother style!

Cuteness at full throttle! I am completely smitten with my lelelerele brooch (awwwwwies!), bunny ceramic brooch by Silbando Bajito and Après ski necklace. Yay for Santa and the Christmas log who also went local with their shopping.

Dani scored a pretty rad bunch of things too. Santa’s interpretation of Dani’s wishlist included a quirky t-shirt (see girl version here), not the same one but well, this one is very cool too and a super cat brooch by messy my. The Christmas log knows well the attachment Dani has with bow ties and how he has been subtly endlessly talking about how he was missing his matcha lattes.

Dino socks ready to watch the new Jurassic Park reboot film and burger layers socks because someone has a slight obsession with this food.

Juno is the most austere of the three of us, we must learn! She got some yummy food, a new mouse friend and a black cat pal (in print form…)

Maybe the most awkward pose we could take of Juno :) Christmas takes that side of her.

Ok, I must stop blabbing, can’t you tell that I was missing blog world? Please fill us in with how your Christmas plans went, we would love to read. And also about the gifts, I’m the best gifts’ gossiper in town and are dying to prove it, ha!