Christmas Dinner

This year we started a new tradition.

A Christmas Eve fancy dinner.

Now the only problem was that I worked Christmas eve, so we did it on the 23rd. We invited some of Tyler's co-workers over for it.

I spent all day preparing for it. Big dinners, or parties like this make me very happy and I just love planning for it and doing it.

The fridge halfway through the day:

Veggie tray, chocolate cake, apple pie dough.

The pups dressed up for the party (I told you we were going fancy)

The appetizers

The bird

I hate to say this... but my bird was fabulous.

The table

The guests

Jen, Tyler, me, TJ and Jacky behind the camera.

The menu:

Appetizers - crackers with salami and cheese, cheese cubes, black olives, veggie tray (tomatoes, broccoli, snap peas, celery, carrots), almonds, cashews, peanuts, wasabi peas, pstachios.

Main course - Turkey, roasted aspargus, corn, rolls, mashed potatoes, gravy.

Desserts - Chocolate cake, homemade apple pie

Drinks - Sparkling cider (non-alcoholic), coke, root beer, fanta orange.

We had a great time with good friends and good food.

I look forward to doing this next year again, and if I have to work on Christmas eve again next year we'll follow the same plan.