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castalieHope everyone who celebrate had a wonderful Christmas *hugs*
Christmas Eve (the 24th is when when we celebrate Christmas here) was fantastic. It was spent at my sister's with the usual suspects and two new family members, namely Cookie, who was with us for the first time and my niece Emma who was spending her very first Christmas, period ♥
We did our traditional team cooking and "created" new appetisers, the entrée was a novelty as well, the idea came from my aunt who suggested we tried a crème brulée au fois gras - it was very different and very delicious. Our main dish was roe deer with, as it happens, no side dish as my mom thought that my aunt was bringing the vegetables and my aunt thought it was my mom lol But turns out it wasn't such a bad thing because we had salad with the meat and the meal ended lighter than it would have been, which was of the good. Especially as it meant we could get at the cheese part of said meal without feeling like we were on the verge of exploding and, even more importantly maybe, that when it was time to savour the assorted desserts, traditional bûche de Noël/yule log + ice cream'ed yule log + almond paste + macarons + the traditional clementines, we could basically take a piece of each :-)
While waiting for midnight, ie for Santa to come and deliver his presents, we played crazy dart and passionate Trivial Pursuit games - I dare say it was epic! Then midnight rang and we woke up my goddaughter - who was, as you can imagine, Extremely Excited all day - and aww her little face when she saw the presents under the tree and she realised that Santa had come ♥ ♥ We distributed the presents among us all and then just looked at her opening hers - like the crazy stalkers we all are lol She kept squeeing and telling us what toy Santa had brought her and then displaying it for all of us to see. Sis filmed the whole scene, to which I say, I love technology!
After everyone had squeed over their own presents, my BIL suggested we played some Wii and omg! We just couldn't stop afterwards lol Those Just Dance games are so addictive. And so hilarious when playing in multiple players mode. Also, dude, we totally burnt some of the calories we'd ingested that same evening ;-)
Anyway, it was awesome. We went to bed around 4.00AM only to get up at 9.00AM because Cookie and I were doing the second part of the celebrations at the in-laws', ie at Cookie's mother's place, with her brother and cousin. Which, the calories I burnt when playing Just Dance? Were absorbed again thanks to the raclette we ate. And the crêpes that followed said raclette. Well, one of the gifts that Cookie's mother received was a crêpe maker, we had no choice but to christen it, right? Right!
After that, we headed back to Choisy where we spent the evening at my parents' and ate our third Christmas meal of the weekend and, to my delight, there were snails on the menu this time. Score!
And now it's past 10.00PM, we're back home, listening to some Christmas songs and waiting for the DW Christmas special to download so that we can end our Christmas weekend as any DW fans should :-)
Christmas Eve (the 24th is when when we celebrate Christmas here) was fantastic. It was spent at my sister's with the usual suspects and two new family members, namely Cookie, who was with us for the first time and my niece Emma who was spending her very first Christmas, period ♥
We did our traditional team cooking and "created" new appetisers, the entrée was a novelty as well, the idea came from my aunt who suggested we tried a crème brulée au fois gras - it was very different and very delicious. Our main dish was roe deer with, as it happens, no side dish as my mom thought that my aunt was bringing the vegetables and my aunt thought it was my mom lol But turns out it wasn't such a bad thing because we had salad with the meat and the meal ended lighter than it would have been, which was of the good. Especially as it meant we could get at the cheese part of said meal without feeling like we were on the verge of exploding and, even more importantly maybe, that when it was time to savour the assorted desserts, traditional bûche de Noël/yule log + ice cream'ed yule log + almond paste + macarons + the traditional clementines, we could basically take a piece of each :-)
While waiting for midnight, ie for Santa to come and deliver his presents, we played crazy dart and passionate Trivial Pursuit games - I dare say it was epic! Then midnight rang and we woke up my goddaughter - who was, as you can imagine, Extremely Excited all day - and aww her little face when she saw the presents under the tree and she realised that Santa had come ♥ ♥ We distributed the presents among us all and then just looked at her opening hers - like the crazy stalkers we all are lol She kept squeeing and telling us what toy Santa had brought her and then displaying it for all of us to see. Sis filmed the whole scene, to which I say, I love technology!
After everyone had squeed over their own presents, my BIL suggested we played some Wii and omg! We just couldn't stop afterwards lol Those Just Dance games are so addictive. And so hilarious when playing in multiple players mode. Also, dude, we totally burnt some of the calories we'd ingested that same evening ;-)
Anyway, it was awesome. We went to bed around 4.00AM only to get up at 9.00AM because Cookie and I were doing the second part of the celebrations at the in-laws', ie at Cookie's mother's place, with her brother and cousin. Which, the calories I burnt when playing Just Dance? Were absorbed again thanks to the raclette we ate. And the crêpes that followed said raclette. Well, one of the gifts that Cookie's mother received was a crêpe maker, we had no choice but to christen it, right? Right!
After that, we headed back to Choisy where we spent the evening at my parents' and ate our third Christmas meal of the weekend and, to my delight, there were snails on the menu this time. Score!
And now it's past 10.00PM, we're back home, listening to some Christmas songs and waiting for the DW Christmas special to download so that we can end our Christmas weekend as any DW fans should :-)
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Date: 2011-12-25 10:13 pm (UTC)Moi aussi, j'ai mangé des escargots, avant-hier. *om nom nom*
Je regarde le spécial de DW demain. :-)
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Date: 2011-12-25 10:42 pm (UTC)I'm currently downloading DW; I'm sure you are too!
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Date: 2011-12-25 10:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-26 09:04 am (UTC)Et puis surtout, bonne digestion et bonne nuit xD
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Date: 2011-12-26 11:41 am (UTC)I'm glad it was so amazing for you. You deserve every bit of happiness.
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Date: 2011-12-30 10:28 pm (UTC)J'adoooore les escargots ! Et je me demande toujours pourquoi je ne me fais pas ce petit plaisir plus souvent dans l'année ; c'est vrai, quoi, pourquoi toujours attendre Noël ??
Pour DW, tu en as pensé quoi ? Moi j'ai beaucoup aimé, d'autant que j'avais été assez déçue de celui de l'année dernière, avec les requins... je ne l'avais pas trouvé Christmassy, en fait. Mais le dernier en date a tout rattrapé :-)
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Date: 2011-12-30 10:31 pm (UTC)You bet I was :-) The episode was watched and enjoyed!
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Date: 2011-12-30 10:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-30 10:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-30 10:33 pm (UTC)You're such a doll, thank you *hugs* I could say the same about you :-)
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Date: 2011-12-30 10:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-30 10:40 pm (UTC)Y a pas mal de reviews négatives ? Mince alors... enfin, comme tu dis, chacun ses goûts.
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Date: 2011-12-30 11:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-30 11:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-30 11:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-31 12:03 am (UTC)On aurait tout aussi bien pu être content qu'une femme, qui est mère, se trouve être le personnage qui sauve tout le monde à la fin alors que bien souvent la gentille maman est reléguée à la maison pendant que la femme célibataire est autorisée à jouer les sauveuses de l'univers.
Euh, ok, c'est un sujet sur lequel faut pas me lancer lol
Pour le coup de la famille, la dernière scène ne leur a a pas plu ? Elle est juste magnifique cette scène ! Je ne pense pas que le Docteur aura pleuré de joie (such a human thing to do) pour beaucoup de gens !
Tout ça pour dire, merci d'avoir satisfait ma curiosité ;-) Le fait est que ce n'est pas ce que j'ai vu dans l'épisode. Comme quoi, on regarde les mêmes épisodes, mais on ne voit jamais tous la même chose !