Christmas Eve

It was a New Zealand reuninion for Christmas Eve dinner. Having not read the invitation but assuming dinner would start around 7 or 7.30pm, we turned up 3 hours late ... it started at 4pm. (Sandy was in charge of this one so takes the blame; I was in charge of getting to Christmas Day dinner on time, which we managed, but were an hour earlier than everybody else!) Pot luck dinner with paella from Sharina, meatballs and mince pies (not together) from us, melon and prosciutto from Yeoh & Shannon, a Japanese rice dish from Tsegumi, and more. A great evening, thank you Tsegumi and Andrew!

Sharina & Collin practising for the real thing with Jolin and Misaki ...


Beatiful wrapping from Nuts Ideas designer Ling (and great presents inside!) ...


Henry and Sandy


Watching as Collin wins the lucky draw and takes home a 21-in flatscreen TV!!


Joey lifting dumbbells ...


Santarina


The hosts: Andrew and Tsegumi with various kids ...


We brought a box of Christmas crackers only to find that nobody had ever seen them before (provoking worried questions as to whether they would be safe for us to use inside). Also, the food wasn't quite what you would expect for Christmas but it's good to see that one tradition is the same all over the world ... there's always somebody snoring away on the sofa! This time Eric takes the credit!