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Gonna be spending the day with my good friend Johnny Walker black. Cheers!
Good choice..I normallyhave go that route too but this year has been remy and henn..
Gonna be spending the day with my good friend Johnny Walker black. Cheers!
We Germans celebrate Christmas on the 24th, it's called Heiliger Abend ("holy eve" or summat). The last one of our guests went home an hour ago (currently it's 2:55 am over here), the missus went to bed already and I'm sitting here and enjoying the xmas peace with a glass of Cognac and a fat cigar.
I've taken some pics for you guys...
Our Christmas dinner: Roulades with potato dumplings, red cabbage, steamed marrons and a pear with cranberries on top as a sweet-ish counterpart. Roulades are rolled pieces of thin beef filled with gherkins, bacon, onions, mustard, salt and pepper. They get roasted for a few minutes and then cooked in a wine gravy for three to four hours, then they're as soft as a fluffy cloud...
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Our Christmas tree with real candles. I always keep a fire extinguisher and a bucket of water handy, just in case...
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Two of my presents, one is a William's Christ pear Schnapps, the other one is good ol' Schladerer Obstwasser, the best stuff you can get:
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One part of the Christmas decoration:
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Our Christmas pyramid. The heat of the candles lets it spin around. It's a pittoresque scene with Joseph, Mary and lil' Jesus, the three kings, the sheperds and some angels on top. These pyramids have a long tradition over here.
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My well-stocked cigar Humidor for Christmas Eve. As both of my father in law and Tine's aunt Inge like to smoke a stoogie after a good dinner, I've bought some good cigars from Cuba, Manila, Holland, Mexico and Indonesia.
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I wish you guys merry Christmas, have fun and enjoy the feast!
Our Christmas pyramid. The heat of the candles lets it spin around. It's a pittoresque scene with Joseph, Mary and lil' Jesus, the three kings, the sheperds and some angels on top. These pyramids have a long tradition over here.
Spent all last night visiting different time periods in my life only to wake up to nothing under the tree. Let me tell Santa what I told those 4 ghost last night " F U "!!!!!!
If you met the 4 Ghosts of Christmass, then that means your ....
I worked today but it was all good. For those who don't know I work at a group home for emotionally disturbed youth. Anyway, I got to see some happy kids today. Playing catch with a kid who was so happy he got a football for Christmas made my day. I haven't seen anyone smile like that in awhile.