Christmas 2010

My parents hosted our traditional Christmas Eve in New Jersey. It was a full house with Pete, Liz and the girls; Liz's parents; Jeff; Aunt Kathryn; Nancy and little Neema.

Everyone arrived around 4 p.m. and we had appetizers and egg nog. After that, dinner was served: a crown roast of pork and a variety of other things. Dessert included hazelnut cake and nut bread. Little Neema was getting antsy about the Christmas presents and left the table a little early to watch some Christmas movies.

Once we were done, we gave Neema her presents and she had a ball. She opened one thing at a time and played with each toy for a little while. My mother started throwing around the wrapping paper and Neema started to bury herself in it and then jump out of it. It was very cute.

Christmas day was quiet. As soon as we woke up, my mom made cinnamon buns and we opened our gifts. Dad got some shoes. Mom got a purse and Amy got come clothes.

Amy's boyfriend, Albert, came for breakfast and dinner. My mom cooked an amazing turkey dinner with stuffing and all the things that I like most. I left for NYC that evening as the blizzard was approaching.