CHRISTMAS EVE

We celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve because Bill is from Switzerland and that is when they celebrate. It has turned out to be a good idea because the girls can go to their in laws on Christmas Day. It is also pleasant eating Christmas Dinner in the cool of the evening rather than the heat of the day.

The young ones have offered to organise the dinner. Carol drew up a time table for when all the chores should be done. Bernie and Sonya start on making pumpkin salad and .......

.......Bernie has a unique way of cutting onions without making his eyes water.........

............ wear dive goggles of course. He is making caramelized onions.
Sonya and Bernie were given a giant zucchini on their trip, so Sonya stuffed it and Bernie puts the finishing touches to it.

Then he starts on the two Snapper fish, stuffing them with ginger and limes.

Bill makes his famous potato salad and bean salad.

David cooks the fish in the barbeque

The guests are arriving. David's parents, Bill and Alma, together with his sisters Adele and Melody and her partner Steve.

The buffet is ready snapper, prawns, ham, potato salad, bean salad, pumpkin salad, Greek salad, stuffed zucchini, caramelized onion and garlic bread.

Time to eat.

An Australian Christmas dinner. (Many people still stick to the traditional English turkey, pork, ham and roast vegetables with plum pudding, but not us)

We sit outside in the warm Queensland evening hoping a storm won't appear.....

........it looks a bit that way........

...but no, it passes by and we continue with......

Alma's famous trifle and.....

...the girls made a fruit platter.

Then it was inside to give out the presents. David and.......

......Bernie took it turns to be Santa.

What a fabulous Christmas with all of us together. It is the first time we have had a photo of us all together including Bernie.