I slept a bit later than usual getting up around 9:30, went down to happy merry christmas hugs and faces. The day was nice and relaxed, I finished some art projects with maps and newspaper scraps by the fire, made sugar cookie dough...relaxed. We opened presents giving the dogs their bones first, they gave Emily and I wonderful surong/scarves from India. Perfect for traveling, I don't think I have taken it off yet...Emily and I had 2 photos printed, one of us together laughing in the garden, and another of the dogs, and I made photo frames out of rocks and sticks I found around the place. For Emily I made a mock up of a stonewall we would make, by glueing a few small stones together, and then a small rock stick frame with a cut out of us together from Naxos. We ate a great meal at around 3. They had a turkey with potatoes and carrots, and Irini made me nuts burgers.... there was cranberry sauce!!!! (epic) mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts and carrots in cream sauce. She also made this amazing, no bake peach cheesecake goodness.
We then watched Love Actually, and afterward I made the sugar cookies. I experimented with coloring the icing red with beet juice...it made a pretty pink, mainly bc I was too lazy to get another beet from the garden...they turned out well. Then Irini and I watched 'About A Boy', super wonderful movie...went to bed around 1 am.
It was extremely heart warming having such a wonderful Christmas in Greece, thinking over all the events of my life to randomly become right now...with otherwise strangers....and still feeling like home.
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