Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone, family, relatives, friends, readers,the whole world!
I really would like to thank especially all those who read this blog  and those who leave comments.
I try to answer all those comments that are connected to an e-mail. Those of you who are no-reply bloggers I am unable to answer.
But anyway it is fun to read your comments and see how you like my blogposts!
Today as usual we spent the day at my brother's.
Both my brother and my sister-in-law had decorated their house beautifully.
They have  a lovely Christmas tree.

With beautiful ornaments on it.

 Look at this gorgeous Santa!

 And they have a forest of small glass Christmas trees (that's one of my brother's collections)

 They had cooked a great turkey with stuffing, potatoes and lots of appetisers and salads.

 My brother made traditional pistachio baklava and kadaifi which were delicious.

I made a Christmas cake. It was the first time I made it following an Internet recipe.You can find it here.I am glad it turned out very good.

 We had fun taking pictures trying to make the perfect family picture!LOL!
Here everyone is looking at my necklace! It is a LotsaLites Christmas lights necklace I bought in the States. I paid 6 dollars for it in the Mystic Christmas in July shop,that's double the price you can see on this site!Be careful it comes much more expensive on other sites!Everyone at school was very impressed too!

 Smile!

 Say cheese!

 Mmmmm very serious....with a Christmas lights necklace and Christmas earrings!

 Cousins!

 Mother and children!

I gave my niece this lovely cushion. I ordered it at inmyc and the photos were taken by my niece who loves photography!

Hope you all had a great day!

It's good to have a family Christmas!

Sorry if the title sounds a bit nostalgic to all those who spent Christmas away from family and relatives....

What I enjoy about Christmas is that first I am not tired because I don't work and second because we meet with the family.

(blurred photos of the tree...I was playing with the camera)
So on Christmas Eve after a short visit from my brother and sister-in-law I made some popcorn and then we watched IceAge4. It was great! I love children's movies that are fun to be watched by adults as well.

(The lights of Finland still shine over my sea glass gifts from around the world thanks to Johanna who sent me little light bulb replacements)
Then at midnight I opened the two parcels I had under the tree from Juliana and Marabeth. I will show you what was inside in a later post.

(I added some Christmas lights in a frosty bottle and that stands next to my caroler, another of Marabeth's gifts from previous years)
Bytheway I must remember next year not to show my cookies and chocolates photos on the blog before I actually give them because I spoil the surprise!My brother and sister-in-law knew what their sweets would be from the blog!Oooops!
On Christmas day I made my friend Areti's feta cheese pie for the first time to take to my brother's and it was a success!
Here it is...

So we had Christmas dinner at my brother's.

There was stuffed turkey of course with potatoes and lots of salads and appetisers.

Don't you find this type of broccoli strange?It was delicious though! And after some questions I looked it up. It is called Chou Romanesco and it is a Roman type of broccoli-cauliflower.What is most strange about this is that it's a natural fractal and has a Fibonacci number in its spirals. If you have read The DaVinci Code you understand!
I didn't take many photos of the food as I had my mind in eating it!LOL!
And then there were sweets...

My sister-in-law made Christmas chestnut log and my brother made baklava. Yummie!

"What shall I eat?" wonders my niece.

Of course I admired all of my brother's Christmas glass tree collection!
Hope you all had a great day!