Even though we were sick in bed on December 25, we didn't want to
miss the opportunity to celebrate the most important birthday of the
year (or of the history of the world, really!). So we loosely adopted
the Ethiopian calendar, which celebrates Christmas in early January and
hosted a cosy Christmas dinner with friends on January 5.
Our
favourite memories from the night are probably the hilarious series of
mishaps that almost made us cancel. First, some key ingredients for our
Christmas menu were impossible to find at various shops, despite being
on the shelves just a day earlier. And then our oven,
which exploded a few months ago and was finally fixed the day before,
actually turned out to still be broken. We only discovered it when I
went to put a tray of brownies in, about an hour before we'd need it
again to start the roast pork.
Long story short we got
access to our neighbour's apartment and used their oven.
Which also wasn't working perfectly, but managed to do the job. But not
before we almost lost our pork roast and a tray of veggies when Will
slipped on a huge unseen puddle of water and ended up flat on his back
and dripping wet. Thanks to his super quick ninja skills the
tray of food miraculously ended up on the counter and not all over the
kitchen floor!
We decorated in red and gold and I diy'd some glittery safari animals - you can see more on my blog. The warm brie with honeyed raspberries and pistachios was a big hit and these paleo brownies (with santa hats) were rich and delicious.
We had such a nice night - isn't good food and great company all you really need? It was a very merry belated Christmas indeed.
And this was what we woke to on 'Boxing Day'.
