Christmas Dinner in Plymouth

Exhausted by all our hard work (eating and opening gifts), Phu, Andrew and I decamped in Andrew's room and fell asleep while watching TV, while Amanda and Adam did the same downstairs in the Silvia's family room. Poor Tom and Charlotte were the ones who worked hard making Christmas dinner, which was ready (and making the house smell delicious) when we woke up from our naps.

As you can see from the sideboard where Phu is serving himself, we had the choice of turkey, mashed potatoes and carrots, creamed corn, traditional Silvia family stuffing, green bean casserole and steamed broccoli.


As you can tell from my plate, I ended up going with a little of everything! This included a roll, cranberry sauce and marshmallow fruit salad from the table, making me very happy and very full at the end of the meal!


After breaking for clean up and a game of Apples to Apples to give our stomachs times to digest, it was time for dessert!

As you can see in the pictures, we had the choice of Harvey Wallbanger cake (dessert from the night before), chocolate candy cane cookies, cinnamon tarts, Russian tea cake cookies...


brownie bites with Hershey kisses, baklava from Athan's Bakery in Brookline (thanks Pete!), pumpkin pie and a chocolate trifle (Kahlua cake to the Silvia family, as Andrew likes to point out).



Andrew demonstrates how one should eat chocolate trifle/Kahlua cake - with a big spoon!