As we have done for many years Jenny and I got together for Christmas dinner. Anne always has dinner with her children.
Jenny, Joe and I started out on Christmas eve with a dinner of nibblies from the food prepared for the next day. Joe went home to his place afterwards
Joe rejoined us for breakfast on Christmas day. Jenny made me some porridge and we also had some strawberry and rhubarb jam from France on toast.
Then at 1pm on Christmas day we added Vladimir to our gathering. Vlad is from Ukraine and has no family here so we were glad to invite him to a family occasion. Though it is not really his Christmas as he was brought up Orthodox. He fitted in well with the rest of us. He is one of my tenants from downstairs. He is very bright and very good-natured
Jenny provided a great range of food, of which the main element was sliced ham and sliced turkey. A cold lunch seemed most appropriate in the middle of a Brisbane summer.
Then at 7pm that night Jenny and I dined on leftover ham and turkey on toast with mustard
The much reduced family. So many trapped overseas
Joe and Vlad
Note our Christmas plates. They are actually Italian plates -- Importata dal Italia -- in the Italian flag colours of red and olive green. But the colours suited Christmas too. Note also that Ganesha was present to supervise the occasion. Jenny garlanded him appropriately
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