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December 25, 2003
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Souzek Family Christmas
I thought I would take a moment out of my busy holiday schedule to let all of you who couldn't be here to celebrate Christmas with us (read: everyone but Dinka and Veronika) know what the Souzek family Christmas is all about. See the accompanying Veronika pictures here.
- December 20 - 21: Christmas with Mom and Dad (now Grandma and Grandpa)
- Brave one of the coldest days of the year to find the (perfect) Souzek Family Christmas Tree
- Decorate tree while dinner is being prepared. Dad and I obsess over the light configuration on the tree.
- Enjoy a wonderful dinner of roast pork and green bean salad, accompanied by an underappreciated pinot noir.
- Open Christmas presents, including Veronika's first Green Bay Packers outfits.
- Make and consume the season's third batch of egg nog.
- Watch Home Alone.
- Christmas Eve
- Dress Veronika up in her velvet Christmas outfit for Christmas Eve mass. Stand through mass because we arrive later than the seasonal crowds.
- Procure ingredients for tomorrow's feast.
- Start and finish wrapping presents.
- Christmas Day (in progress)
- Dress Veronika in adorable Christmas/Santa outfit and open presents.
- Watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
- Spend two hours posting pictures and Souzek family Christmas agenda.
- Prepare feast of roast duck with cranberry gravy and saffron-buttered potatoes, accompanied by an excellent petite sirah (sampled the previous evening).
- After overeating, consume Austrian digestif that arrived in a care package just in time for Christmas.
- Watch episodes of Fawlty Towers or The Office on DVD (new presents!).
- December 31 - January 11/19 (to be continued in Austria)
- See La Traviata at Wiener Staatsoper.
- Overeat, drink fine wine, etc.
- Spend time with dearly missed family and friends.
- Much, much more.
I hope all of your holiday seasons are just as merry in their own way. Merry Christmas!