Merry Christmas!

Another festive Christmas was enjoyed here on Mars.

As usual, we began our Christmas decorating by hanging Momma Arave's festive glittery bough:

And Mama O'Brien's stockings:

More holiday doo dads:

AJ's special purple lights:

And our traditional set of winter-themed paper cut outs on the dining room table:

On Christmas Day, our friend Brian came over, bringing his famous homemade cranberry-chocolate rugelach for breakfast:

We went out for a movie, and then returned to Mars for lunch, and started cooking dinner.

Delicious cheese, crackers, pickles, and nuts to tide us over:

For dinner this year, AJ made a crab curry, accompanied by slices of the world famous king of all breads, the Tartine country loaf:

The finished crab, potato, okra, coconut milk curry, complete with crab meat piled on top:

For dessert, AJ once again made a salted honey pie, with homemade crust:

Thank you for all that effort, AJ, and thank you, Brian, for your usual sharp wit, good company, and delicious rugelach!

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and a very Happy New Year to everyone! Looking forward to seeing what 2017 has in store!