Christmas on Ice

Merry Christmas Everyone!

So with Santa living up north, and Frosty's cousin Fridge visiting our station, the Christmas Holiday was rung in with jingling antlers, smiles, and hot tea toasts of good cheer.

Muggzz hadn't had his coffee yet . . . can you tell?

As the 25th was a Saturday, the whole community got the actual day off and we helped serve them their Christmas feast. But first we had to set the right mood with volunteers decorating the galley . . . .

And then making the edible decorations that no Christmas holiday is complete without . . . .

Followed by photos with Santa's Helper . . . .

And then on to the good stuff like crispy duck, soft mashed potatoes (real ones, not the usual ones out of the box ) frozen veggies, relish plates (with veggies that had been stowed away for such just emergencies like no freshies for Christmas), delicious brussle sprouts (which I still think are gross ) lobster tails and many other main entrées to please the eye and groan in the stomach afterwards.

And no meal is complete without a little dessert. Eggnog, cakes, cheescake, sugar cookies (hand decorated by community volunteers and some shaped like Kiwis) and 25 different types of truffles (peanut butter, chi, green tea, Kahlua, hazelnut just to name a few) were spread across the dessert table and so pleasing to the eye I couldn't stop staring, or returning. . . .

The meal was delicious and a few hours later we were all begging for a "safety" nap so we could sleep off the overdose of Christmas calories. With carols playing over the speakers, and everyone smiling and wishing a Merry Christmas, the only thing missing was a little falling snow and you!

Hope you had a wonderful holiday and I miss you! God Bless!