And finally, this is what Christmas evening looked like at the Chalet de Charles. If you ask a seven month pregnant lady to host her first Christmas dinner, then you'd better be up for anything...
These Charles folks were great sports, and they totally made this ancient feast come together with their period-perfect food contributions.
While some found the fare too exotic for 'merican tastebuds, I could eat this every day of my life and be a happy girl.
Dates, anyone?
Our little shepard boy sweetly served his two-minute time-out for touching Mamma's tripod after several warnings. It's very hard to discipline someone this cute, but it's for the greater good!
Liam is very excited that his baby brother will soon join the party, but he's not so excited about giving up "his" cradle.
We are very grateful to the late, great Steve Jobs, especially during important holidays...
Kevin won the best-dressed contest by a mile, complete with lamb and ski-pole/shepard-crook.
It doesn't take much to elicit these expressions from Liam...a simple "show me your teeth!" will do.
Many thanks to Autie Tracie for the great photography, because I was a bit, well, occupied.
At least for my immediate family, the Bethlehem Dinner will be a Christmas tradition. Christmas is becoming more and more about Santa, the mountains of gifts, stress...everything but Christ himself. It's time to backtrack. We have so much to be thankful for.
Speaking of being thankful, it was a Christmas miracle that I didn't collapse from exhaustion afterwards. Thanks for indulging me in my non-traditional (although quite traditional when you think about it) tradition, everyone!
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Thank you Rachael. The Event had to be considered somewhat original in our day, anyway. And we all were able to get a liitle taste of what we may have looked like once upon a time...
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