The boys came over in the afternoon. They took turns napping on the couch - what a big surprise... Appetizer foods included chips and dip and pepperoni rolls. I made them correctly this time. You may recall my Thanksgiving issue when I bought crescent rolls instead of pizza dough. Anyway they turned out just fine this time. So fine that David ate 5 of the 8. Pig.
Dinner was Ragout de Bouef. Or beef stew. It was very very easy to make. I added potatoes to the recipe and also used beef stock instead of water. More than two hours later, it was finished and we were good to go.
I once again took the table setting to a bit of an extreme for only three people. I think maybe menus and placecards are unnecessary but I like to set a nice table, so we will all just have to put up with it... I even ironed the napkins and table cloth this year, but that more because I was trying to fold the napkins in some creative way and that was hard to do when it was all wrinkled. Unfortunately, it seems that my napkins aren't exactly square shaped, making it difficult to fold them precisely. Anyway, the table looked very nice, I thought. Sarah picked the color scheme of green and silver. I knew she was a Slytherin at heart.
Dinner was good. It left me with plenty of leftovers. David survived on bread and salad (and pepperoni rolls from earlier...). All in all, the meal was a success, it just didn't feel like Christmas. I miss our old Christmases.
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