Merry Boxing Day!

As there was no Christmas Day post, I am supplementing it with a Boxing Day post. We are foreigners, so yes, we celebrate Boxing Day. This holiday, however, coincides with my little brother's birthday, who this year turns the big 2 -1, and so Boxing Day has been over-shadowed by the celebration of legal consumption of alcohol...

As there is not much to say, and a picture is worth a thousand words, I have decided to instead post some photos of my holidays. Enjoy.

This is quite possibly one of my favorite trees at my family's house:

This is my Papa, wearing the lovely paper crowns that come inside every holiday "cracker", which also come with either a cheap game or musical instrument, and a set of beyond cheesy jokes. Man, the English sure do celebrate in style.

Here is our annual Christmas Pudding, complete with flaming brandy sauce poured over the top. I was not the lucky one to find the dime this year...

And here is my adorable brother at his monumental 21st birthday dinner. Don't ask me why I look younger than him in this photo... Most women would probably take that as the best compliment ever. I, however, do not. As I seem to be constantly surrounded by people ranging from 5 - 25 years older than myself, accentuated youth is no perk. Oh well. I love my brother's smile in this photo.


Happy holidays, and please send word of how this time has passed with all of you!!!