Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Christmas - day 114

Sooo.. Christmas :) I know its just a tad late but i thought that it was due time to give you guys something to read...

Firstly we celebrate the eve of the 24th after a traditional holiday meal of Fried Carp and Potatoe Salad served after a fair siyed ladle of Fish soup.
The Carp swims in the bathtub for about a day.. then takes up final residence in the fridge, for the short period of time before it hits the fryer. As fresh as Possible... for a land locked country...
The Carp wasnt really my favorite but it was great to be part of their traditions.. though it probably didnt help that I named the poor dear.. Samuel RIP.. and as we ate dinner.. vítek joked about how many bones poor old sammy had.. :(
Putting one of the scales under your dinner plate is supposed to bring luck.. as is keeping the scale in your wallet for the rest of the year. I will have a piece of Samuel with me always.
After dinner, we all headed over to the tree to see what dear younf Ježišek brought everyone...

*** SPecial Thanks to everyone who sent their love and thoughts, and thanks for the monetairy donations to the "Anna is poor and in Europe" fund. :) Thanks for the Chocolates uncle Mike, my family really appreciated a taste of Canada and they were seriously delicious!! Last but certainly not least.. thank you so so so much for the Hockey Jersey Eurobob :) and rotary!! Im sure it is supposed to be a gift for one of my families but its just incredible and I honestly didnt take it off for days. THANK YOU EVERYONE! ***

(I have since moved, but I was with Víteks family for the holidays, whixh was absolutely great. Though there were some tears.. obviously.. they were truly great and did there very best to accomodate me over the December break. )

.. So after opening presents its quite common to have a little down time before heading out to further celebrate. So the family hunkered down and watched some christmas flicks. Later Vítek and I headed for Krasne Pole ( A small town about 15 minutes from Víteks) to meet up with dome friends. We walked around chatting for a while then headed to church. Midnight mass is a tradition that many people follow. We lingered for a few wise words then hit the road to continue celbrating.

We made our way home in the wee hours of the 25th completely tired. The next few days are set aside for visiting relatives, eating plenty more Carp and way to many sweets. :)


VESELÝ VÁNOČNÍ !!!

Dobrou noc

Anička

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