Among the presents this year, an iPhone for Myney, a netbook computer for Orlando, a Kindle for me, and a Wii for the whole family. There were lots more, but we managed to not take pictures. Anastasia and I took a break from the action to make a couple playdoh hamburgers.
Once the gifts were opened, it was time to get started on dinner. Orlando came up with the idea of suckling pig for Christmas dinner several months ago. The hardest part was finding a farmer to get the pig from. He picked up the newly slaughtered piglet three days before Christmas and stuffed it with fruit and onions to begin brining. On Christmas day, Orlando trashed the stuffing, and prepped piggy for the oven. He fit, but barely. After a couple hours, he looked like this.
We invited a few friends over to join us for dinner, Mark and his brother Jeff, Abby, and everyone's favorite bartender, Mo. After oysters and cheese with wine, it was time to sit down and dig in. Fortunately for all of us, Mo has actually carved a suckling pig before, so he did the honors for us. Everyone loved the dinner. We expected to be eating leftovers from our 17 lb piggy for several days, but we picked the carcass very clean.
After dinner was cleaned up, it was time for the grown ups to hit the Wii for a little play time, after Anastasia showed us how it's done. She was surprisingly good at it!
We had a lovely, if long day. By the end of the evening, Orlando was in the mood to just soak it all in. Already contemplating what we're going to do next year to make it better. I can't wait.
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