Woke up totally exhausted and cursing my last-minute wrapping of the night before. I gave my cat his present which he barely sniffed at and refused to play with, evidently more interested in the prospect of food in the kitchen. Ungrateful sod! And he bought nothing for me! Haha.
I made a salad to take to my brothers (along with my cheese plate) in the evening, then jumped in the shower. I tried to get ready by 9.30am but I was running late when my sis arrived. She loaded up the car with the presents while I got ready. Then it was off to her place to start cooking lunch.
I was feeling quite in control after doing the food prep the night before. It took so much of the stress out of the day. I was cooking a roast pork and a roast beef, so I decided to do the beef in the oven and the pork on the Webber, because they needed to be cooked at different temps. My BIL was in charge of the pork because it was on the BBQ. A man's job, of course ;)
By 11.30am, I realised that nobody had an alcoholic beverage in their hand which is of course sacrilegious on Xmas Day. You must drink before midday. It's a rule. So my BIL opened up some delicious boutique beers which where about 7.5% alcohol. I hadn't had breakfast so I felt a little woozy after one glass!
We kept drinking, eating dips and crackers and then got into some present opening. I got some great books, aprons (pretty cool cos i didn't own an apron and I love to cook!) a clothes voucher and candles. Pretty happy with my stash this year!
Then lunch was ready and I don't like to brag but everything was cooked to perfection! My pork had a delicious crackling on top and the beef was still a little bit pink in the middle but not bloody. Thanks Jamie Oliver! His recipes never let me down!
My BIL opened a bottle of Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz (2001) which he had been saving for a special occasion. It was a massive 2 litre bottle. My Dad only had one glass cos he was driving and nobody else was drinking red, so it was up to my BIL and I to demolish it. And we gave it a pretty good hammering!
After lunch, we opened more presents and lounged around a bit, then when we had a bit more room in our bellies, it was time for plum pudding and brandy custard. We were all about to pop and then we looked at our watches and it was time to farewell my sis, BIL and his Mum and go to my brother's with my Mum, Dad and Auntie.
We were all pretty full and tired when we got to my bro's. I got the cheese platter ready and sat outside on the deck eating cheese in the sun. Before too long, my exhaustion and excesses of the day caught up with me and I fell asleep on my Dad's shoulder! Then I went for a nap in my niece's bed (I thought only the Grandparents were meant to do that on Xmas Day!) and before I knew it, Mum and Dad were waking me up to go home. Bugger! I had missed the whole evening! I didn't get to see anyone open the gifts that I gave them. Oh well. I guess I was totally knackered and at least I didn't have to try to force anymore food down my throat!
Meal 1 - water
coffee
beer
Meal 2 - water
dips and crackers
chips
more beer
Meal 3 - water
roast pork and crackling (mmmmm, yum! I will have to cook roast pork more often. Its my new Year resolution!)
roast beef and red wine jus
roast potato, parsnip and pumpkin
steamed snow peas
lots of red wine
Meal 4 - more red wine
plum pudding and brandy custard
Meal 5 - more beer
cheese
What a day! Xmas is so special. It's always surreal. And special. Whether you're awake or not ;)
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