Pre- Christmas
dinner…
I decided, as we had an awesome pre-Christmas dinner in 2011,
it was time to set-forth the tradition in 2012…
Our group expanded quite a bit since a year ago, with all the new
South-Africans coming to Amsterdam and it was tight to fit everyone around my
table J 16 people, compared to 10 in the prior year J All the girls contributed – and we had an
awesome South-African food Christmas
dinner! Bobotie, Chicken pie, rice,
pumpkin tart, sweet potatoes, broccoli, salad, bread – it was a feast! And some yummie cake for desert! We had some hickups – as I have a microwave
for an oven… The chicken pie did not fit
into my microwave oven – and we had to go and ask my next door Dutch neighbour,
for some goodwill – the use of his oven J Luckily, my one friend, Marissa, asked him in
Dutch, in a very friendly manner, if he would finish baking the chicken pie for
us! Day saved by my next door neighbour!
With the pumpkin tart we were not that lucky J We tried heating the tray on my stove (as it
did not fit into my microwave), which caused the tray to crack! We had to scoop out all the pumpkin tart
in smaller trays – what a
commotion! All of the girls learnt that
night that, that is now way to heat a tray J It was still the one of the BEST pumpkin
tarts I have ever had! J
J Thanks Eugenie J
I got some nice Christmas hats for everyone, and our table
was decorated with bright red and silver!
As our tradition, everyone had a secret Santa to buy a gift for someone
else… There is this very cool computer
program where you can set up your whole group, and as soon as the group accepts
their invitations, by clicking on an email link, the computer automatically
selects the secret santa’s… You can also
tell the computer to set some exclusions – for instance that couples do not get
each other – to keep it interesting and fun!
It was really special! Everyone
put in a lot of effort, and the gifts were really special J Felt like a little home away from home!
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