In our first year in the new house we didn’t have a tree, in fact the only decoration we had was the beautiful wreath sent by Katherine’s director. However we did have a new roof, and a mostly repaired brick fence in the backyard. The lack of visible Christmas cheer didn’t dampen the season too much. There were presents for both of us a video game and Leatherman for me, and an eight carat Golden Beryl, slippers, and skin care products for Katherine.

Christmas Dinner was at Jenny and Gary’s house, unfortunately they had to join us via iChat from Korea. However James was kind enough to host at their house. Chris smoked a turkey, and kindly allowed me to smoke a Tofurkey when he was done. There was enough food to feed twice the people, but strangely all of the Turkey disappeared. Here are some pictures of the festivity.