Merry Christmas!

Another festive Christmas was enjoyed here on Mars. As usual, we began our Christmas decorating by hanging Momma Arave's festive glittery bough: And Mama O'Brien's stockings: More holiday doo dads: AJ's special purple lights: And our traditional set of winter-themed paper cut outs on the dining room table: On Christmas Day, our friend Brian came over, bringing his famous homemade cranberry-chocolate rugelach for breakfast: We went out for a movie, and then returned to Mars for lunch, and started cooking dinner. Delicious cheese, crackers, pickles, and nuts to tide us over: For dinner this year, AJ made a crab curry, accompanied by slices of the world famous king of all breads, the Tartine country loaf : The finished crab, potato, okra, coconut milk curry, complete with crab meat piled on top: For dessert, AJ once again made a salted honey pie, with homemade crust: Thank you for all that effort, AJ, and thank you, Brian, for your usual sharp wit, good company, and delic...