Prior to the arrival of the container, Tony and I bought a Christmas tree. All of our ornaments were being shipped, and we hoped that they would arrive in time for Christmas.
With the classic movie quote, "build it and they will come" in the back of our minds, we walked up to Essex Road, and bought a cute fat tree. The trees here are not at tall as in the states, but they are a lot bushier. I carried it back to the apartment, and we bought some lights to put on it.
The following Wednesday 2 days before Christmas, the container arrived, and we decorated the tree on Christmas Eve. We couldn't fit all of our ornaments on the tree, but we pulled out a bunch of our favorites as well as most of our Nutcracker collection. In the end, we had a nicely decorated apartment in time for Christmas.
In our tiny kitchen, Tony cooked a wonderful Ham with Marmalade Glaze, and a Pecan Pie. I made my signature Spicy Yams as well as the British staple Brussel Sprouts (I sauted them with butter, bacon, dried cranberries and onions, which made them actually taste good). We had our friends Jeff and Damien over for dinner as they own a car - All public transportation shuts down in London on Christmas so if you don't have your own means of transportation, you are stuck wherever you are at. It was very nice being able to at last cook and host a dinner for friends for the first time in months, and what better time to do it than Christmas.
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