tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841545578509533515.post5098864684728639265..comments2023-03-22T08:55:17.747-07:00Comments on Coffee and Kate: An Aussie ChristmasKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06308591087937874068noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841545578509533515.post-30945657480273633922012-01-01T04:08:29.436-08:002012-01-01T04:08:29.436-08:00Very impressed that you know of pavlova Amy! Altho...Very impressed that you know of pavlova Amy! Although I did have to google 'tamales'. :/<br /><br />Hope everyone had an amazing Christmas!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308591087937874068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841545578509533515.post-68818920123621984262011-12-30T19:28:44.498-08:002011-12-30T19:28:44.498-08:00As one of your American readers, I'm proud to ...As one of your American readers, I'm proud to say I know what Pavlova is! I saw Curtis Stone make it on Take Home Chef several years ago:) <br /><br />My family is actually from a few different parts of Latin America including Mexico. So when my grandma was alive, we always made Tamales this time of year. They are so much work that they were usually reserved for Christmas. Now that my grandma has passed, I try to make tamales anytime I'm with my mom, my aunts, and my sister-in-law around the holidays. We all sit around the table like a bunch of old hens gabbing and rolling tamales. And then when they're done my dad tastes them and always says they're good but they're not the same as my Grandma's. Nothing is as good as she made it.<br /><br />As for gifts, I love giving Christmas gifts so I always break all the rules and buy for anyone and everyone I want to. My family and my husband's family both open gifts on Christmas Eve. And now that I have little munchkins of my own, Santa always pays us a visit and fills up their stockings so they can tear into them the moment the wake up Christmas morning. Sharing in their excitement is the best part of Christmas for me!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362827449972850825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841545578509533515.post-75652790038510469112011-12-26T07:26:08.818-08:002011-12-26T07:26:08.818-08:00We celebrate a semi-Italian Christmas eve with my ...We celebrate a semi-Italian Christmas eve with my side of the family. When the cousins were all kids we gathered at my grandparents home for hours of fish (7 fishes is Italian tradition), pasta and antipasto(Italian meets and cheeses all chopped up with olives and hot peppers) We waited so (im)patiently to open gifts and there were tons! Nowadays, just the "kids" get, but we always manage to sneak in a "couple gift" for the cousins... sometimes a bottle of wine or lottery tickets, nothing HUge, just thoughtful. After midnight, Chris and I exchange. SOmetimes just the stockings, other times just the gifts. This year we did the gifts and cards and left our stockings and June and Haze's gifts and stockings 'til Christmas morning. Every year that changes too... sometimes we go to my inlaws, others I cook...This year I made lasagna and brought it to my inlaws. <br />I LOVE fireworks and usually see them on Independence day and New Year's only.... on Christmas, that would be SPECTACULAR!!<br /><br />Someday, my dream is to be in the bahamas for Junkanoo on Boxing Day and New Years.....<br /><br />Merry Christmas!!Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02244832090244357519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841545578509533515.post-33200270387568012392011-12-19T07:30:24.183-08:002011-12-19T07:30:24.183-08:00I always love to learn about traditions from other...I always love to learn about traditions from other countries! Fireworks on Christmas would be so cool!<br /><br />We have a lot of family traditions. We usually start the day by having a big family breakfast. Sausage gravy and biscuits, french toast, pancakes, etc. Then we open presents. Even though the youngest of my parent's children is 21, they still address the presents and write "from Santa." Opening presents takes forever because we open the presents one at a time. This wasn't so time consuming when we were kids, but now there are me and my three siblings, four significant others, a nephew, and a niece to rotate around the circle. Afterwards the cooking starts. The last few years we have had lasagna for Christmas dinner. Later in the afternoon/evening, we go to see a movie as a family.Kinseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829483701697000601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841545578509533515.post-62017311261382964952011-12-17T17:02:46.286-08:002011-12-17T17:02:46.286-08:00You are right Guy! Although I literally only watch...You are right Guy! Although I literally only watch the beginning with the infinite boats in the harbour. The rest is a little tedious . . .Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308591087937874068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841545578509533515.post-68393897977975873212011-12-17T16:58:33.549-08:002011-12-17T16:58:33.549-08:00Kate you forgot the most important Boxing Day trad...Kate you forgot the most important Boxing Day tradition: Watching the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race!Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946390828962274530noreply@blogger.com