Christmas Eve
It is really hard to cook a turkey in a toaster oven - even half or quarter of a turkey. So instead we ordered turkey in. We went with Eddies, from KaiFaqu, with a bit of trepidation because last year we went to his restaurant for Christmas dinner and a few people were not feeling so well the next day. Everything was fine though, despite the meal arriving in small take out containers. A meal for 13 involving 7 or 8 different foods is a lot of take out containers! Afterwards we got out guitars and sang a few Christmas carols.
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