We had our Christmas celebration Saturday 6 January (which appropriately was also Epiphany or Three Kings Day) as roommates here at Melville.
You can read my roommate Sarah's blog post on it here. (The link includes recipes for the pear/gingerbread pudding and I also posted a comment on how to prepare the pork loin).
We awoke in our pajamas and had Christmas presents downstairs. We had a new coffee table from Santa, and each of us had a single gift, from an assigned roommate. In addition to the individual's gift, there was a house gift from each roommate.
Individual Gifts
Reija (from Michelle): a Ph.D Survival kit, which included polka-dot pajamas, a white Banana Republic blouse, the most recent issue of the Economist, 2 butterfly drinking glasses (for egg nog & OJ), and Mega M&Ms
Karren (from Sarah): silver earrings and green/white polka-dot shoes
Michelle (from Karren): bottle of scent (Charmer, from Anthropologie), Wit & Wisdom of Jane Austen (book), and four white drawer pulls for Michelle's linen closet/dresser (which up to this point has had an assortment of mismatched and even chipped knobs.
Sarah (from Reija): large wooden jewelry case (three levels high) with green/white polka-dot lining (it looked remarkably similar to the shoes Sarah gave me...)
We agreed that polka-dots are the new black... or so it would appear from the number of polka-dot'ed items in our collection.
House Gifts
Reija: curtains for the Mud Room Door, Dining Room windows, and Kitchen windows
Karren: placemats in slate blue, green, & grey
Michelle: picture frames
Sarah: curtain rods for the curtains given by Reija, a metal strainer
Santa: coffee table (large, wood, beautiful)
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