The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

We had an awesome December, made up of all the best Christmas things.  We spent Christmas Eve celebrating with Will's family, Christmas morning with just the 2 of us, and Christmas evening with wonderful friends who are also in Lyon.

Left: Will making piggies in a blanket on Christmas morning. Right; Delicious escargot! Always a must-have on Christmas.

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Our English-speaking connect group had our annual Christmas dinner.  We had delicious food all made from the country we are from..... 10 countries in all :)

Left: All the wonderful international food.
Top: Of course I had to watch Home Alone this Christmas season.
Below: Enjoying my first ever English Caroling night,,, One of my December highlights!

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My friends and I had a Christmas baking day... The result: Lots of fun, Christmas music, Elf, and delicious desserts

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Will and I tried making these gingerbread people for the first time.... Obviously we went about it in 2 very different ways. haha Lots of fun and maybe a new holiday tradition.

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Joey loves Christmas because it means he has a new place to hide and sleep... Under the tree.  And his cone hasn't stopped him from getting under there either.  (He had surgery recently)  We also decided we needed an angel tree topper so we made one ourselves ;)