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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Christmas Market with Lucie

Its been several years since I have been able to meet Lucie around Christmas time. We FINALLY made it happen this year.  She hadn't been to the Christmas market at Nameti Miru yet, so we decided to meet  there.  I was happy about that because its my favorite Christmas market.  The market it not as crowded, the prices are better and the selection is better. She brought me cukrovi she made and also my Christmas present.  It was a great way to spend the first part of the day!

                                                                cookies my students made
                                                                    gifts they gave me
                                     car with crazy Christmas lights in the center of Prague
                                                        Christmas Market at Namesti Miru


                                                                    Lucie buying hot wine

                                                                    cukrovi Lucie made





Sunday, December 15, 2024

Christmas Cookie Exchange

It's that time of year again: Christmas Cookie Exchange~!! 15 lovely ladies came together with their baked cookies for the exchange. There were so many to try and we all needed to sample each one for the contest.  There were three categories: most artistic, most unique and best overall.  I'm happy to say that I won for most artistic and tied for best overall.  After the voting was done, five of us took part in the secret Santa exchange. We were all happy with our gifts.  This year we didn't have room to play musical chairs or have a mini Christmas tree, but it was still quite fun.  It was so nice to see a lot of familiar faces join the event.  A lot of the ladies had attended the year before and wanted to join again.  Thanks for a wonderful afternoon filled with delicious baked goods and chats.  Happy Holidays!








       all 15 cookies. I only took a mini bite out of each one and took them home to enjoy later


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                                                            North Macedonia (already pictured)
                                                                    Canada
                                                                France
                                                                    Czech Republic  10,574
                                                            Iran (already pictured)

                                                                    Secret Santa


                                               winners: Artistic, Best Overall, Most Unique

Saturday, December 14, 2024

Christmas Potluck

The host for the past couple cooking classes suggested we have a Christmas potluck.  It was such a lovely idea.  He made a LOT of food and almost everyone brought something great to share.  We had a goose, duck, ham, turkey legs, stuffing, lasagna, pasta bake, mashed potato, gravy, and so many different desserts.  It was such a feast.  We also had secret Santa.   Almost everyone was able to have a gift.  It was a great gathering filled with great people and great food.  I think we all ate too much!  Looking forward to the next gathering!

                                                                        goose and turkey legs
                                                                    tables are set
                                                                        brownies I made
                                                                        Christmas tree
                                                                            goose
                                                                        ham
                                                                    cute gingerbread cookie

                                                            turkey legs
                             I was too ambitious and ended up bringing half the plate home

                                                                    all of us

                                                                    dessert table
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                                                                Laura and Laura