Heimasíða Finns og Hrefnu - 2001b | Forsíða |
Christmas Day
December 25th 2001 (HMG) - [Put online January 1st 2002]
After a whole week of incredibly mild weather (7-9°C or ca. 45-48°F) it finally started snowing on Christmas Day. It didn't snow a lot, but enough to make the ground mostly white and brighten our already very short day.
The path past the greenhouse in Mosfellsbær
The view from the back-yard
At around 5pm Finnur's grandparents and his siblings, along with their families, arrived for this year's Christmas Party and a game of "whist" (?).
The festive cutlery-holders
The brothers, Baddi and Finnur.
Among the food that was served was the "laufabrauð", or "leaf-bread".
It's a thin circle of dough that's been cut to make it pretty, and then deep-fried very
briefly on top of a huge pool of oil. Absolutely necessary for any Icelandic Christmas Party!
Finnur's granddad on his mother's side helps himself to the food.
The red meat to the left is "hangikjöt" or "hung-meat" :) - a leg of lamb that's
been smoked and hung (for a while) to create a very special flavor.
This is our "national dish" and it's usually served cold with potatoes and thick white gravy.
Eyrún (Finnur's sister) helps herself to the mushroom gravy.
Then, after everybody had eaten enough, we started playing "whist" on three and a half tables
(that's four persons per table, two had to wait out each turn).
Finnur playing against his little sister, Steinunn (on his right), and his mother, Anna
(on his left). Playing with him is Kata, Eyrún's mother-in-law.
Another group of people were in the greenhouse, which is lit with candles.
My darling Finnur won this year's Christmas Whist, and I came in fourth.
As a prize we won a days stay at Finnur's parents house with food but no room service... :)
When the last guests were gone, Finnur's parents sat down to work on
a puzzle they got for Christmas from their neighbour.
