Spooky Holidays

[Margaret]

Beatriz: the hot chocolate in Spain is one of the things I remember most from my visit there many years ago: there is nothing like it in the world!!!
Yum!!!

Yes, JHyde: I am from Australia too and my family likes the traditional Christmas lunch: roast turkey and maybe pork as well, ham, roast potatoes, pumpkin (maybe some of the other members will think this is weird: my Scottish relatives do: eating pumpkin!!), parsnip; usually also some other fresh vegetables from my brother's vegetable garden. To follow we have the traditional plum pudding (made by my mother) with hard sauce, or brandy sauce, cream or icecream. This 'traditional' lunch happens for our family whether the temperature is 35 deg or 15 deg. I live in Melbourne, which is notorious for a "4 seasons in one day" climate: you have to experience it to believe it!! We have had many extremely hot days, but the traditional meal goes ahead no matter what. The whole family get together on Christmas Day: we are a small family. Nowadays most of the children have grown up and the youngest is 13. Sometimes I think Christmas is mainly for the kids.