Oh, come now
Valerie -- no Christmas dinner's boring when family's nearby
When food's prepared with love and effort, even a simple chicken adobo, tuyo ( air-dried salted fish ) with sliced tomatoes and salted eggs, laid on a serving of freshly cooked rice over banana leaves ( one of the simple fares I've enjoyed in rural provinces when I was young ) it's that get-together that counts ( not to mention when some of your relatives expect you to have a bottle or two of San Miguel Beer or Red Horse... so much beer
*moan* )
Wishing you a Happy New Year too (
*thumbsup* )