Solbritt had already opened presents and sampled the rice pudding and all the delicious treats at her Farmor and Farfar’s home when we turned on the computer to Skype with her and her family early (for us) on Christmas morning. In fact, the sun had already set in Sweden while we still awaited the sunrise here in Montana. Kind of slow in coming this time of year.

With the computer logged in Cynthia and I opened our presents from Solbritt and grandpa promptly put on a new sweater from his favorite Stockholm men’s shop, The Dressman. YaYa donned a beautiful new scarf and pulled on cozy mittens. It’s the next best thing to being there to have Solbritt wish us “Merry Christmas”!

With Julia and Steffen close by, they dropped over yesterday afternoon to tease us into letting them open a couple of presents.

Cynthia hit the mark in size and color and both looked great in a new sweater and cape.

Late on Christmas Eve we went over to Steffen and Julia’s where Steffen’s family were already busy putting together a Greek feast. Daphne (Steffen’s mom) and his sister Alayna made tiropita and tzatziki. Steffen had oysters, felafel and meat and mushroom skewers all ready to eat by the time we got back from Lincoln. It was a feast to enjoy on Christmas Eve.

Ken and I enjoyed many trips back to the buffet!