The tree’s been set up - the lights go on when the guests enter - symbolically bringing light into the world on this special eve. Santa’s clearly miscalculated and deposited the presents designated for an entire school under our tree.
In the kitchen, it’s been steaming and cooking for days.
The table’s been set - ever with a silvery sparkle on the frosty freshness of white table cloth. Traditionally, Christmas is never dominated by red and green - a true welcome comes on the luxury of snow-white table cloth and the subtlety of silver decorations not to dim the colours of the dishes.
Who doesn’t love a bit of IKEA at every occasion (napkins).
With an innovative snowflake twist (I used IKEA’s snowflake garlands on twistable wires) to brighten up the sky. We decided to keep the theme majorly sparkling white this year.
All 12 dishes present - as on every previous Dash-of-Vanilla Christmas. Only the main ingredient missing at the table: the family.
Arguably an overload of citrus, but since there won’t be any mojitos or rum and cokes going on in this area, you might as well squeeze in as much as you can.
A personal favourite when it comes to garnishing salads. Simply cut an apple in 6 wedges, and with a sharp knife cut out a zig-zag ragged edge along the sides. Lastly, pierce the skin on top of each wedge, and peel off a sharp-ended oval shape, as shown below. A poinsettia flower of sorts.
And of course - what would a Polish Christmas meal be without fish (arguably, not much, since meat is not eaten tonight).
So with special wishes from the cat…
…with all the gleam, glisten, glitter and glow - Merry Christmas, and Let it Snow.