Christmas Eve 2022!

Christmas Eve! The most magical day of the year!  My family being of Latin American Heritage celebrates Christmas on Christmas eve. Everything we've been doing for the past month has been leading up to this day. The presents are under the tree and a new outfits are ready to be worn.... well in my case its a vintage dress but I'll get more into that later. 

Started off by getting ready!  I took my time setting my hair the night before so that it would looks absolutely perfect for the occasion. I also tried a new hairstyle with a vintage scarf that matched the dress and created a little bow at the top of my head. I love the way it turned out, it matched the style of the dress perfectly! This dress is a maroon velvet dress and it's vintage from the 1940s. It has a built in double lace collar, side snaps and built in belt. I recently bought it from Etsy so I could wear it on Christmas Eve. For perfume I went with Chanel Noir. A beautiful fragrance, typically I wear Chanel N.5 for Christmas but I just finished my bottle. 

I set the table the day before so it was already ready. I chose a dark plaid tablecloth and red accents. In the centre I put a piece of wood and a Christmas train on top with some greenery with holly.  I put some battery operated candles (I have a super hyper young cousin... if I didn't, I would use real candles).  For decor on the plates I added a wreath made from red berries. 

My family gathered! My parents, my sister and her bf, my aunt and uncle and two cousins. we started with an appetizer. Something simple so we don't get too full for Christmas dinner. I spent 30 minuted putting this little spread together. Now I can't fully take the credit, I got the idea from Pintrest but I tried to make it my own. I struggled with the hat because I  didn't know what to use to make it but it ended up being my favourite detail!  I made it with 3 prunes and prosciutto. The snow man is made of Brie for the base and Boursin cheese for the face. Cut up dried cranberries for buttons and for the face details, and of course a piece of carrot for the nose! To the board I added; holiday shaped crackers, Mustard and onion flat pretzels, grapes, almonds, honey roasted cashews, and dried apricots (A staple at Christmas at my grandmas when I was growing up) and on the end of the board there is a salami rose.  

Appetizer and a few drinks later it was time for our Christmas dinner!  Like I said we celebrate Christmas on Christmas eve so this was our main feast.  I'll give you a quick beakdown of everything we had!  Starting with Turkey and gravy of course!  Cheesy mashed potatoes, Caramelized carrots, Rice with noodles (Its a Christmas tradition in my family), creamed onions (My favourite food! and my grandmas recipe!), apple sauce, and coleslaw! Come to think of it everything is very beige.. lol not a single fresh vegetable lol. but It's Christmas so its ok haha. Everything was Delicious!  I am already dreaming of the leftovers! 

After dinner we opened all of our presents and chatted for a while until it was time for dessert!  For dessert we had Flan. Its a lighter dessert than pie and we all prefer it for Christmas after a big meal.  I love flan I could eat it every day its one of my favourite desserts. Its always interesting to see what every family has for Christmas dinner. I had an amazing Christmas with my family, it always goes by too fast but there is still Christmas day !  Which I will share in another post! I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I will see you in my next post!