Do you cook something special for your loved ones for Christmas?

I know what you mean with being too tired to have fun when you are the one who makes everything. We open our presents in noche buena, but start at about 7 PM. It is Summer here so the children have time to play with their toys before diner. I like to take a nap after lunch as it is too exhausting to go through all this from morning to late at night.

Oh it's nice to know that you start the activities leading to the noche buena at 7 pm. AT least, the children can indeed have so much fun playing. We at home usually starts it 30 minutes before noche buena. I am really glad that we had someone cooked for our noche buena. I have never felt so relax last Christmas!

Thanks for the BR marguicha! happy New Year to you and your family!

U coold bake the cupcakes ahead,freeze them then frost them when u are ready to eat them.

That´s a good idea, Jo. I´m taking the dessert for everyone this year, including some cookies and cupcakes. I wish I could bake the cupcakes this weekend, but I think it´s too early. What do you think?

My dear lady..you should be excused..you deserve it! I find that cooking can be exhausting...do YOU? I usually have 2 to 3 things on the go at the same time...and keeping up with the dishes is a big trial! I think I go thru about a 100 dishes towels..and a litre of dishsoap when the marathon begins. Today, I will get all my pastry doughs made..and frozen! Tomorrow, my Godson, Lucas is coming to bake Christmas cookies! He is the son of one of the places that I work...and she actually complimented me (unheard of--she is a hardnose!) She phoned and asked if I was baking cookies this year, and could Lucas participate..as she wanted him to learn from the best! FIRST, marguicha..first compliment I have ever got from her in 9 years! You just never know with her...whether that is meant..or she needed some-one to care for Lucas for the day...and no excuse is needed...I absolutely LOVE the little tyke!

WOW!!! THat´s a lot of work, friend! I´m just going to make some cupcakes and cookies and a couple of kuchens to take to my daughter´s home for dessert. Other years I´ve done more, but this year I´m excused from too much work

I love to cook, but now it seems that eveything is exhausting. But mu cupcakes and coookies were very well received and I did not have to spend money or energy in buying for the older people. That was their gift.

I love potato soup. Do you do it the french way, with fried onions?

Not sure what the french way is, but only onions in it are green onions. Lots of potatoes, bacon, and a lot of TLC is my secret.

I always make the men open the bottles. They usually don´t do much at the kitchen except when there´s a barbecue

Christmas time is a moment when we also eat some special sweets we don´´t eat every day. I am glad your wife is a good cook. Merry Xmas!

It seems you will have a lot of people, friend! My daughters are also very helpful when they come over, but I´m glad that now Christmas are at their houses. There´s always a lot of housecleaning after the party as children get very excited with the presents and we grownups catch up in conversation instead of minding them.

Thans go much, friend! Merry Christmas to you too!!! It´s so nice when you live near your family. You can make all sorts of nice things to eat and it´s so good to know they will love it. I will be in charge of the sweets this year at my daughter´s house because that´s easier to take. I bought some paper doilies for the cupcakes so they would look nicer. I also plan to put frosting over them