Christmastime begins!
I didn't have time to blog, so here's a quick recap. After a lazy morning, a lunch of leftover tavola calda from Ettore's party, a quick clean up, and a trip to Lidl and Decò, I got home in time for Ettore, Agnese, and Simone to arrive upstairs before my coat came off. Elena and Mariella "reminded me" of the cenone , big dinner, tonight at Pina and Francesco's house. This is the first I heard of it. We're leaving for Catania, where they live, at 7:45 tonight. Evidently, someone from the friend group hosts a holiday kick-off dinner each year. The intersecting aisle in back of me is equally as long and full of panettone and pandora as these in front of me. AstroTurf and potted plant arrangements pop up everywhere. LOL This would get a hard no from my Greek baking ladies. We are making gingerbread cookies! I bought kits from Lidl and, spoiler, they taste nothing like gingerbread. I think molasses doesn't exist here, but it's too late to rely on Amazo...