Our Mini Christmas tree, with gifts from our mom's back in NC, Joseph's mom sent the tree, My mom sent us mini stocking with small gifts inside! Thank you mommies!
Adam and Jennifer also helped in the Festive spirit because they left some fun christmas lights hanging around our doorway. They helped to put us in the holiday mood!
After spending most of the morning out with the co-workers we were pretty darn tired, but I decided to get a head start on some of the cooking...granted it was only for four people, but I wanted to make sure we had enough stuff to eat. I started on the deviled eggs on Christmas eve...
I had so much trouble peeling those darn brown eggs, I guess my mom is the best boiler because I used to be able to peel those eggs no problem, but this time for whatever reason, they were sticking to the shells.
And the only marshmallows to be had in Korea are multi-colored...this caused quite a few interesting rice krispie treat effects.
I pulled them out of the pot as quickly as they turned into a big burning green glob... I am pretty sure you should not see the hulk in your treats, but like Dani says" Hey it is marshmallow and rice, how bad can it be" and it was in fact pretty good despite being stuck to the pan for 20 minutes.
A huge crowd pleaser with the mashed potatoes.
Now my mom has always combined the corn and green beans, but we had a complaint, so from now on I have to seperate them ( but upon eating them the next night with leftovers, joseph finally proclaimed, Hey this is not so bad... Haha, Point 1 , Ali.
Here is trouble if I ever saw it, Malcolm in the hat, and Dani in the red sweater! Best that Cape Town South Africa has to offer!
The Table was set.....
Finshed close up of my horrid eggs, that smelled bad, but tasted good, thankfully.
Malcolm did the honors, and carved the chicken....
And the most fantastic Baskin robbins Ice cream cake you will ever lay your eyes on.
The ice cream cake was so fantastic, we had to let it thaw a bit, so Malcolm and Joseph picked out some awesome tunes.
The ice cream cake was so fantastic, we had to let it thaw a bit, so Malcolm and Joseph picked out some awesome tunes.
Malcolm gave us a bit of education regarding some awesome South African and Korean bands! 
Dani Trying to figure out if it was edible, which we hoped it was, because Joseph just bit off part of the houses chimney.
We finally cut the cake, it was a valiant effort by joseph, looked like the sword in the stone, or like the plastic knife in the frozen cake.
Four different flavors, Pistachio, vanilla with chocolate swirl, Chocolate and strawberry... It also had a section of rasberry ice cream... delicious.
But then....it started melting so we put it back in the freezer.
And Dani is awesome because she had totally rad snacks for us, these chips actually had bits of cheese on the chip, so it really had that pizza effect...what will the Koreans think of next.
And I had to get a picture of Joseph's totally cool old dirty hippy wii character, he and Malcolm both went for the unshaven old guy look.... Dani and I were cute characters though!
So after Wii games, and Tall about Home Improvments greatest moments ( wow could I have found a more perfect friend who also shared my teenage love of all things Jonthan Taylor Thomas!!!!! I think I did!) We headed over to the CGV to see a movie. We decided on the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasuss (spelling?)..... Wow, I was confused and hopeful that it would either start making sense or getting better.... to no avail.... oh well at least Jonny Depp was in it. Joseph and I both agreed that it could have been better if Tim Burton had directed it....I will choose to remember Heath in his finer role as the Joker in Dark Knight!
Dani Trying to figure out if it was edible, which we hoped it was, because Joseph just bit off part of the houses chimney.
We finally cut the cake, it was a valiant effort by joseph, looked like the sword in the stone, or like the plastic knife in the frozen cake.
Four different flavors, Pistachio, vanilla with chocolate swirl, Chocolate and strawberry... It also had a section of rasberry ice cream... delicious.
But then....it started melting so we put it back in the freezer.
After Lunch we changes venues, and headed over to Dani's apartment, she lives like two blocks from us over here which is nice! Her christmas gift to herself was her Wii, so we ended up playing several games, with Joseph kicking the crap out of my Wii character, except in baseball, for whatever reason I was the Home run Queen, and he was eating my dust.... it was quite a battle of epic porportions.
And just because I think it is funny and so totally Korean, they have heaters that look like fans....this is Dani's heater... it has a huge bulb in it, and a reflective back that eminates the heat. Please excuse Joseph's big nose, it got in the way of my photo.
And Dani is awesome because she had totally rad snacks for us, these chips actually had bits of cheese on the chip, so it really had that pizza effect...what will the Koreans think of next.
And I had to get a picture of Joseph's totally cool old dirty hippy wii character, he and Malcolm both went for the unshaven old guy look.... Dani and I were cute characters though!
So after Wii games, and Tall about Home Improvments greatest moments ( wow could I have found a more perfect friend who also shared my teenage love of all things Jonthan Taylor Thomas!!!!! I think I did!) We headed over to the CGV to see a movie. We decided on the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasuss (spelling?)..... Wow, I was confused and hopeful that it would either start making sense or getting better.... to no avail.... oh well at least Jonny Depp was in it. Joseph and I both agreed that it could have been better if Tim Burton had directed it....I will choose to remember Heath in his finer role as the Joker in Dark Knight!
So then we parted, Joseph and I headed home to get dinner (since we could think of nothing we wanted to eat on christmas day that was not supremely crowded) so we got some Dak Galbi ( chicken in a spicy red sauce over rice) to end our holiday... ( because I didn't feel like cooking anymore!)
It was a very different holiday than I imagined, but it was fun, and we had a fabulous time.... but this holiday, like all holidays do, ended much the same way.....
But since it was christmas Joseph helped, so I got a cute picture of the two of us on christmas Day ( yes he wore red and I wore green!) We were so festive!
sorry it took so long to update, but at least
It was a very different holiday than I imagined, but it was fun, and we had a fabulous time.... but this holiday, like all holidays do, ended much the same way.....
But since it was christmas Joseph helped, so I got a cute picture of the two of us on christmas Day ( yes he wore red and I wore green!) We were so festive!
sorry it took so long to update, but at least I got it in before the new year!!!!!!!
Merry Christmas!
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