Dear readers,

Best Christmas wishes from California. There will probably be no snow, (the last was here half a century ago), but so far we had borsch with dumplings and poppy-seed cake. Polka Deli saved our Christmas Eve, although I did prepare the traditional Polish vegetable salad. In the pantry I still have special sausage, paté and chalva for breakfast. The American accent for today's dinner was the eggnog. The non-alcoholic version is very close to a kogel- mogel dessert. After singing couple of carols, we unwrapped presents symbolically. Traditionally, presents are opened the morning of December 25, although oftentimes a single present is exchanged Christmas Eve.  The day after Christmas, shoppers will line up to return gifts and buy new ones. 
And now we can also enjoy waiting for New Year:) 
                                                                                      

H.xx