Post Christmas

Christmas came and went with a flurry of Christmas decorations(although only in the galley) and a weekend that went too fast. It didn’t really feel like Christmas this year, I think it was the lack of build up to it. No Christmas music, decorations in just one place, all of that added up to a Christmas that sprung upon us and was gone just as quickly. It was not as bad for me because I had put up the decorations my dear friend Em had sent me and also listened to as much Christmas music as I could when not working(many people were anti-christmas music until right before). Thank you, thank you Em for the Christmas cd, it was amazing and I enjoyed it so much, I also enjoyed the one Crystal and Kyle sent me, however I didn’t open the package until Christmas day so I only listened to it that day. Christmas day started out with the traditional holiday brunch, lots of goodies most of which I didn’t eat although the ones I did were delish. Everyone just chills out, relaxing for the morning, except for us kitchen folk of course. We are hard at work getting ready for the big Christmas dinner. About a week and a half before the holiday, my boss, James, will put up a list designating who will be doing what food for the day. My tasks were cheese trays for the appetizer times before dinner and the roasted vegetables for dinner. All of the veg for my stuff, with the exception of the pumpkin, was peeled and cut up by volunteers the night before, which was sooooo nice cause it would have taken me forever to get all the stuff prepped. Instead I just had to go collect my nicely prepped veggies from them. Awesome. Our menu for Christmas consisted of Beef Wellington and lobster for the main entrees and various side dishes, including my lovely sweet and savory roasted root veggies. Dinner went smoothly, same as thanksgiving, we had three seatings, all very festive with everyone decked out in their Christmas duds. It’s fun to see people that usually where carharts and other various layers of clothing built for warmth only, showered and dressed in their finest(or at least a lot finer than normal). I worked straight though all the dinners, cleaned stuff up at the end and then got out of the kitchen. Pulling a quick superman change in the bathroom, I transformed into a clean haired, makeuped person ready for some Christmas dinner. After eating I found a couple of my friends and we made our way back to the galley for some eggnog and dancing. That pretty much finished out the day for us. Not a normal Christmas, but not too bad either. I missed being with the fam, but it was okay.

More south pole Christmas traditions to follow….