Celebrating Christmas in New Zealand is always a challenge - it is summer here, and there is no snow, no cold weather, and hot chocolate just doesn't seem nice on such a hot day! However, Hannah and I decided that we should start our small family Christmas tradition - starting with stockings, fish cakes and duck! :)
We got three Christmas stockings - one for Hannah, one for Jet and Lilith, and the other one is for me. We were giggling at the Christmas stockings because one of them has Santa holding an umbrella and the other Santa is upside down!
On Christmas Eve, Hannah wanted to make cod fish cake, just like what we had when we were back home in Iron Mountain. However, cod fish here is extremely rare and expensive. Thus, we have to use Hoki as a substitute. Hannah was nervous but I assured her that it will turn out good. Indeed, it was wonderful, and the homemade cocktail sauce was delicious as well.
Hannah had some Christmas lights up on the deck. It lit up the deck at night and was very beautiful. The next day (Christmas Day), we woke up early in the morning and was excited to see what were in the stockings. It was full of nice surprises and presents. The only thing that did not "survive" was the chocolate that I bought for Hannah - the warm summer weather melted the chocolate into this "colorful" mess!
For dinner, we had roast duck, potatoes and spicy kale salad. We had bought a bottle of mead from the road trip with my mom and sis, and had a glass with dinner as well. Although we did not have a white Christmas, it was a great lovely day with a gorgeous sunset.
Merry Christmas! Love your exterior illumination ;)
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