Our Christmas Decorations

Those who know us know we love to decorate at Christmas so it was a little hard for us when we found everything so expensive here in Iceland plus you can't buy anything electric thinking you might want to take it home as everything is designed for their 240 V power. We managed a few items to make it seem a little like home. Kristi also sent us a number of ornaments, food items and other things to remind us of home including the little house I made with her girls. The ornaments are on the small tree (plant) on the left side of the picture as that is all we had until the day before Christmas when the candle tree went on sale 1/2 price. We were going to buy the Yule Lad figurines but at $15 a piece we settled on three we liked. This is basically the width of our living room and it is about half that size in depth. We do enjoy our big window and view of the river. I made our traditional Christmas breakfast of Eggs Benedict with the Hollandaise sauce Kristi sent and then for New Years I made the Spinach Dip with the vegetable packet she sent. We didn't have green onions so we used regular onions and I had to pay $2.50 for a tiny can of water chestnuts but it was nice to have my favorite dip. We had a great Christmas serving others and a great New Years Eve doing the same.