We had a special Christmas with several rounds of guests. My parents joined me from December 21 – December 31. My brother and his wife joined us from December 22 – 25. My 21 year old niece was here from December 27 – December 31. My Dad did a lot of cooking this year since everyone requested his specialties: pizza, stuffed mushrooms, onion rings, and blueberry blintzes.

I posted some meals separately: Christmas Eve Appetizer dinner and French Christmas dinner. Previous Pig Scone Christmas breakfasts are posted here, here, and here. The only difference this year was Cranberry cheese from Aldi.

My parents, my niece, and me enjoyed a soup and bread meal with cut-out cookies on the evening of her arrival.

• Cream of Potato Soup
• Sourdough Rolls
• Christmas Sheep Butter – Wooden mold, Kerry Gold butter
• Cut-out Sugar Cookies with cream cheese frosting

Christmas Hand-Pies – pie crust, tomato sauce, mozzarella

Asparagus – Boiled asparagus with butter, lemon juice, lemon zest, and salt

My niece made this gorgeous Buche de Noel.

• Cake & Ganache
• Swiss Meringue Buttercream
• Holly – Fondant cut with a cookie cutter
• Berries – Rolled fondant