christmas in connecticut

 all is bare and brown now . . grey with hints of light blue and lavender and patches of green.

winter sky . . 

 family pictures . . 

 family celebration . . 

 antipasta . . 

 sparkling cider and . . 

 ravioli.

 christmas decorations . . 

 looking for chocolate on the tree . . 

 singing the norwegian christmas song . . we all join hands and circle the cloth tree while singing. i suppose in norway they would circle the real tree, but here in the states the real trees are usually placed against the wall, making it difficult to completely circle it. my sister has been carting this cloth tree to all her husband's norwegian christmas celebrations where they dance and sing around it every year. this year we sang and danced with korrina's brian, as he is also part norwegian on his mother's side.

 playing wits and wagers . . 

the question was: in what year did benjamin franklin prove lightning was electricity?

 dessert time!

norwegian krumkake and julekake, gingerbread, biscotti, french chocolates, peppermint bark and butter cookies.

 toby posed for me . .

in the evening adam had to leave to return to cape cod for work the next morning, as did korrina and brian (brian had to be in at 8 am and korrina at 2:30 pm). greg took the latter two to the bus station.