Joy and Willi invited us to join them for a German Christmas Eve. We were really looking forward to it because we haven't done one before. And they hadn't done this for a long time with their son Markus and his wife Amanda and daughter Bayleigh. It was such a special evening, and we were so pleased that they had invited us.
Doesn't their house look like something from a movie set? Their porch was decorated to cute! We loved the little tree that they had put out.
A sweet nativity. Their darling tree. And the lovely little lighted Christmas village - The decorations all made us feel like Christmas!
There is traditional Christmas food in Germany including remoulade, a rolled beef dish, red cabbage and mashed potatoes. They all tasted so good!
Here we are sitting around the table after dinner, opening presents. We pretty much gave food gifts, and then read the story about the Christmas orange and brought a chocolate orange that breaks into pieces to share. After that, Rob read the Christmas Story from Luke
The biggest surprise that we had though was when Joy and Willi gave us the stunning quilt that he had made for the Utah State Fair and which had taken third place. They had investigated giving it to This is the Place where they have quilts displayed, but they wanted u to have it instead. We were in shock, but have enjoyed it so much. What a dear thing to do!!
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