Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas was, as usual, somewhat non-traditional. Breck and Abeni arrived in the wee hours of 25 December and we went to the airport to collect them. We chatted, we napped, and then we had a party.

Yes. I know that I have repeatedly promised to stop having parties just after arrivals and returns. However, I never do seem to learn my lesson. What started out as a small gathering of the lost and abandoned rapidly became The Happening Thing To Do on Christmas night in Chennai. Turns out that all of our friends are as non-traditional as we are and that pizza makes a perfectly acceptable Christmas dinner, even for kids. It was a blast, and a very nice way for the jet-lagged couple to meet our friends. I plan to make the Christmas cocktails and pizza party and annual event.

Thus began Breck and Abeni's foray into Chennai society . . .

I don't seem to have any pictures of that night. Huh.