My Mom and Lance came out! Austin and I took it as an opportunity to cook the heck out of our kitchen for them! We got a white Christmas which was amazing. For two reasons: Mom and Lance are from California and so it was magical for them, and it could be our last white Christmas for a while! (A lot of schools are in the South.) My mom's side of the family is very German so we celebrate Christmas Eve. We used to have minestrone soup, but everyone hated it. So... we turned to our California roots and make tortilla soup instead. As a kid, it always made sense that Christmas happened at night. All the pictures you saw of baby Jesus were at night with the star. My mom said when she was little, she just thought German kids were special haha! I made my mom and Lance some hardcase books, a snowglobe, and got them a ceramic ornament. Santa also surprised them in the morning with a stocking ;) My grandma Hofmann used to make these egg ornaments (she passed away in 19...
I don't think you guys were excited at all ;-)
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I know, we were terrified!! I mean, it could potentially juice your finger off haha! Austin got me the Hamilton Beach one. He said he looked up reviews and this was the best for his price range. Of course you could go insane with a $600. It tastes aaamazing! If you like those Odwalla and Naked Juices then you'll like this! I can't wait to try fresh orange juice!
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