I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, if you celebrate! And if not, I hope you had a restful day off.
I thought I’d share with you what I’ve been up to these past few weeks for the holidays.
Can you believe that my family has never had a Christmas tree? Not even a fake one. Growing up, we never had that much money to spare so a Christmas tree was out of the question. My first pay check as a dental hygienist? I bought a Christmas tree for my family. It’s small, lopsided, and perfectly imperfect. But it’s our first tree so we love it to death. And spoiling it like crazy with ornaments.
One of my close friends, Jen, came back from school in Miami. We both love the holiday season so we headed downtown to Union Square to take photos with the Christmas tree.
Each year Macy’s teams up with the SFPCA to create window scenes to encourage people to adopt pets.
I don’t think I could have survived the massive rainstorm without one of these hot chocolates. It made dreary rainy days soo much better.
But of course, massive is relative. We don’t see severe rainstorms that often in San Francisco.
The alternative? Any sort of tea with chrysanthemum flowers.
On Christmas Eve, my sisters, Jen, and I went for our annual shabu shabu. It’s winter. We love our soup.
Jen and I headed downtown to window shop. There’s something about the winter season that’s perfect for window shopping.
Of course, the view is perfect from Macy’s Santa Land.
We indulged. Seriously.
There’s an Irish pub downtown called Lefty O’Doul’s. Every year on Christmas Eve, they hold a fundraiser in hopes of gathering 10,000 donated toys for the SF Firefighter Toy Program. If you’ve read this post, you know why this toy program is important to me. This year, they had a snow machine to create the illusion of snow. They had an orchestra playing Christmas carols besides a Santa. And there are empty barrels set up for donation.
What did you do to celebrate the holidays?
Fun stuff, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas
I did have a great Christmas! Hope you have a wonderful New Year!
I love your Christmas tree. I’ve always been fortunate to live in the country where we could cut a tree from the woods. This year I could afford to buy a nice tree, but my grandchildren said no, they enjoy going to the woods for one. It was a scraggly pine that, once decorated, became a thing of beauty. Christmas is all about taking what you have and making it wonderful. Thank you for sharing your holiday with us.
I wish I was able to cut down my own tree. I feel like that’d be a great experience =)
Looks like you have had some happy times. And I’m glad your family has a tree this year. Merry Christmas and a fabulous 2015. X
I hope you have a wonderful new year =)
Beautiful tree! Sounds like you had a Christmas. Mine was pretty hectic while getting ready to leave a job and start a new one, but I still enjoyed time with family.
I’m so glad you had a chance to spend time with your family even with a hectic schedule! Have a wonderful new year =)
Those treats look so yummy. Glad you had a nice Christmas. 🙂
Thank you so much, John! Happy New Year!
It looks like you had a wonderful Christmas holiday. I’m glad you got to experience having a Christmas tree. It probably was more meaningful to you than to many of us who grew up with them. Keep up you great blogs. I enjoy your positive attitude and the delicious recipes.
Thank you so much! Happy New Year!
Really cute little tree! Looks like fun all the way around.
Thank you! It was =)
The Christmas tree is beautiful and so full! Thanks for sharing your Christmas activities!
Gorgeous photos! Thank you for sharing pics of your Christmas celebration with loved ones! Your tree is adorable! We had a quiet day with me making us a big Christmas breakfast!! Hugz Lisa and Bear
Thank you so much, Lisa! A Christmas breakfast is always perfect. Hope you have a wonderful new year!
No Christmas holidays in China! But the streets in Shanghai were beautifully decorated. I had to work on the 25th but in the evening our company invited us to a Christmas dinner in a nice restaurant.
It looks like you enjoyed your Christmas! And buying the tree was a lovely gesture 🙂
Thanks, Marta! Happy New Year!