Merry Christmas From The Noonans
Christmas Eve at the Noonan's is literally an unforgettable event. An event that rivals every other holiday experience. An event, which we suggest, is truly the greatest celebration of Christmas in literally any other part of the world. The entire world would freak out if they saw how great it really was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xjka07o1-0Some people say things like "A Christmas ham". And we say "Oh, bologna". And bologna is literally one of the worst things you can put in your body.
This is a picture of my father, Pat Noonan, after he came upstairs with, literally, the nuts and bolts to create happiness.
That is my mom with her food making headband power, and that's Michael and me preparing sushi.
Actually, I can't take any credit. Mike made sweet potato&apple sushi and that's me sprinkling sugar on the rice, and then he made cucumber&avocado sushi. It was literally the best sushi. In the entire world. Probably in the entire universe. Yep. Definitely the best sushi in the entire universe.
Actually, I can't take any credit. Mike made sweet potato&apple sushi and that's me sprinkling sugar on the rice, and then he made cucumber&avocado sushi. It was literally the best sushi. In the entire world. Probably in the entire universe. Yep. Definitely the best sushi in the entire universe.
That was some kale chip prepping, and behind are the sugar cookies I frosted. Yay.
Kale is literally one of the best things you can eat. Google it. I'll do it for you.
Kale chips: a couple or so cap fulls of of extra virgin olive oil, and sea salt, and any other spice you'd like. I just did sea salt. Bake it at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes.
And then, of course, the smoked salmon on nice crackers with cream cheese.
Fashion shot of my grandma's little plate of delicious appetizers. I had to tell her to put her plate down so I could get this picture and she literally begged me to not put her in the picture, so of course I didn't because I try to respect people's wishes. Anyways, appetizer plate. It was simple and amazing. Simply amazing!
This is dinner. Steak and shrimp fondue. This tradition has literally been in the family for decades upon decades. My mom's family started it. They are the Peryons. The Peryons are incredible not only because they passed a family tradition on through my mom, but because the family tradition involved my some of my top two favorite things, in the entire world: Shrimp and steak!
Also we had caper butter, horseradish sauce, garlic butter, regular butter, and of course, shrimp sauce.
This is a picture of my grandma Peryon in an extremely happy state. She is my mother's mother and is 50% responsible for that tradition. The other, of course, was my grand-father, who literally called me "hot-dog" until the day he died. He was probably one of the funniest guys in the entire universe, obviously, for obvious reasons. I wasn't ever a hot-dog!
Here is a picture of people eating so you know I'm really not bluffing. The women wore an extra shirt so they didn't get oil on their shirts from the ridiculously penetrating fondue oil, but I chose not to wear another shirt. In fact, I have never worn two shirts for Christmas Eve fondue ever, in my entire life. Coincidentally, I spilled some shrimp sauce on my white shirt while eating. That was literally the worst thing that could have happened to me at Christmas Eve dinner. I ran to the faucet right away and tried to wash it away, got very angry, and then gave up. The shirt is now on my floor, with a disgusting stain on it, and I will never think twice again about wearing an old shirt from my mother to avoid such stains ever again. She is literally the greatest woman alive for proposing the second shirt.
That's my brother Michael. And that sweat-shirt in front of us is actually wrapping paper for the gift I gave him. Stay green. Literally.
The box that looks like clothes was actually a kindle and it was the best thing that could have happened to me at any moment since I started dreaming about it, which was about twenty-seven days ago. I am now the owner of an amazon touch kindle, and I love my parents very much for giving it to me! And for being my parents, of course. The kindle is the single most important invention from the year 2011.
Merry Christmas!
This picture was actually taken the day after Christmas Eve. My grandma Peryon makes an outstanding bloody mary.
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