Hungarian Christmas dinner at Judie's

18th of December, Thursday

School was kind of interesting today. We watched the Grinch in Creative Writing, and we celebrated Christmas at the Select Choir and music department Christmas party. We had some chicken wings as lunch, and we gave each other presents, for Secret Santa. You basically put your name in a jar with everyone, pull out 1 name, and you have to give that person a present. I got a girl, I only know her by face, so I couldn't really give her anything cool. She got a huge mug and some spices for tea or hot cocoa. My secret Santa was Mrs. Dearstyne, our pianist. She got me some Swiss hot chocolate, a mug, a pair of socks and nail polish. Funny thing, she gave me red, white and green nail polish, which are the colors of the Hungarian flag, but she unintentionally gave them, she only thought about the holiday colors. In Advisement, I joined the book club. It's a small group of girls, who meet about once every month, and they read the same book and discuss it. However uncool this may seem for the popular kids, I find it very fun. The cast list for Anything Goes was promised for today, but I didn't see it. I'll look for it tomorrow.

  When I got home, I just lay in bed, and fell asleep. At 5:16, Anne's shout woke me up. I thought that I was late for school (again). Then she added, that Larry was here, which confused me. Why would Larry be here in the morning. Finally, I realized, that it was still in the afternoon, and we had plans to have dinner at Judie's house. When I went down, my new computer was waiting for me. But I didn't have time to play with it, we had to go.

  We arrived at 6:10, fashionably 10 minutes late, at the same time as Tracy. Judie lives in a cute house in Hilton. She has two cats, a huge Santa Claus collection, and she cooks amazing food. She challenged herself to cook a traditional Hungarian Christmas meal, and she went even beyond that. She made some amazing goulash, and stuffed cabbage, with beigli and sweet kifli, two famous Hungarian Christmas desserts. Everything was phenomenal. It was truly perfect. We had so much fun. We gave each other presents too, although I wouldn't have thought, that I'd get something, but I got a lot of gifts again. I got some homemade jam, pictures, a scarf and two cute bags. Not to mention the extra food I brought home. This dinner was absolutely perfect. Thank you  so much, for all three of you!!