Xmas Dinner

with xmas just around the corner and with all our foreign friends due to scatter all over the globe for the Xmas break we decided to organise a big xmas dinner as a bit of a celebration. We booked the 'salle polyvalente' for a Saturday night and while I was sick as a dog in bed with the flu the other girls went shopping for xmas merryment. I think they did an awesome job.
Everyone brought a plate to share from their native cultures - I made a cob loaf which was all I could think of as 'australian' apart from a BBQ. But I did find some suitbaly named alcohol to bring along which is truly australian!

The northern girls made a gingerbread rocket which was very 'abstract' to say the least. We got to destroy it at the end of the night which was a bit sad :(
We played the $10 present game whish was hilarious and so much fun. All the presents were great - we had nice things like candles, beer and choclates and some truly crazy prizes like rubber gloves, cat food and pottys!
It snowed that morning - horrible wet and cold snow but by the evening it was perfect for making a snowman. So here is my first snowman, he's very dirty but I think we did really well for 2 southerners who hadn't seen a lot of snow. Obviously the snowman turned into a snowball fight which was awesome fun :)