Christmas eve
- Cream of leek soup with toasted brown bread croutons
- Warm rolls right out of the oven
- Beet salad with horseradish dressing
- Green salad with pumpkin seed oil dressing
- Deviled eggs with anchovies
- Paper thin slices of ham with rosemary
- Smoked saibling (lake trout?) from the Grundlsee
- Tomato and garlic bruchetta spread
- Brie, blue cheese, a seasoned pepper cheese, and camembert
- Olives stuffed with almonds
- Creamy potato and vegetable salad
- Dark smoked jerky-type proscuitto
- Christmas cookies, many, many varieties
Christmas day
- Griesnockerl (semolina dumpling) soup
- Homemade cheese strudel with raisins
- High quality smoked salmon from the North Sea
- Christmas cookies, many, many varieties
Present for meals and/or snacking sessions
- Myself
- Julius, long suffering husband to myself
- Judith, younger sister of Julius
- Andreas, husband of Judith
- Pascal, 11 year old son of Judith and Andreas
- Ute, younger sister of Uwe Julius and Judith
- Marin, brand new son of Ute (slept through most of his first Xmas)
- Ronnie, father of Marin
- Josefa, mother of Julius, Judith, Ute, and grandmother to Pascal and Marin
- Renate, sister of Andreas
- Willi, husband of Renate
- Haerta, mother of Andreas and Rentate and grandmother to Pascal
- Christian, long time friend of Julius
- Sabine, wife of Christian
- Chiara, 5 year old daughter of Christian and Sabine
- Stella, 2 year old daughter of Christian and Sabine