Despite a new year that's well underway, I wanted to go back to to Christmas No. 4 that we celebrated when we got back to Madison. This was the start of a new tradition for the StalinBenesters -- each year, we're going to celebrate the Christmas traditions of a different country.
Because of our trip earlier this year, we started with Italia -- Buon Natale! I borrowed my mom's Swedish Christmas tree, which functioned as our ceppo, a wooden pyramid that holds ornaments, candy and fruit on its shelves. I improvised by hanging some of our favorite ornaments.
For dinner we enjoyed some ravioli over broth (the Italian way of serving it), some Italian vino and for dessert, a panforte, a really rich and chewy cake. La Befana -- the witch who brings toys to Italian children (sort of like Santa Claus) -- visited, too, when we exchanged our gifts to each other. I gave Colin a photo book from our honeymoon, and he painted some pottery cups for us to use for our holiday celebrations. He also got a bottle of really nice wine that we'll put aside for our 30th Christmas together!
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