Christmas 2014

Happy New Year! It's almost time to take the Christmas tree down and I'm already counting down the months until I can put it up again (I'm a crazy Christmas fanatic)! I had a really lovely Christmas; spending quality time with family, eating amazing vegan food, listening to all the Christmas songs ever released, watching Christmas films and wrapping and unwrapping presents.  

 

 On Christmas Eve we went to see the Robin Hood pantomime which was really entertaining. We went last year to see Cinderella and it is starting to become a bit of a Christmas Eve tradition! We wore our Christmas jumpers to the panto and on the way home we had lunch at Pizza Hut. The deep pan bases (and the gluten free ones) are suitable for vegans so I had the veggie pizza minus the cheese and it was lovely. In the evening we went down to a local beach in the hope that we would see the International Space Station (or Father Christmas!) pass across the sky but it turned cloudy and started to rain when we got there. 

 

 On Christmas morning we opened our presents (even Jack, who excitedly pawed open everything in his pile). We were all really spoilt this year and received some lovely things. I got loads of vegan chocolate, some Faith in Nature products, jewellery, pyjamas, scarves, gift vouchers, Harry Potter books/Trivial Pursuit and an ice cream maker. I have been wanting an ice cream maker for a while now and I couldn't wait to use it. So far I have tried mint choc chip and chocolate honeycomb and they both turned out really well.  

 

 

 We had Christmas dinner at my sister's house this year; I had a nut cutlet with roast potatoes and veg, and we all had a Co-op Christmas pudding afterwards. I picked up some vegan wine from Sainsbury's to drink over Christmas as they are really good at labelling their alcohol.On Boxing Day we have another Christmas dinner at my mum's house with more of my family. This year I made a version of my chocolate tofu pie, or cheeseless cake as I like to call it. I used Lyle's butterscotch syrup (labelled vegan) in place of the golden syrup, and I topped it with dark chocolate chunks and honeycomb pieces.  

 

 I made my own crackers this year which was really fun. I put some dark chocolate coins and a scratchcard inside each one, along with some Christmas confetti! I had planned some fun and games for after dinner which included pass the parcel (featuring little prizes such as vegan chocolates) and a quiz. 

I really do wish it could be Christmas everyday, it's such a magical time of the year and I love everything about it! I'd love to hear about your Christmas :)