{"id":14952,"date":"2015-12-24T23:38:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T23:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=14952"},"modified":"2016-01-29T14:28:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T14:28:16","slug":"christmas-eve-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/christmas-eve-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Photos from 24 December 2015, posted online 27 January 2016. \u00a0Yes, I’m working my way backwards.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

The day everybody had been waiting for finally materialized, Christmas Eve (a\u00f0fangadagur <\/em>as we call it), although really it’s just Christmas, or j\u00f3l<\/em>. \u00a0It’s the day where we eat a nice dinner at 6 pm, and then open presents.<\/p>\n

The day went by fairly painlessly, as we’d already drawn up\u00a0what we expected the day to look like for Bjarki, who doesn’t deal well with nebulously defined days where something extremely exciting is supposed to happen at some point. \u00a0The biggest hick-up was me fighting for too long on the computer to figure out how to give a DRM (Digital Rights Management, it’s a locking thing) protected e-book I’d bought to\u00a0somebody else, which meant I was late driving out the last presents, and left Finnur all by his lonesome self in the kitchen for the critical last hour before dinner. \u00a0Thankfully Anna stepped in, and I expect snide remarks about my absence for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

Other than that, we decided people could wear whatever they chose, and furthermore to just let the kids open all their presents as quickly as they could, to get them to bed on time. \u00a0Yes, this means I’m not entirely sure who gave whom what, although I have a fair idea for most of the things. \u00a0We do thank everybody for the lovely gifts, and hope your Yule was a good one too! (18 images total)<\/p>\n

\"Kids

Kids in front of the all-important pile of presents!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

\"Master-Chef

Master-Chef Finnur, working on dinner.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Anna

Anna hand-delivering a present containing awesome hand-made cleaning cloths.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Dinnertime!\"

Dinnertime!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Dessert

Dessert time, with some ris a la mande. Bjarki nervous as usual over not winning.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Emma,

Emma, who prefers to stand by the dinner table.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"IMG_9472\"<\/p>\n

\"The

The huge pile of presents!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Excited

Excited Emma!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Finnur

Finnur brought this from the US. Shocking how much cheaper it is there!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Busy

Busy playing!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"IMG_9488\"<\/p>\n

\"Trying

Trying to have some control over the madness!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Continuous

Continuous trash stowage is key!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Emma

Emma with her adorable tea-set.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Playing.\"

Playing.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Classic!\"

Classic!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Shortly

Shortly after 8 pm, the tree had been emptied, and we’d set a new speed record!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Then

Then we moved on to opening things up, and playing a bit!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Poor

Poor exhausted Finnur, lounging on the sofa. Next year we need to find a way to have him be less exhausted!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos from 24 December 2015, posted online 27 January 2016. \u00a0Yes, I’m working my way backwards.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

The day everybody had been waiting for finally materialized, Christmas Eve (a\u00f0fangadagur <\/em>as we call it), although really it’s just Christmas, or j\u00f3l<\/em>. \u00a0It’s the day where we eat a nice dinner at 6 pm, and then open presents.<\/p>\n

The day went by fairly painlessly, as we’d already drawn up\u00a0what we expected the day to look like for Bjarki, who doesn’t deal well with nebulously defined days where something extremely exciting is supposed to happen at some point. \u00a0The biggest hick-up was me fighting for too long on the computer to figure out how to give a DRM (Digital Rights Management, it’s a locking thing) protected e-book I’d bought to\u00a0somebody else, which meant I was late driving out the last presents, and left Finnur all by his lonesome self in the kitchen for the critical last hour before dinner. \u00a0Thankfully Anna stepped in, and I expect snide remarks about my absence for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

Other than that, we decided people could wear whatever they chose, and furthermore to just let the kids open all their presents as quickly as they could, to get them to bed on time. \u00a0Yes, this means I’m not entirely sure who gave whom what, although I have a fair idea for most of the things. \u00a0We do thank everybody for the lovely gifts, and hope your Yule was a good one too! (18 images total)<\/p>\n

\"Kids<\/p>\n

Kids in front of the all-important pile of presents!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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