Christmas comes to Durham.....and both families too!

Preparing for the Lupton clan and the Holland clan for Christmas Day.  We had to get out an extra table for the 11 people that would be here for lunch.
Both families arrive around 11:30 and we got to work getting the food ready for the table.

Soon everyone had their plates full and were making short work of the ham, turkey and side dishes.

After the meal everyone was too full to think about any of the sweets, so we opted for opening gifts instead.

We had a great time laughing and oooooing and ahhhhing over the gifts.  When all was said and done, we had a great meal, with lots of good conversation and general Christmas merriment.  It was a lot of work to get ready, but in the end it was worth it and we had a wonderful time with our families on this special day.

Merry Christmas everyone!