Solstice was a little different for us this year. Besides the fact that it was the first time in 6 years that we could not go to the beach and watch the sunset (La Nina = torrential rain in December) we had Liane celebrating with us. Her Solstice present to me was to cook a feast of all her favorite foods, so it worked out perfectly that she made us dinner while we were homebound this year. Instead of our usual trip to Juanita's, we were treated to sopes, red rice, beans and all the fixings, including Jarritos sodas! The super sweet soda was actually a nice compliment to the spicy food and I almost didn't miss my beer at all...
The traditional Solstice Cake, made this year by Zoey, is 3/4 chocolate and 1/4 vanilla to symbolize the longest night of the year. After dinner we moved on to the gift portion of the evening. Everyone picked a name out of a hat and got a gift for that person. After a bit of confusion we got it sorted out. Zoey gave me a gift card to See's (YUM!)Griffin gave Bill a Star Wars Lego. I gave Aidan a box full of miniature candies and an iTunes gift card. Liane gave Griffin a very cool remote control car that goes on land and water. Bill gave Zoey elephant earrings that are symbolic of Jumbo, the Tufts mascot, and an iTunes gift card. And Aidan gave Liane an iTunes gift card. Lots of iTunes going around this year! There were other gifts exchanged as well and good times for all.
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