It was meant to be a simple bacon and eggs meal, but I kept adding to it muffins, bagels with slices of onion, tomato, bacon and provolone cheese melted on it, cinnamon rolls, fruit platters, and Elijah's praline pecans. I'm sorry I don't have any pictures, but we were all so taken by the delicious food, that I didn't think of it till later when the food was all gone. We then all sang some Christmas songs, starting with Sarah and Jacob (Elijah's sister and her husband) as they beautifully sang Santa Baby. One of Elijah's friends from work is form China and we asked him to sing their national anthem, which he did. We could hear the propoganda while he sang it, even though we didn't understand the words. Gillian then sang some songs accompanied by Elijah and the boys. Charlton was taking one of his four hour naps, so we had no one to accompany us with the harmonica. It was hard to sing without him, but we somehow managed. We all had a wonderful time, and I was glad that my last party of the year was for Elijah, since I never get to do anything special for him.
Around 3:30 we left for San Francisco. Sarah's birthday was today, and Jacob was taking her out down town. As for us, I had gotten tickets for a cable car tour seeing the Christmas lights in San Francisco. The tour was okay. I was a bit disappointed that residential areas, especially the very wealthy ones, had very few Christmas trees on display. We enjoyed visiting Fairmont Hotel, Union Square (did you know that Macy's store in Union Square occupies one whole block with six stories high and all of that just filled with items only for women?) Fisherman's Wharf, Haight Street shops, Chinatown, and many more. My camera isn't that good at night, but here are some of the pictures I took on this tour:
After we all got back, we celebrated Sarah's birthday by eating ice-cream cake, and giving her birthday presents. She had a golden birthday today, since she turned 23 on the 23rd of December. Happy Birthday, Sarah! We all love you.
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