Christmas in Montreal

Christmas Day in Montreal - first-ever for Meo and Doco

first, into the stockings ...

… then, a walk-and-roll in the no-snow streets ...

… on two Santa scooters ...

… even Doco gets a turn ...

… but upstaged by a dancer on two wheels

A rue Fabre Christmas dinner for 14: a huge tortiere (including venison, chicken, duck, smoked duck) by Owen's partner, Marc; roast vegetables by Eric; soup and an "Elizabeth cake" by Paul-Antoine and Emile; and TOASTS!  After dinner, a play presented by Doco, Lily and Alice.  "The untold adventures of the shepherds on their way to Bethlehem" (Lily as shepherd, Alice as sheep) - through a forest with familiar fairies ("You spotted snakes with double tongue, Thorny hedgehogs be not seen…"), to a village tavern with flamenco dancers, to a bull-fight, and finally to the manger.  Oh, and Christmas music.

Marc, Owen, Thomas, Paul-Antoine, Doco, Mathieu, Alice 

Doco, Mathieu, Flor, Rachel, Eric, Lily, Marc, Owen, Thomas, Gabriela
(not in photos: Emile and Meo)