As magical as my own Christmases have been in Budapest, it made no sense to isolate our children in Canada. The baby Jesus and the angels had to go. We had no choice but to adapt the Santa theme. They had no doting grandparents, fun loving aunts and uncles and cousins to celebrate with. We tried to compensate. Christmas broke us each year; we were the only ones putting presents under the tree. We held onto the Christmas Eve tradition when everyone was wide awake for magic. Jim took them up the street looking for Christmas lights. On top of the hill the blinking red light was thought to be Rudolph’s nose. When I put the last package under the tree, I opened up the front door and yelled “Come quick you are going to miss Santa!” They hurried home, but Santa was always gone by the time they fell through the front door. The magic now carries on with the grandchildren.
Scroll down and click on the links next to the pictures for Hungarian and International Christmas dishes, general Christmas baking, a very long list of Christmas cookies and for scrumptious Christmas desserts!
CHRISTMAS DISHES
CHRISTMAS BAKING
CHRISTMAS COOKIES
CHRISTMAS DESSERTS
