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Last weekend Alane and Mickey hosted a Thanksgiving feast for a group of about 15! They live in the Horizon apartments in Darlinghurst where the view is incredible (we'll be heading there to take in some fireworks on NYE). They cooked a turkey and everyone else brought various holiday specialties. I made a pumpkin pie with filling that Mike smuggled here from the US in October. We also brought green beans and a few bottles of wine. It was a fabulous fabulous feast..just look at the picture of my plate! Yum. Even though we couldn't be with family, we are very thankful to have such wonderful friends in Sydney!

Yesterday we got our real tree delivered from http://sydneychristmastrees.com/, where I ordered it online. Upon delivery I was quite happy to learn it's a Monterey Pine. A little slice of home in Oz! Most people here in Australia seem to do the artificial trees, which I guess makes sense given the heat. But, being the traditionalist I am I was pretty adamant about getting a real tree. We had to cut a decent amount of branches off the bottom to get it standing up in our el cheapo tree stand -- which, by the way, I had to go on quite a mission to find. Can you believe that K-Mart, Target nor Big W (like Walmart) have tree stands? Next step is to find some more ornaments!