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Christmas came

Posted by blursbyai on

and we had fun! Let me show you some highlights.

These are the street lights in León, España.

A tiny holiday market near Leon’s Gothic Cathedral.

This is my cat Coco, being a cute holiday cat:

These decorations are called “Ramo Leonés”. Its the regional Christmas tree, with hanging figurines of food (walnuts, donuts, oranges, chesnuts), bows, candles, and ornaments.

This is the Ramo Leonés in my mom’s village, a village that is famous for their charcuterie and serrano ham.

And these are some of the yummy things we eat at Christmas season here in Spain:

Christmas olive oil bread – this is an old recipe from my village
Yogurt sponge cakes
Seafood lasagne
Seafood and fish soup
Braised lamb with cheesy potatoe puree
Lotus, coffee, and chocolate sponge cake
Seafood rice (not paella)
Artisanal Christmas treats: polvorón, roscos de vino, mancheguitos, and turrón
An assortment of sweets and nuts
Panettone – an italian confection that is being loved for years in Spain now.
Ferrero rocher – filled donuts
Yum
Holiday gourmet gifts
More sweet Christmas gifts
Sweet gift: bars of chocolate-almond turrón and ronchitos (a cacao-caramel-peanut confection that’s originary from León).
Pompón, a cat from my village, after having some wet food on December 26.
And a small watercolor painting I did on December 27.