I started the day by sleeping until 11, ate a quick breakfast, and then met my host sister in town. We then set off to her father's jewelry store so that she could pick out a few pieces of jewelry from her godfather, who makes some of the jewelry sold in her fathers shop. She spent just about two hours deciding which earrings, necklace, and ring she would want. I was perfectly happy trying on the various rings, made from mountain crystal. She eventually decided what she liked better, and we set off for home.
My host mom's parents arrived around 3pm, they are from Germany but have lived in Switzerland for almost 30 years and only speak High German. Which for me is absolutely wonderful. I talked with them about their travels around the world, I am completely amazed of how many places they have been. It was so nice to understand almost everything that people are saying. They left for church around 4:30, and I skyped my family. It was wonderful to talk to them and hear about the preparations for Christmas eve which I missed very much.
When everyone was back from church we started dinner with an apero (basically oer d'ovres) of foie gras, fresh bread and champagne. If anyone doesn't know, foie gras is duck liver, and it truthfully did not taste as bad as I thought. Apparently we ate the expensive stuff which to me tasted like chicken, with a very strange texture. The apero was quite entertaining, because my host parents had another one earlier, where they drank a few glasses of champagne with the employees of their jewelry store. So my host dad was singing, absolutely horribly, around the house.
For dinner; we ate roasted duck, brussel sprouts, potatoes, red cabbage, and pears. It was a wonderful dinner, and afterwords we opened presents! I think I received more presents this year than I ever have at home. I received so many wonderful gifts and I was so happy to have had such a happy Christmas eve.
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