The most low key Christmas day ever…
Posted 12.26.2010 by Sandy a la Mode in Picture This :: 50 comments
Hi friends! Hope you all had a very MERRY CHRISTMAS (for those of you who celebrate it). Since my husband and I just went on our cruise last week, we decided to stay home for this Christmas/New Years and just relax and catch up on life. It was a little sad not getting to visit either one of our families this time around but at least we have each other. 
I must say, this was probably one of the most low key Christmases I’ve ever had… no decorations, no responsibilities, it was just like another weekend (not that it was a bad thing or anything)! Here’s a few snaps from the day!
First we begin with my outfit for the day. Don’t let my outfit deceive you though, it was a frigid 15 degrees out AND we had a WHITE CHRISTMAS, HOORAY!
Shirt: Gap, Vest: Forever 21, Jeans: Salt, Boots: Department Store (a long time ago), Necklace: Allora Handmade
Lunch consisted of Dim Sum at one of our favorite restaurants, Pine and Bamboo Garden. And yes, Chinese restaurants are one of those places that is actually OPEN on Christmas Day!
We pretty much ate like kings! And I even got to have my favorite drink, Taro Bubble Tea, YUM (and I mean it came in a Bud Light pint glass, that’s pretty gangsta if you ask me)! We then headed to the biggest Asian grocery store in Kansas to buy ingredients for our big Christmas dinner… actually, we just made and ate Shrimp Spring Rolls…!
And then we ended the night with a Skype date with my nephew and family which really made the day complete!
Isn’t my nephew, Evan, SO FREAKING ADORABLE!??! Gahh!! He makes my heart smile, foreals! And he even showed us how he plays with his new Magnetic Fishing Set toy by Cerra that we bought him for Christmas, shared some of his goldfish he was eating with us too, and gave us a BIG kiss!! <3
What did you do on Christmas??
it still looks like a fun christmas to me!! loved your outfit posts (you ditched the green tights, huh?
– and of course your necklace!!!! love that you had some good food, too – i miss taro bubble tea!! and yay for skype!!!
as for what i did for christmas…you know! i tweeted you all day cuz i was sick on a couch. blaaaah!
love you, friend!!
LOVE your outfit–I miss wearing sweaters and boots! Aaand, we totally did the skype thing too. It was a little crazy with all 8 of my nieces and nephews crowded around the screen! Broke my heart that I couldn’t be there!
Sounds like a pretty fabulous low-key Christmas!
OH MY GOSH! All that food looks delish! I love Taro Bubble Tea too! It’s my FAVORITE!!!! Ahhhhh! We did Japanese Food for our christmas dinner and it was so much better than Turkey!
Great post. Great pics!
Very sweet! Your nephew is adorable!!! And all the food looks so yummy
Glad your Christmas was merry!
Your outfit is too cute! Love the vest & necklace
Dim sum is the BEST! So jealous~
Looks like fun to me! Very relaxed and fun.
I got my Rawrs T. I already had a friend ask about it! lol I am going to do a blog post about it soon!
AA! such a cute outfit, and I love seeing you taking pictures in those bottom skype pics. Too funny
Glad you had such a fun Christmas!
Aw! what great day for you and your hubby! i’m glad you had a wonderful time!
awwww SKype dates are always so fun!
Dim Sum sounds like the perfect Christmas meal to me! My grandmother (who is Chinese) used to take us out for Dim Sum regularly when we used to live in CA
Glad your Christmas was lovely (and Evan IS adorable). I had a lovely time spending the day with family in France!
You are so beautiful! Love that outfit and hooray for snow.
I love dim sum and I LOVE Bobas. I crave it daily!
That Bud Light glass is SO gangsta, love it! You look gorgeous, and in my opinion, low key is the BEST kind of Christmas! Love it! XX!
Eric and I split the day between our two families. It was so fun to get everyone together again!
Sounds great Sandy, and Dim Sum too!!!
Low key Christmases can be the best kind and it looks like you had a fabulous one! My Christmas was anything but low key but it was great
xoxo
Aw!!! What an awesome Christmas! Love your outfit…your brave to be out there in 15 degree weather! AH!
I love skype!!! And that Taro Bubble Tea looks SO GOOD! Yummmm!
Love you sweet friend!!! <333
YUM! dim sum is the best! i am glad you had a lovely christmas. this year i took my boyfriend home, we celebrated christmas eve with my parents and older brother and his family. christmas day we went to my uncles with the rest of my moms side of the family = craziness- lots of food, kids, and fun
xoxo jcd
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Looks like such a fun Christmas. You look adorable and that food looks DELISH, yum!
that’s my kind of Christmas…. a table loaded with food and skypeing with the cutest kid! everything looks so good. we chillaxed at home and i made our annual Christmas lasagna (hubby’s italian tradition) for my lil family and mil. GAH! evan IS a cutie!!
Ah, your Christmas day ensemble is adorable; and the food looks positively amazing! I’m so glad that you had a fantastic Christmas, my love!!
SANDY!! Merry Christmas! I love the necklace!!
What a wonderful way to spend Christmas!!!
I love your beautiful outfit!! It looks as though it is about 50* I would have never guessed it was 15*!!!!! I hope you weren’t out there for long !You need some more layers!!
PS I am so glad that you are feeling better Sandy!!!
Have a lovely day friend!!!
xoxoxo
Looks like you had a great day! I love low-key celebrations
My family and my boyfriend’s family gathered for both Christmas eve and Christmas this year. We basically just ate lots of food, went to church, and played games. Pretty simple, but it was great!
that food looks soooo goooooood!
awww so cute!! our holiday was perfect: lost of food, gifts, naps, and twinkle lights!
xo Alison
What a cutie pie! Your nephew is totally adorable, and so is your outfit!
Even low key Christmases can be fabulous Christmases! It sounds and looks like yours was just that! I know you loved Skyping with your nephew, too.
What a cool idea!
christmas we had a fun family dinner with my parents. christmas was super low-key too..just lounging around and watching a couple christmas movies. thats it! hehe.
perfect chill christmas sandy! my fave is taro boba too!!!!
j.
aw that is too darling! i love it so:)
gina
aw, what a great christmas!
and yes, your nephew IS freaking adorable! what a cutie pie!
Sarah-Anne
we stayed in town and had a pretty low key Christmas too this year but we didn’t mind
we ate a lot of homemade food and i’m pretty sure i gained at least 2 or 3 pounds by the weekend!
i love your yellow flowery necklace by allora!
You look fabulous especially with the yellow necklace! We had a great Christmas with my immediate family.
Looking forward to 2011!
Hello lovely! I think that your becklace is so beautiful. Low key days are the hands down best. I hope you had a beautiful weekend! XOXO
Skype dates are a perfect ending to the holidays
Sounds like you had a fun Christmas. Mine was rather low-key but good, as well.
Your nephew is sooo adorable! I can’t get over how cute he is.
-Hope
Such a fun day, love your outfit, Sandy! I’m totally in love with mustard & grey clothing combos
BTW your nephew is super-cute.
Our Christmas was pretty low-key too…and I posted about it.
Aw nice! Your nephew is super cute, so glad he likes his set.
I absolutely love your outfit, Sandy!
Your nephew is adorable and YUM! I haven’t had dim sum in a while. I feel like going as soon as I get better.
That lunch looks SO delish! We went over to my mama’s for a ham dinner on Sat. It was perfect!
Dim Sum for Christmas? Sounds heavenly! Your nephew is soooo cute!
Sometimes low key is the best. It still sounds like a wonderful Christmas and you really did eat like kings
. Merry Christmas Sandy!!
SANDY! I was literally going to message you today to look at the cute shoe clips on my blog because I thought you might like them, but of course you’ve already commented about them on Sunshine and Carousel’s blog who reposted the photo this morning. You are amazing at reading a million different blogs and keeping up with your readers and commenting on their blogs. I hope you had good holiday and Happy New Year!
SANDY!!! love the outfit, my fave is the necklace
Already told you I think you are gorg’, but still…no one can rock a Forever 21 sweater like that. Gangsta. LOL
The food looks really delicious!
With love, Samm
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We had a low key Christmas too! Dim sum is always a great idea – and you had several of my favorites!
Thanks for the outfit post too – hope you share more of them!
low key Christmas days are fun
and hooray for dim sum!!
I LOVE your sweater vest! So cute. Thanks for your sweet comment yesterday. I’m looking forward to reading more of your posts and hearing from you again soon. Happy New Year!
love your outfit posts!! you have the best taste and put together perfect outfits! =) your skype photos came out so good! i tried taking a few and not even one of them came out~ lol! thank goodness for YOU!