christmas eve

so many years ago we tried prego hilton for christmas eve diner. we didn't like it. so many years later, we try it again. we still didn't like it. why did the lesson not stick? overpriced and not the least bit delicious. sometimes we are more entranced with the idea, the illusion, the imagination. to us christmas eve dinner should always be cosy, warm, dimly-lit, good music playing softly in the background, several courses of western meal served slowly over the night so that we can chat and bond. prego fits that. perhaps next time we'll learn to pay attention to what's inside, rather than just skin deep. still, christmas is just not christmas if we're having chinese seafood, steamboat, thai food or japanese. i guess i'll never learn....it'll be even better with chestnuts roasting  over the fire, marshmallows bobbing up and down ina  cup of hot chocolate and snowflakes falling outside the window. i'm a die-hard romantic - so sue me!