MTL - Lisko’s American Life-Chapter 43 christmas two

Colt was making a wreath of holly branches to hang on the gate, and the rooster stepped on a ladder to hang a bunch of parasites from the ceiling.

Dinner was ready soon, Lisko helped bring the delicious dishes to the table, and opened a bottle of Huazhuang red wine that he specially brought, which is from the famous high-quality winery on the right bank of Bordeaux.

The family sits down, Beau sits first, Rooster and Lisko on the right, Maggie and Colt on the left.

Bo first closed his eyes, folded his hands, placed his chin on his chin and prayed silently.

Although no one in the family believed in religion, it was a rare special occasion on the birthday of Jesus.

After Bo finished praying, he was very relieved and happy to see the family sitting neatly together.

"Come on, respect the family." Bo held up the wine glass, because his injury had not healed, so it was filled with water.

The family toasted along with them.

"Respect the family."

Lisko was also a little emotional, and the circles of his eyes were quietly red.

Everyone put down the wine glasses and started to eat. Turkey is an indispensable food on the table. Maggie specially selected the largest turkey and stuffed a lot of vegetables and fruits, such as carrots, celery, onions, chestnuts, etc., into ten pounds. The turkey belly is smeared with a variety of spices on the surface, and then placed in the oven for roasting.

Lisko looked at the roasted golden chicken and drooled.

There are also tree trunk cakes on the table. The tree trunk cake is a famous French Christmas delicacy.

Before electricity was invented, the French gave a good wood tree as a Christmas present. French people are very romantic, and even the origin of food is romantic: Once upon a time, a young man who could not afford Christmas gifts picked up a piece of wood for his lover in the forest. Therefore, the tree trunk cake has also become a symbol of wishing good luck in the coming year.

There is also a particularly American-style polenta, roasted polenta with a layer of cream and some fruit. This is a great dessert to pick up on the greasy turkey meat.

Everyone enjoyed their dinner happily while chatting and laughing. Lisko liked roasted turkey very much, probably because he was a meat-free person. The aroma of being roasted in the oven penetrates into the meat.

The protein content of turkey is 20% higher than other poultry, while the fat content is 21% lower, and the cholesterol content is low, easy to manage, strong fertility, high meat production rate, high input-output ratio, is a herbivore, input concentrate Rarely, they raise and eat green grass normally. Lisko has made up his mind to raise a little on his own pasture next year, so he can make some roast chicken himself.

After dinner, Maggie's alcohol intake was still not very good as usual. It is strange to say that she came from a winemaking family, and she even opened the only tavern in the town, but she could not drink enough.

She sat a little dazedly. Lisko beckoned the rooster to put the cutlery back into the kitchen. It was the most surprising part of Christmas, exchanging gifts.

Lisko gave his own gift first, because the gift box was tied with a beautiful tie and placed under the Christmas tree in advance, and Lisko also wrote his name in advance.

"Bo, this is for you." Lisko gave Bo a long gift box with a high-grade English cane in it.

Bo opened the gift box and fell in love at first sight. Americans have always despised the British, while secretly learning their various aristocratic etiquette. A walking stick is an essential piece of equipment for a British gentleman. This walking stick is made of black walnut. Yes, Bo's name has also been engraved on the end of the rod, and a turquoise from Turkey is inlaid on the top of the rod. This is a low-grade gemstone.

Bo loved this cane. Lisko noticed it a long time ago. In order to keep his waist straight, Bo often leaned on the ground with a cane, so he specially ordered it in a famous brand cane shop in the UK.

It can be seen that Bo is very satisfied, Lisko gave Colt a gift, which is a DV camera. Now Colt wants to develop into a video broadcaster. Although Lisko lent him one, it is not himself after all. Yes, Colt was very careful when using it, so Lisko simply bought a new one and gave it to him.

The Sony HDR-SR1E is a trendy DV camera that just came out this year. Lisko didn't understand it either. He read the electronic magazine and named this camera one of the best of the year.

Colt was also surprised. He originally planned to buy one by himself after a while. This one was also among his favorites, but the price was a bit high, so he was a little discouraged. He stepped forward and hugged Lisko.

"Thank you, great gift. I like it very much."

In the back is a gift from Maggie. Lisko didn't know what to give her, but after hearing about her ideals, he made a decision.

Maggie opened the gift box, it was very light inside, she was still joking. "Li, you won't send me a check? It feels like a piece of paper."

After taking it apart, there was a card inside.

It has the Citibank logo on it.

"This is a customized service I asked for Citibank, and it cost nothing, but within the scope of my annual service, this card allows you to stay at any hotel in the United States, dine, and in an emergency, you can take him to the bank to withdraw five There is a limit of 10,000 US dollars, so that you can travel alone, we can rest assured, and this card has a positioning chip, so we can know where you are traveling at any time."

This gift just happened to be used by Maggie. In the end, it was the rooster's gift. The rooster's gift is really hard to think about. He is Lisko's ranch manager.

"Rooster, this is your gift, I chose it carefully,"

The box was about the size of Maggie's, and the rooster was looking forward to what Lisko would give him.

He opened the box, and there was also a card inside. It was a gas card for the largest gas station in Denver.

"This gas card will give you free gas for the whole year." Lisko really couldn't think of any gift for him, but Rooster loves to drive and loves his new car very much, so let's give him a gas card.

Then Lisko also opened the Christmas present they gave him. Bo gave a somewhat worn lighter.

"This was given to me by your father in the past. Later, after we had a conflict, he gave it back to me. This is a testimony to the friendship between your father and me. Now I will hand it over to you."

This is an old pure copper Zippo lighter left over from the Vietnam War, with the name of the town of Garrison printed on it, which Lisko put away solemnly.

Maggie gave him a great handmade riding whip. She has seen Lisko ride more and more recently. She often rides a white horse to two ranches, so she chose a beautiful whip for him.

What Colt prepared was a signed basketball. The signature on it was "Shark" O'Neal. Lisko also liked this gift very much.

The rooster's gift is a photo album, which is full of photos of Lisko and Rooster Colt. They are arranged in order of age. From the past, I can see the three of them grow up a little bit, which is very memorable. Lisko I don't have this album myself, I should have collected it for a long time.