View From Your Christmas Table 2015

Durban, South Africa

The reader writes:

We kept it very simple this year – lamb roast, steamed veggies, garlic mashed potatoes (made with duck fat and chicken stock instead of butter and cream due to milk allergies – not bad substitutes at all), and red wine (Ernie Els Big Easy, a solid South African Shiraz blend). My mother-in-law is here with us this year – a genuine blessing – but other than that our families are all in North America, hence the computer set up at the head of the table for video calls with everyone back home.

[Note From Rod: I’m going to update this VFYT over the next couple of days as more photos come in, with the newer ones at the top. Scroll down to catch the earliest ones. Please send yours in, but remember the rules: don’t make it a view of your table, but rather a view from your table, capturing some of the context in the room or setting. And as always, no faces; I can’t publish photos with faces.]