My wife's ancestry is ¾ Swedish, ¼ Norwegian, so when I have Christmas Eve supper at my mother-in-law's, we traditionally have baked Swedish sausage (made from meat and potatoes), lefse with butter, and rice pudding.

Some Scandinavians eat lutefisk around Christmas, but we're not THAT ethnic.

However, since my mother-in-law has been feeling poorly lately, my wife advised her not to cook, and instead, we brought lasagna from home and baked it at my mother-in-law's.

I bought a bottle of Akvavit, but forgot to bring it with me! It's still cooling in my freezer at home. (No need to worry that it will freeze.) So I'll probably drink it around new-years.