It's best to start this article with a warning: you'll probably put on weight just by reading the following lines and looking at the photos. It's true that what's really fattening is not what we eat between Christmas and New Year's, but what we eat between New Year's and Christmas...
However, the calorific load of Portugal's Christmas traditions is not to be underestimated, so it's good to get some exercise these days, at least walking to buy presents.
