I dream of Christmas in Amsterdam, lucky you! If the canals are frozen I'd definately take your parents Ice skating ( if they do that sort of thing)--A very Dutch thing! I can recommend several restaurants: Casa di David, Singel 462 ;Cafe Toscanini, Lindergracht 75 and SamaSebo ( Dutch Indonesian) Hoofstraat 27. All three were excellent but i have not been since 1998. I hope they are still around. Have a great Christmas,

Amelia in Los Angeles