What is your least favorite thing about the holidays?
the expectation of major gifting, and its mine as well as others. I hate it.
What is the one thing that you would like to see under the tree this year?
its supposed to be a surprise….I don’t think ahead (it can be dangerous)
What is your favorite thing [...]
What you want for Christmas… if your friends were millionaires: A year long cruise of just friends.
What you want for Christmas: A job I want to go into daily.
What you want for Christmas… in abstract: peace, hope, fairness and a non-politician in the White House.
Year of the first Christmas you can remember: about 9 years [...]
Rules are to name 5 Christmas movies that move me to the spirit.
What are your 5?
“White Christmas”
“The Bishop’s Wife” or the remake “The Preacher’s Wife”
“A Charlie Brown’s Christmas”
“The Polar Express”
“The Miracle on 34th Street”
This year was not fraught with emotional chaos….for once. We agreed that we would not travel, and we shared the meal with friends and family. Truly family of choice.
Food was basic, nothing fancy, nothing gourmet, just good.
The turkey was stuffed with onion and garlic, celery and carrots, and a bit of salt and pepper, slow [...]
Over the river and through the woods,To Grandmother’s house we go,The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh,Through the white and drifted snow.
Over the river and through the woods, Oh how the wind does blow, It stings the toes and bites the nose, As over the ground we go,
Over the river and through the [...]
The dressing is made, the sweet potatoes are blanched and layered in the pan, the pumpkin bread is made, the stock is simmering. I think we have this holiday on target. Tonight the appetizers will be made and the potatoes peeled and chopped. There is a snow advisory for this afternoon and this evening, but [...]
Mostly because the answers are still the same, and I really liked them.
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Golden Gurnsey Eggnog is first, Hot Chocolate has a bit too much sugar, Peppermint Coffee is third.2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? wraps them of course.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or [...]
Thanksgiving was one of those holidays that my parents were allowed to have at home. Every other holiday we traveled to the grandparents or the great aunt & uncles. I have faint memories of a few of them, but nothing extraordinary. My mother liked to entertain, but was not thrilled with cooking. I remember [...]
I haven’t decided whether I want to include this topic in this blog. Thanksgiving is much the precurser to Christmas, so I think it might be appropriate. Must do a bit more thinking on the subject.
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I love Christmas music. I love the choral versions, the new age versions, the pop versions, the classical versions, the diva versions (male and female)…..I LOVE Christmas music. I usually give myself a little taste of it sometime near the end of October, just as a pick-me-up.
The weather has been weird enough that the [...]
