I hope that everybody had a joyful and safe day yesterday with family and friends.....
Regardless of what you choose to call the day,it is everyone's choice as to how they celebrate it.
May peace and love be your portion in the coming year.
I had yummy ham, green bean casarole, rice, gravy, and homemade pecan pie.
I saw many family ad friends. It was very nice.
T
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I didn't take a full count, but I think there were about 25 or 30 of us who potlucked it out to my niece's rural home where we had our traditionally non-traditional Christmas feast of green chile chicken enchiladas, posole, sopapillas plus some spiced salmon and various fruit and veggie dishes and scathingly sinful desserts. We sang carols, told jokes, played penny poker and Mahjong, and for those who live further away, we caught everybody up on everything.
Next year I will probably get to do the honors of hosting and I'm already looking forward to it. I would trade all that for anything.
I went to Church in the morning and then visited in-laws who can't get out. We then had a nice traditional turkey dinner at home with family. Later, we played with some of the games that the children got.
The picture is from the night before at a family gathering at a relatives home. And, yes, Santa can coexist nicely with Jesus. I hadn't worn the suit for 7 years and now that we have taken the little guy into our home --- it was time.
Intrepid wrote:I hope that everybody had a joyful and safe day yesterday with family and friends.....
Regardless of what you choose to call the day,it is everyone's choice as to how they celebrate it.
Thanks - it's still the second Christmas holiday here (which is traditionally the day to visit the family, while Christmas Eve is .... well, Christmas, and the first Christmas holiday is to stay at home ... But we are catching up and will be Americanised here soon, too :wink: ).
You make a beautiful Santa Intrepid.
The Christmas Eve candlelight service is the night for Church here unless Christmas happens to fall on Sunday in which case we go to church Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. As a member of the choir, I will immodestly say we were inspired doing Carol of the Bells, and Ave Mysterium (in Latin)along with numerous carols sung by the congregation. Upon leaving the church building we were treated to a gloriously huge full moon shining on the dusting of snow on the ground. God's handiwork can truly be awesome at times. :wink:
Walter,
I hope you can hold onto your traditions. Tradition is so important.
The O M SIG met at the Ambassador Grill Restaurant,
near the UN, for a fairly lavish Christmas Brunch Buffa.
It offered all of the roast prime rib, on the bone,
all of the lobster, ineffably flavorful Peking Duck, ham,
salmon, several species of fish, all the Champaign and caviar
that u can eat ( in addition to many other offerings that I don 't remember ).
Thay were very good on desserts.
There were BEAUTIFUL Christmas displays, too.
Some guy was giving away free money to the kids, too.
David
Very nice, David. My only comment would be that it would have been nicer if the guy giving away the money to the kids was doing it outside where children who really need it would benefit rather inside a swanky restaurant.
Happy Holidays boys, and cash should be put to good use, not to make it rain....
RH
I knew a guy who stuffed an automatic umbrella
full of $10s, $20s, $50s n $100 bills
and gave it to a friend for Christmas,
with the advice that he test it before it rains.
Dave, I don't take you seriously, and in this instance, maybe you should do the same for me....
(I was kinda defending you
)
RH
OK
( [size=7]I didn 't take u seriously either[/size]. )
Montana wrote:Well, that's settled :-D
We can only hope
I hope you had a great Christmas, Montana.
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