Even tho we don't participate in all the gift-giving madness that has surpassed the true spirit of Christmas, Chris & I do have some traditions that help get us in the holiday spirit. I have been sending out some Christmas cards, just not nearly as many as in years past. We have an advent calendar where we alternate days (Chris is evens and I am odds) and even try to guess which design will be behind the "window." We like to watch Christmas programs and are doing a pretty good job of it, thus far. Our DVDs of White Christmas, Charlie Brown Christmas, and Santa Claus is Coming to Town have been watched, as well as catching Fred Claus and Prancer on cable. I also watch many of the made-for-tv Christmas shows that I stumble across while channel surfing. They are usually quite cheesy, I know, but they are filled with the sights and sounds of Christmas.
It's a Wonderful Life and Scrooge are still on tap and I hope to squeeze them in before we leave early Christmas Eve morning. Might even be able to watch Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer if we try hard enough! (Something new this year: Taking a quick roundtrip visit to family for a Christmas Eve party, spending the nite and heading right back for our traditional family dinner with my aunt and, most likely, a quick visit to Chris's parents' to round out a very long day.)
I have some baking to do for our family Christmas gatherings. Was planning to try my hand at Angela's Chocolate-covered Cookie Dough Balls for our roadtrip and Ooey Gooey Cashew Bars for my aunt's (Chris is making a pumpkin pie ~from scratch, except for the crust~ with a crumbly pecan topping, too.) But I might make some Pumpkin Cranberry Scones (using a version of Tina's recipe) for the Christmas Eve party instead and make the Cookie Dough Balls for home.
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Angela's recipe, Tina's recipe and the pumpkin pie recipe (which is a combo of 2 different recipes) are new ones and, boy, do we love experimenting with recipes!!! I am off work on Thursday, so I will get my recipes done before Chris gets home from work, and he can work on his after we get home from the gym. We will drop off our "contributions" to my aunt's Christmas day dinner when we pick up my two cousins Christmas Eve morning who are making the trip with us because it is (over the river and thru the woods ) to their dad's house we go!!!
Wishing everyone a magical holiday season!
Celebrate this year with Joy and remember years past with Nostalgia!!!
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Susie
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