This year is going to be different in our house. Sara Jo will not be able to be here for Christmas My stepson is temporarily here, until his mom finds them a place. I don't even know if he will be with her Christmas day or us. If not us, I guess he'll open his presents Christmas Eve. Emily and her family will be here mid morning on Christmas day and stay most of the day. I will be cooking ham and the works. I imagine my son will be here with his fiance, but he may be eating with her family. idk. It's so different that after 24 years of having the excitement of getting kids to bed, playing santa, and the early morning wake ups-it's just not gonna be that way this year. It's kind of unsettling.
I hope that you take the adjustments in stride, wvgirl. Just think of all the little mini-Christmases that you get to have.
I hope you have a wonderful Holiday. Different is just different. I know that my traditions have changed over the years and it all works out.
Best Wishes.
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Myra ManesPosted:
Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:25 pm
I make a nice hearty soup from the remains of the day.
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Myra ManesPosted:
Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:06 pm
Looks like she ate turkey that year.
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Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:26 pm
wvgirl wrote:
This year is going to be different in our house. Sara Jo will not be able to be here for Christmas My stepson is temporarily here, until his mom finds them a place. I don't even know if he will be with her Christmas day or us. If not us, I guess he'll open his presents Christmas Eve. Emily and her family will be here mid morning on Christmas day and stay most of the day. I will be cooking ham and the works. I imagine my son will be here with his fiance, but he may be eating with her family. idk. It's so different that after 24 years of having the excitement of getting kids to bed, playing santa, and the early morning wake ups-it's just not gonna be that way this year. It's kind of unsettling.
You know I can totally relate. Mine are all scattered and when I can't get them all together I still get upset. I guess I take it kind of personal but I this year I think I am just gonna chill. I do miss the nite before excitement with Santa coming but I get to have the grandsons over Christmas eve and that will help.
Hope your Christmas is everything you want it to be and remember it is really great that you can spend even a little time with the ones you love.
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Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:11 am
Dave Letterman has had Darlene Love performing "Christmas Baby" since 1986
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DocTarPosted:
Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:49 pm
I need two things: some Christmas spirit and a menu for both Christmas Eve and Day.
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Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:04 am
Christmas Eve
Steamed shrimp, crab dip and wings and salads maybe a deli tray (homemade if you feel like it)
Christmas
Roast pork with baked potato and asparagus
or
Stuffed chicken roasted with celery, carrots, new potatoes
have on the side deviled eggs, and tomato & mozzarella salad...
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DocTarPosted:
Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:04 pm
Thanks, Pat, for the menus! And the hippopotamus song really has revived my flagging spirit...that and Simon from Duran Duran in all his 80's glory...and he still looks good.
I have been making lots of decadent candies like divinity and toffee and some Christmas balls I like to give it all away to my neighbors...now that the sex offender has moved away, I feel good about going door to door with my treats!
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paxPosted:
Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:22 pm
DocTar, I'm glad you got a good menu. I was going to suggest turkey pot pies and malt liquor, so pat's suggestions are much better.
Hope everyone has a wonderful holidays. I'm going to some friends', for better food than I'm capable of cooking, lol.
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paxPosted:
Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:25 pm
I love this song. Run DMC, Christmas In Hollis:
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CherokeeKidPosted:
Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:43 am
DocTar wrote:
I need two things: some Christmas spirit and a menu for both Christmas Eve and Day.
DocTar, Pat's menu is delicious! Mmmmm...
We will have something quite simple:
Christmas Eve:
Potatoe Salad with mayo, pickles, eggs and Wieners
Christmas:
Red Cabbage, Dumplings and Turkey Drum Sticks
(just similar like the pic)
For Desert Gluehwein and Chocolate Cake:
And for some Christmas Spirit:
Silent Night on acoustic guitar
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CherokeeKidPosted:
Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:05 am
If you've not already made your cake - or bought one - this sounds like the ideal solution ...
VODKA AND RED BULL CHRISTMAS CAKE
INGREDIENTS
1 cup water
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
4 large eggs
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups dried fruit
Lemon juice
Nuts
1 can of Red Bull
1 bottle of Vodka
METHOD
1. Sample the vodka to check the quality. (VERY IMPORTANT)
2. Take a large bowl, check the vodka again.
3. To be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup of vodka and mix with a little Red Bull and drink.
4. Repeat.
5. Turn on the electric mixer, beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.
6. Add one teaspoon of sugar. Beat again.
7. At this point it is best to make sure the vodka is still ok.
8. Flavour with Red Bull to taste.
9. Try another cup - just in case, turn the mixerer off.
10. Break two leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in a cup of dried fruit.
11. Pick fruit off the floor.
12. Mix on the turner.
13. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers, pry loose with a drewscriver.
14. Shample the vodka to check for tonsisticitiy, flavour with a little Bed Rull.
15. Next, ssifffft two cups of salt. Or something. Who giveshz a shi*
16. Throw a pinch of Bed Rull over your shoulder.
17. Pick up the can, mop the floor.
18. Check the vodka (shee steps 3 and 4).
19. Now shift the lemon and strain your nuts.
20. Add one table.
21. Add a shpoon of shugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find.
22. Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.
23. Don't forget to beat off the turner.
24. Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the vodka and kick the sack.
25. Fall into bed.
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Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:49 am
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CherokeeKidPosted:
Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:40 am
Celine Dion - Happy Christmas
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Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:06 am
Christmas Breakfast Sausage Casserole
INGREDIENTS
* 1 pound ground pork sausage
* 1 teaspoon mustard powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 4 eggs, beaten
* 2 cups milk
* 6 slices white bread, toasted and cut into cubes
* 8 ounces mild Cheddar cheese, shredded
DIRECTIONS
1. Crumble sausage into a medium skillet. Cook over medium heat until evenly brown; drain.
2. In a medium bowl, mix together mustard powder, salt, eggs and milk. Add the sausage, bread cubes, and cheese, and stir to coat evenly. Pour into a greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Cover, and chill in the refrigerator for 8 hours, or overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
4. Cover, and bake 45 to 60 minutes. Uncover, and reduce temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Bake for an additional 30 minutes, or until set.
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Myra ManesPosted:
Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:17 am
DocTar wrote:
Thanks, Pat, for the menus! And the hippopotamus song really has revived my flagging spirit...that and Simon from Duran Duran in all his 80's glory...and he still looks good.
I have been making lots of decadent candies like divinity and toffee and some Christmas balls I like to give it all away to my neighbors...now that the sex offender has moved away, I feel good about going door to door with my treats!
p.s. Wish I was one of your neighbors, I love candy!
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Myra ManesPosted:
Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:25 am
CherokeeKid wrote:
If you've not already made your cake - or bought one - this sounds like the ideal solution ...
VODKA AND RED BULL CHRISTMAS CAKE
INGREDIENTS
1 cup water
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
4 large eggs
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups dried fruit
Lemon juice
Nuts
1 can of Red Bull
1 bottle of Vodka
METHOD
1. Sample the vodka to check the quality. (VERY IMPORTANT)
2. Take a large bowl, check the vodka again.
3. To be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup of vodka and mix with a little Red Bull and drink.
4. Repeat.
5. Turn on the electric mixer, beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.
6. Add one teaspoon of sugar. Beat again.
7. At this point it is best to make sure the vodka is still ok.
8. Flavour with Red Bull to taste.
9. Try another cup - just in case, turn the mixerer off.
10. Break two leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in a cup of dried fruit.
11. Pick fruit off the floor.
12. Mix on the turner.
13. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers, pry loose with a drewscriver.
14. Shample the vodka to check for tonsisticitiy, flavour with a little Bed Rull.
15. Next, ssifffft two cups of salt. Or something. Who giveshz a shi*
16. Throw a pinch of Bed Rull over your shoulder.
17. Pick up the can, mop the floor.
18. Check the vodka (shee steps 3 and 4).
19. Now shift the lemon and strain your nuts.
20. Add one table.
21. Add a shpoon of shugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find.
22. Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.
23. Don't forget to beat off the turner.
24. Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the vodka and kick the sack.
25. Fall into bed.
Cherry Mistmas!
16. Throw a pinch of Bed Rull over your shoulder.
17. Pick up the can, mop the floor.
Priceless! Thank you so much for a great recipe.
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Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:51 pm
International Herald Tribune
Report: Queen Elizabeth II to air Christmas message on YouTube
The Associated Press
Monday, December 24, 2007
LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II will urge everyone to care for the vulnerable and those excluded from society in her annual Christmas Day message, palace officials said.
The queen will also pay tribute to the sacrifices made by the armed forces in her speech, Buckingham Palace said.
Tuesday's message marks 50 years since the queen's first televised Christmas message and will set a new milestone by being the first posted on the video-sharing Web site YouTube, the palace said in a statement.
In a preview of this year's speech, the monarch is seen standing in Buckingham Palace, watching black and white footage of herself delivering her first televised broadcast.
The footage of the queen's 1957 Christmas TV broadcast, posted on YouTube on Sunday, reminds viewers that TV once was as groundbreaking a creation as the Internet is today.
"I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and direct," the queen said of television in the 1957 broadcast. "That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed at which things are changing all around us."
During preparations for this year's message, the queen, in an apricot colored dress, can be seen walking into the palace's opulent 1844 Room, which is filled with lights and production equipment, and preparing to start her address.
The festive speech, which was produced this year by the British Broadcasting Corp., remains confidential until it is aired, both on TV and radio, on Christmas Day at 1500 GMT.
The 81-year-old monarch chooses a different theme for each annual address, the one occasion in the year when she writes her own speech without government advice. In last year's address, she called for mutual respect between young and old and greater religious tolerance.
The queen delivered her first Christmas message on the radio in 1952, a month after her coronation.
The royal YouTube page — which bears the scarlet lettered heading "The Royal Channel - The Official Channel of the British Monarchy" — is illustrated with a photograph of Buckingham Palace flanked by the queen's guards in their tall bearskin hats and red tunics.
Its modern video clips show shots of garden parties, state visits, the queen, the many British prime ministers who have served during her reign and a day in the life of her son, Prince Charles.
The Royal Channel also shows excerpts from Lord Wakehurst's film "Long to Reign Over Us," which has never been publicly released. Wakehurst, a member of Parliament who died in 1970, was an avid amateur film maker, charting events such as Queen Elizabeth II's accession and coronation.
The color images convey the historical events from the public's perspective, showing crowds holding street parties and camping out on The Mall — the wide boulevard outside Buckingham Palace — to catch a glimpse of the queen on Coronation Day.
The Royal Channel also includes rarely seen silent news footage of the 1923 wedding of the queen's parents, then known as the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
On Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth II's annual Christmas speech can once again be downloaded as a podcast from http://www.royal.gov.uk. It also is being made available on television in high definition for the first time.
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My stepson is temporarily here, until his mom finds them a place. I don't even know if he will be with her Christmas day or us. If not us, I guess he'll open his presents Christmas Eve. Emily and her family will be here mid morning on Christmas day and stay most of the day. I will be cooking ham and the works. I imagine my son will be here with his fiance, but he may be eating with her family. idk. It's so different that after 24 years of having the excitement of getting kids to bed, playing santa, and the early morning wake ups-it's just not gonna be that way this year. 
It's kind of unsettling.
I like to give it all away to my neighbors...now that the sex offender has moved away, I feel good about going door to door with my treats!
