We had a spectacular Christmas, and I feel blessed. Christmas At Home as opposed to Christmas In Connecticut (sounds like that should be a movie title….or is it already?) wasn’t nearly the study in Christmas Boring I’d feared. It was actually peaceful and warm and memory-making. All the things Christmas should be.
We attended our church’s Christmas Eve service, and then headed home to dinner plans of homemade cheese fondue with pears and apples and French bread for dipping. But as I heated up the cream and opened the cheese, I noticed that the cheese had….issues. Issues of the green, moldy, scientific sort. So Super Hubs stole a line from his favorite movie, “A Christmas Story.” “Alright, everybody. Get up the stairs and get dressed. We’re going OUT to eat!” (I swear he was thrilled the cheese was rotten just so he could say that.) So we had pizza for our Christmas Eve dinner at a local restaurant that had a fireplace and was well ornamented for the holiday. It wasn’t our traditional Italian Christmas Eve meal served by my mother-in-law on the east coast, but it was delicious none-the-less. And later at home, we enjoyed chocolate fondue with marshmallows and pound cake for dipping while watching a movie together. There was a beautiful light snowfall that made the landscape picture-perfect.
Christmas Day was sweet and tender, and I am surprised at how pleasant it felt to wake up in our own home. And then the typical holiday antics ensued of giving and unwrapping and pleasant squealing and candy-gorging. We lazed and chillaxed, and then headed to the home of our friends, Bonnie and Joe. They are amazing cooks and great friends-who-should-be-family, and they’ve fed us like stray cats on many holidays this year. We thoroughly enjoyed the company and meal and game-playing.
An excellent Christmas. I hope yours was, too.
3 comments:
That's the problem with feeding
strays, they keep coming back for
more.
Just kidding. We are glad you can
be part of our holidays.
Bonjoey! U commented!!
(Is this Bonnie or Joe?)
But we r cute little strays!;-)
Sounds like a wonderful Holiday to me! We enjoyed a nice roast (thanks - turned out great) and kids had a great time and got a lot of stuff they really wanted - they are still playing with this stuff, so I guess we did good! Now comes the New Year! Man, where did this one go? Your blog has sure been fun and interesting and many times a blessing to me and I'm sure many others, thanks for this gift too, Kelly!
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