Christmas Dinner

[des]

Ok, here was the dinner tonight:

Christmas crackers to be super British; tomales (we ARE in NM)-- green and red (no, this has to do with chilis you non-Southwesterners ;-)); turkey; cranberries; and fried artichokes; Christmas cookies and candy.

 

I'm going off the white powder diet (sugar white flour) tomorrow. ;-)

 

--des

 

BTW, for a cute little explanation of the red or green thang go to:

http://www.abqjournal.com/venue/dining/rorg.htm

I read that red or green IS now the official state question. It is the only state with an official state question. Get yours next year.

[AletheiaRivers]

We had the "normal" food stuff. Pretty much a repeat of Thanksgiving.

 

What was not so normal was that my hubby and I spent the day at my mom's (JW) and Dad's (agnostic) house. No tree. No presents. Good food.

 

We watched "Serenity" and "Mobsters and Mormons."

[flowperson]

My daughter is visiting from LA and son and his wife from Chitown. Her parents bought a place north of town to escape Michigan winters and plan to retire here eventually.

 

I worked Sun am until noon and came home and made clam chowder and warmed up some turkey-organic bean chili I had in the freezer. Also made choc chip cookies and a pumpkin pie. The kids ( they're all in their 30's) showed up about 4:00 pm and we had the soup and some homemade rolls and raspberry preserve along with some cheese stuffed celery and whole-spiced cranberries. Champagne also. Mmmmmmmm good !

 

Opened presents with the kids and then went over to my parents and did the same there. Daughter and I got to bed about 9:00 pm exhausted while son and his wife went to a casino and proceeded to support the local economy.

 

Today we met the new in-laws so my mom and dad could meet them for the first time, and we all plus the kids stuffed at a casino buffet. Mmmmmmm good! No supper tonight ! A really nice Christmas for all and I'm taking the weekdays off this week to spend time with my kids, which is a rare occasion for us all.

 

Peace and love to all.

 

flow....