Now that Christmas is over I can finally talk about this year’s crazy shopping experience without spoiling anyone’s surprise. This year, I actually went into a store and asked, “Where might I find a ukulele?” It felt so strange coming out of my mouth. I suppose that it wasn’t such a strange [...]
Entries from December 2008
December 24, 2008
On the Menu Tonight (Christmas Eve)
Appetizers
Grilled Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms
Pigs in Breadstick blankets
Main Course
Roasted Free Range Chicken in a Raspberry Walnut dressing and jus
String Beans with roasted peppers and red onions
Whipped Sweat Potatoes with a Toasted Pecan topping
Cranberry and Walnut Stuffing
Cranberry Sauce (yet to be determined)
Dessert
Raspberry Jello Parfait
Chocolate Hazelnut Gelato
An enormous assortment of cookies to be eaten at the Church reception [...]
December 24, 2008
Top 10 Favorite Christmas Movies, +2
Merry Christmas! As I sit in front of my television balling my eyes out in front of It’s a Wonderful Life, it occurs to me that I should document my favorite Christmas movies. This way, readers, whoever you may be, could possibly learn about films they have never seen. I am all [...]
December 18, 2008
The Grinch, taped 1992
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The tree is up, the garlands are perched, and the sparkling cider has been bought. This weekend, once my sister finishes school, our kitchen will turn into a cookie baking factory with Christmas movies play on a loop in the background. I have actually [...]
December 3, 2008
Calling all Crooners…
It seems to me to be a well established fact that everyone enjoys the occasional crooner, especially around Christmas time. Think about how many of our Christmas traditions have something to do with Bing Crosby or Nat King Cole. Would we really generate the same inner warmth and Christmas spirit if we didn’t [...]
