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RE: Winter Solsice and holiday Party
December 23, 2014 at 2:31 pm
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(December 23, 2014 at 5:35 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: No family this year - I don't fancy flying 12 000 miles for a Christmas goose.
The town where I live has street parties on Christmas Eve. They start around noon and run into the wee hours. Nothing raucous, very family friendly. The parties resume after lunch on Christmas Day, and Boxing Day is for clean-up.
It's a grand time. Everyone (or nearly) comes out - the oldies, the wee ones, all in between. Music, dancing, food that'll hurt you, games for the kiddies, Father Christmases everywhere you look. Great fun.
Boru Yeah, it would be a real pain to fly that far. I wish we had street parties here. I'm awful lonely and would like that! Sounds like a lot of fun!
(December 23, 2014 at 8:23 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: I disgraced myself so badly the last time I drank that I now only drink in tightly controlled environments. I got pretty drunk last year on the 25th. I had to wait awhile until I drove home.
(December 23, 2014 at 11:32 am)Godschild Wrote: That's an awesome looking pizza, where can I get one, good pizzas are hard to find these days. My wife makes a better pizza than what we can buy around here.
GC I don't know where you can get one. I had some pizza last night and it was pretty bad. Can't find a good one around here unless you want to pay a fortune.
(December 23, 2014 at 11:42 am)polar bear Wrote: My entire family (kids) will be home! Lots of food lots of football and lots of just hanging out. It's nice to be with family, yes! We will probably watch football, too, at my brother's.
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RE: Winter Solsice and holiday Party
December 23, 2014 at 3:01 pm
(December 23, 2014 at 10:59 am)abaris Wrote: (December 23, 2014 at 10:56 am)Alex K Wrote: But remember, he knows when you are sleeping etc...
Btw, around here, the main celebrations take place on the 24th.
Yes, and the 25th and 26th are for digesting.
And, possibly, leftovers. Usually there aren't sufficient leftovers and we have to start cooking all over again...
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RE: Winter Solsice and holiday Party
December 23, 2014 at 7:21 pm
(December 23, 2014 at 3:01 pm)Alex K Wrote: (December 23, 2014 at 10:59 am)abaris Wrote: Yes, and the 25th and 26th are for digesting.
And, possibly, leftovers. Usually there aren't sufficient leftovers and we have to start cooking all over again... I hope to get some leftovers to take home.
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RE: Winter Solsice and holiday Party
December 23, 2014 at 7:46 pm
We celebrate mostly on the 24th, it's a traditional thing. Today I'm cooking so that tomorrow can run like this:
Pumpkin and cardamon raisin breads for breakfast.
Brunch with family friends of: champagne, cheeses (about 20 varieties); prosciutto, dry salami, smoked salmon, pickled herring, cold shrimp, crackers, homemade cocktail rye bread, brie baked in pastry, grapes, apples, pears. Cookies and coffee to follow.
Smorgasbord for early dinner (just us and the girls): ham, Swedish meatballs, Swedish potato sausage; poached salmon, scalloped potatoes, rice custard, baked beans with rum, steamed vegis, homemade crescent rolls, fruit salad.
Presents and cookies as soon as the smorgasbord dishes are done.
Eggnog.
And Christmas can run like this:
Coffee cake Christmas morning late.
Lunch: seafood stew with guests mostly singles a long way from family and home.
Boardgames.
Leftover Smorgasbord for dinner with guests some from lunch and some new.
Cookies and eggnog.
It's pretty much the same year after year, but we like it.
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RE: Winter Solsice and holiday Party
December 23, 2014 at 8:38 pm
(December 23, 2014 at 7:46 pm)Jenny A Wrote: We celebrate mostly on the 24th, it's a traditional thing. Today I'm cooking so that tomorrow can run like this:
Pumpkin and cardamon raisin breads for breakfast.
Brunch with family friends of: champagne, cheeses (about 20 varieties); prosciutto, dry salami, smoked salmon, pickled herring, cold shrimp, crackers, homemade cocktail rye bread, brie baked in pastry, grapes, apples, pears. Cookies and coffee to follow.
Smorgasbord for early dinner (just us and the girls): ham, Swedish meatballs, Swedish potato sausage; poached salmon, scalloped potatoes, rice custard, baked beans with rum, steamed vegis, homemade crescent rolls, fruit salad.
Presents and cookies as soon as the smorgasbord dishes are done.
Eggnog.
And Christmas can run like this:
Coffee cake Christmas morning late.
Lunch: seafood stew with guests mostly singles a long way from family and home.
Boardgames.
Leftover Smorgasbord for dinner with guests some from lunch and some new.
Cookies and eggnog.
It's pretty much the same year after year, but we like it. That sounds so good. Wish I knew you!!  I hope it's a real good time for all of you. We'll probably have a turkey or ham with lots of veggies, breads and I'm bringing the candy.
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RE: Winter Solsice and holiday Party
December 23, 2014 at 8:58 pm
I was planning on going over to mom's tomorrow evening for time with family, dinner, and wine, and then Thursday morning with my son, and Thursday afternoon for a holiday dinner of prime rib.
Looks like I'm going to be home sick instead. I can't risk infecting the others, particularly my father.
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RE: Winter Solsice and holiday Party
December 23, 2014 at 8:59 pm
I'll pray for you, C'thulhu.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
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RE: Winter Solsice and holiday Party
December 23, 2014 at 9:03 pm
(December 23, 2014 at 8:59 pm)Tonus Wrote: I'll pray for you, C'thulhu.
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RE: Winter Solsice and holiday Party
December 23, 2014 at 10:35 pm
(December 23, 2014 at 7:46 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Boardgames.
Yay Boardgames! ^__^
My brothers and I (and maybe mom and dad, mom far more likely than dad) are planning on a Christmas Day playing of Arkham Horror!
You must like that one, CD, right?
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RE: Winter Solsice and holiday Party
December 23, 2014 at 10:45 pm
Never heard of it, actually...
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