Do to kidney failure, and DW and I being the only ones home , Christmas eve wil be a roasted chicken, wirh twice boiled potatoes (renove mucj of the potasium), and baby sweet peas swiming in butter. We used to put on a table-full of deli meats assorted good cheeses, and multiple different rolls and buns, with black olives, Castlevitrano olives, different kinds of picles, and several condiments. Desert would be a fruit crisp, or cobler, pumpkin pie, homemade fillrd chocolates. Tempeted carefully, Grandma's rea ring, my Mom' date-filled cookies, and a 10 inch, homemade New York cheesecake. If I feli ambitious, I also made cherrt, apple, abd peach dump cakes, and a bowl of real Chantillt creal sitting in the fridge
For something ro do in the evening, I would make Spudnuts pastry dough, and pastry cream. We would then make bismarks, and longjohns, and fill the with the pastry cream or fruit jams. Sometimes we would just roll oit the dough, and top it with butter, brown sugar, nuts, and raisins., sprinkle on cinamon, and nutmeg, roll it, and slice it to make sticjt bins. Of couse a good syrup eas drizzled all over the bins before the were risen. Everybody fed themselves, and we spent the day enjoying each other, and the joys of givinf, and recieving gifts. The first thing we always did was ro read of the Christ-child bith, from scriture. That set the mood for the rest of the day. Now, rhere is way roo much drama in my life. But I will somehow have a great Christmas day
I refuse to let itherd, ot circumstances pull me down.
I am elated tgat so many of you will get to enjoy the holiday with family., abd freinds. Enjoy yiutselves, and eat an extra giid piece of whatever you are enjoying, and be thakful for the love you share with others.
Seeeeya, Chief Longwind of the North