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Happy Hanukkah, All
December 30th, 2005 01:46 amThis was latke-night, and how very weird is it that Hanukkah fell *after* Christmas this year? Odd to fry up potato pancakes and light the menorah next to the Christmas tree. Usually it's the opposite, and we whisk through the blue and white decor before switching over to the green and red. LOL!
The holidays have felt rushed this year, but then, that's typically the case. By the time I serve up a luncheon to my co-workers, prepare food for the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day meals, and take care of Hanukkah, I'm about cooked out. Done did do the present-buying, wrapping, and trekking down to the parents' house stuff, and baked too -- three kinds of cookies this year! The cherry cookies topped with Hershey's kisses were made extra-special by the new limited edition cherry-cordial Kisses -- soooooo yummy. I made cardamom shortbread wedges too, and will probably not bother with those again -- they're sweet and spicy but too dry and crumbly. And last, I made "snowy bonbons" -- almond paste-filled dough balls dipped in glaze and sprinkled with edible glitter. Put in those little individual candy-sized paper cups, they look beautiful -- but they're just a bit on the bland side. Next to do, while I still have a couple days of vacation left -- Christmas/holiday/New Year cards!
Just before departing for the several days of Christmas chaos, I sat down and watched the old 1946 Alistair Sims version of A Christmas Carol, and It's a Wonderful Life. To me, Dickens *makes* Christmas, and that's a *wonderful* version -- possibly the best. I also watched the Patrick Stewart version, which is good too but just doesn't capture the spirit as well. And if I don't see It's a Wonderful Life, it just doesn't feel like Christmas -- must have my annual dose of George Bailey. *Happiness* They tided me over through the nutso parts of the weekend and kept me going.
Christmas Eve was spent first on my sister's new boat (they live aboard, and this one is a lot bigger than the old one), then driving down the two streets filled with amazing holiday lights -- and traffic jams, and successfully *not* being manipulated into attending church with my mother.
All in all, it's been a good holiday -- and my flist sounds like that's the general consensus. *Hugs the whole flist*
The holidays have felt rushed this year, but then, that's typically the case. By the time I serve up a luncheon to my co-workers, prepare food for the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day meals, and take care of Hanukkah, I'm about cooked out. Done did do the present-buying, wrapping, and trekking down to the parents' house stuff, and baked too -- three kinds of cookies this year! The cherry cookies topped with Hershey's kisses were made extra-special by the new limited edition cherry-cordial Kisses -- soooooo yummy. I made cardamom shortbread wedges too, and will probably not bother with those again -- they're sweet and spicy but too dry and crumbly. And last, I made "snowy bonbons" -- almond paste-filled dough balls dipped in glaze and sprinkled with edible glitter. Put in those little individual candy-sized paper cups, they look beautiful -- but they're just a bit on the bland side. Next to do, while I still have a couple days of vacation left -- Christmas/holiday/New Year cards!
Just before departing for the several days of Christmas chaos, I sat down and watched the old 1946 Alistair Sims version of A Christmas Carol, and It's a Wonderful Life. To me, Dickens *makes* Christmas, and that's a *wonderful* version -- possibly the best. I also watched the Patrick Stewart version, which is good too but just doesn't capture the spirit as well. And if I don't see It's a Wonderful Life, it just doesn't feel like Christmas -- must have my annual dose of George Bailey. *Happiness* They tided me over through the nutso parts of the weekend and kept me going.
Christmas Eve was spent first on my sister's new boat (they live aboard, and this one is a lot bigger than the old one), then driving down the two streets filled with amazing holiday lights -- and traffic jams, and successfully *not* being manipulated into attending church with my mother.
All in all, it's been a good holiday -- and my flist sounds like that's the general consensus. *Hugs the whole flist*
