Do you like my little Christmas kitty? Could drive you crazy after awhile, eh? (If he is not wagging his tail at you, just click on him and a separate window will do him justice!)Danae just came in the door, shouting "Merry Christmas" and delivered us all bags (and I'm talking full bags) of the results of her and her mom's month of baking - a huge assortment of holiday cookies and bars, breads and snacks. Wow! We're set!
We will be closed for Christmas this week, starting tomorrow, the 24th, through Friday the 26th. Our holiday will begin tomorrow with our drive around the county, stopping in to see old friends and relatives and share a little Christmas cheer, with or without Eggnog. Christmas Eve night will be a casual dinner at home, with some D'Artagnan pates and a baked brie, along with a few clementines and nuts to round things out. A little champagne wouldn't be out of order at that point either, now would it? We may be sitting in the living room, watching a DVD of "Holiday", starring Cary Grant and Kathryn Hepburn, for the last part of the first evening of our Holiday at home.
Christmas morning will find us - as per tradition - in the kitchen watching Kevin make our annual Eggs Benedict. Mom will join us for this event, which is the only way we know of to start the day of food that is Christmas. We'll probably begin (or continue) to eat Danae's assorted goodies as part of our Christmas breakfast, also as per tradition: when else do you get to eat cookies at breakfast??
Our Christmas Dinner this year features squab. These little birds are one of my favorite poultrys, which we've enjoyed on Christmas's past. Ours have come from the aptly named "Palmetto Pigeon Plant", out of South Carolina. Kevin will probably roast it and make some sort of delicious sauce for it, while I will be making the popcorn rice, which we have left from our travels in Louisiana, and the usual Brussels sprouts Lyonnaise. Beat biscuits from Orrell's will grace our table, also as per usual, with copious amounts of butter. Ruby and Jacob will get a little treat in their dinner bowls - Ruby's got a huge deer bone to look forward to and Jacob, well Jacob will be happy with an extra helping of kibble, I believe.
Dessert will be Fran's chocolates, as per tradition, and Enstrom's toffee, as well as more from Danae's bag, I am sure. Wine will be champagne, of course, either the Gruet rose or maybe a bottle of our Deutz vintage Brut, purchased several years ago with special events in mind. Celebrating the end of December 2008 is going to be right up there, don't you think? We will most likely be found outside in front of a small campfire after dinner, drinking coffee and port and pondering the future under a (hopefully) starry night.
We love our Christmas traditions and have no desire to stray from them. Here's hoping yours are just as special and just as merry!
Christmas morning will find us - as per tradition - in the kitchen watching Kevin make our annual Eggs Benedict. Mom will join us for this event, which is the only way we know of to start the day of food that is Christmas. We'll probably begin (or continue) to eat Danae's assorted goodies as part of our Christmas breakfast, also as per tradition: when else do you get to eat cookies at breakfast??
Our Christmas Dinner this year features squab. These little birds are one of my favorite poultrys, which we've enjoyed on Christmas's past. Ours have come from the aptly named "Palmetto Pigeon Plant", out of South Carolina. Kevin will probably roast it and make some sort of delicious sauce for it, while I will be making the popcorn rice, which we have left from our travels in Louisiana, and the usual Brussels sprouts Lyonnaise. Beat biscuits from Orrell's will grace our table, also as per usual, with copious amounts of butter. Ruby and Jacob will get a little treat in their dinner bowls - Ruby's got a huge deer bone to look forward to and Jacob, well Jacob will be happy with an extra helping of kibble, I believe.
Dessert will be Fran's chocolates, as per tradition, and Enstrom's toffee, as well as more from Danae's bag, I am sure. Wine will be champagne, of course, either the Gruet rose or maybe a bottle of our Deutz vintage Brut, purchased several years ago with special events in mind. Celebrating the end of December 2008 is going to be right up there, don't you think? We will most likely be found outside in front of a small campfire after dinner, drinking coffee and port and pondering the future under a (hopefully) starry night.
We love our Christmas traditions and have no desire to stray from them. Here's hoping yours are just as special and just as merry!
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