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Showing posts with label Christmas 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas 2015. Show all posts
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Monday, December 28, 2015
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Christmas Eve 2015 - Christmas Full Moon
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Dale and I noticed the Christmas (not quite yet) full moon before getting to church tonight. It was spectacular.
Christmas Eve 2015 - Oh, Cozy Night
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Our church service was at 7:00 p.m. which was nice because we were home by 9:00 and had a little time to read before bed.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Christmas Eve 2015 - Christmas Wish
Thursday, December 24, 2015
What I really wanted for Christmas all those years ago but never got. Oh well, the Snoopy Drive-In Movie was my other dream present and I got that one.
This was the version I wanted. The toy is still sold but these days it's basically just a stupid microwave oven.
This was the version I wanted. The toy is still sold but these days it's basically just a stupid microwave oven.
Friday, December 25, 2015
Christmas Eve 2015 - From Dale's Journal
Thursday, December 24, 2015
"Well, the weather huffed and puffed and tried mightily to deliver a White Christmas to Minneapolis, but that great laboring brought forth a mouse in the form of an icy thin layer of snow/slush that froze solid last night when the temperatures finally dropped below freezing to give us our first “average” day in weeks. Not very Christmas-y and since I’m all about the atmospherics around Christmas, this is kind of disappointing.
But Christmas will come just the same, so we’ll play along. We’re heading to Joe’s mom’s house for the traditional Christmas Eve meal of cheese and bread fondue with a side of tenderloin and carafe of wine. Once the beavers have finished building dams in our arteries and we awake from our stupor, Joe and I will transform into cherubs and sing tonight at Christmas Eve mass.
Tomorrow is Christmas dinner at our house with Joe’s mom, possibly a friend of hers, and the last minute addition of a Christmas orphan who just texted asking if my invitation from a month ago is still good. He promised wine and to wear bells. Well, hell yeah, he had me at “wine”. The bells are just frosting on the cake."
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Christmas Eve 2015 - Egg Nog
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Had to finish out the night with some egg nog.
Had to finish out the night with some egg nog.
Christmas Eve 2015 - Christmas Eve Service
Saturday, December 24, 2015
The Christmas Eve service was lovely. Emma and Gabrielle dancing to Night of Silence was particularly sweet.
Christmas Eve 2015 - Kalle Anke
Saturday, December 24, 2015
Dale and I came home from Mom's a little early so we could get ready for our Christmas Eve service. Both of us are singing in the choir. We had a little time for Kalle Anke prior to departing.
Dale and I came home from Mom's a little early so we could get ready for our Christmas Eve service. Both of us are singing in the choir. We had a little time for Kalle Anke prior to departing.
Christmas Eve 2015 - Christmas Cookies
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Mom served Christmas cookies for dessert. She used Grandma Jean's sugar cookie recipe which turns out some pretty awesome results. Mom thinks they're the best sugar cookies she's ever tasted and I have to agree with her. The recipe had been lost for a while but she told me that this year she found it again! She also served a nut pastry called _________. It's made by Tobie's (yes, the one between Minneapolis and Duluth) although she found it at a grocery store near her. Earlier this morning Dale and I stopped at Kowalski's for some last minute shopping for tomorrow's dinner and I picked up the cookie you see below. It's a shortbread cookie but it had a gingerbread taste to it. The bottom part was dipped in some kind of frosting. The whole thing was marvelous.
Christmas Eve 2015 - Wine
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Mom doesn't have gin on hand so I stuck with wine.
Christmas Eve 2015 - Mom
Thursday, December 24, 2015
This year is my 50th Christmas and I've celebrated all of them with this dear woman. Thanks Mom, for making them great. I love you.
Christmas Eve 2015 - Mom's Tree
We got to Mom's around noon. Her friend Lynn was there to join us for lunch. We started with an appetizer of brie and apple slices on crackers.
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