Alternative Christmas

ellebud
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:42:24 +0000

Thank you to all! And all of you are truly invited here…anytime. Our Christmas Eve party food ranges from Italian, Honeybaked Turkey and ham (you should excuse the expression…) to LOTS of wine and dessert. Oh, and a few veggies so we should be healthy for the new year. And all our Jewish friends love coming here because they have nowhere to go. And my kids invite all their friends (Jewish and nonJewish) for dinner.

Last year one friend of my kids, Christian, started to look uncomfortable around 11 at night. Finally he admitted that he had never missed Mass or Church for Christmas. There were 10 of us left in the house. We all walked up to the Church to accompany him so he wouldn’t be alone. I got a bit nervous that there wouldn’t be room for us…but no problem…we stood in back (no seats left) with my daughter’s friend. Then we had hot chocolate and desserts…again. I love a good party.

Look, in the end, this is their loss. My nephew is one lonely kid. He could have had cousins. And the rest of them are trying to make amends (in a strange way) because my kids are useful/and they, the old people, are dying off.

And I…and my mirror cleaner…are available for here or to go. Just know that we laugh (perhaps too loudly), put the tinsel discussion to a higher art form (I bought solid tinsel to quell the battle…husband likes the strand by strand method), and I make too much food…just in case the Russian army shows up.