my little custom is on boxing day for breakfast i allways have bubble and squeak made with left over christmas dinner veg with devilled kidneys and loads of nice crisply smoky bacon and too fried eggs sunny side up , cooked useing goose fat as it’s only once a year. so what’s your custom ?
I don’t have a custom but your recipe for Boxing Day sounds wonderful. I might well try that this year - I can’t remember the last time I had devilled kidneys.
Coffee and Baileys followed with Champagne and orange juice while opening presents. Then a big nap around noon I-)
We always open gifts on Christmas Eve The night is usually full of beer, cards, some gluhwein, and snacks.
Mulled wine sounds good, as does goose.
Burn some Frankincense and Myrrh resins on charcoal in a small couldron
The Holidays are a wonderful time of the year, food and drink brings everyone close together. Friends and relatives that I rarely get to see throughout the rest of the year will make it. I appreciate it more and more every year since I am able to see some loved ones who may be enjoying one of their last few Christmases or thanksgivings with us as their health is deteriorating. Its not really the theme that I look forward to anymore, its the company and the tradition that are dear to me. I don’t even think I know what thanksgiving is all about, but I know there is going to be a LOT of amazing food that all the women are gonna cook, and plenty of drink and laughter to go around. I know that I belong to a generation where there is a lot of religious individualism and atheistic attitudes, but everyone who gets together on Christmas eve knows that no matter what the future brings were always gonna do what ever it takes to get together and enjoy the seven fishes. I know the night will be dragged out with endless chatter fueled by coffee and sambuca (perhaps a nice time to bust out some toque Christmas pudding). Its important to take everything in and enjoy it all to the most. Nothing like waking up to the smell of fresh panettone. Merry Christmas and happy new year to all! Buon Natale Ragazzi!
When I was young we always opened our gifts, then went to church, then ran around to every possible family members’ house and got home in time for bed. My wife had the same experiences. We had no time to play with all the cool new stuff until the next day, and that sucked eggs. So, our little tradition has been a big party on Christmas Eve with all our family and friends invited to our house. We stack the tables with the biggest array of meats and cheeses we can find (the prosciutto was a huge hit last year), and every type of alcoholic beverage we can get our hands on. The next day we ignore everyone, hang out as a little family, play with toys, and go eat Chinese food when we get hungry. Nothing says Christmas like a Tsingtao!
I mainline smack, do some meth, and then shoot a relative.
And he does it with class…
I mainline smack, do some meth, and then shoot a relative.
that puts a new twist on the traditional boxing day shoot, and it’s one way to cut the cost of next christmas . but mate your family must be getting scarce and a little bit suspicious by now ?
You would think so, but back they come each year. In fewer numbers obviously.
Toque Christmas Pudding
Our Christmas usually starts with some family members making a road trip before the big day. Most of my family live in Florida and we live in Virginia. My son and his wife are the exceptions, as they also live in Virginia. My mom, brother and two daughters will be making the trip this year. Unfortunately, most of my wife’s family have passed beyond the veil and we miss them dearly. On Christmas Eve, we each open one present (kind of a teaser for the big day). Christmas morning, I’m out of bed before the sun rises and in the kitchen to cook the feast, which consists of two to three ducks, a ham, duchess potatoes, mixed vegetable casserole and a couple of pecan pies. Once I get everything going and can take a break, we open the stockings and remaining presents. Then we light a candle to honor those who are no longer with us, and to think of those in the military who are currently deployed or stationed outside the U.S. Then it’s on to mulled wine, Christmas carols and a showing of some version of A Christmas Carol and/or The Polar Express. Eventually, we all pass out, either from wine, exhaustion or a little of both. This year will be particularly special, since it will include my first grandson, born on October 24 this year.
I mainline smack, do some meth, and then shoot a relative.
Dude meth is bad. And further more I’am sure they deserved it.
No tobacco traditions yet. But a good heavy ale is nice, and my sister will often make some tasty olde-timey boozed up egg nog.
I usally eat some beef with mustard, hang out with ghosts all night, have a life changing vision and repent my miserly ways.
Ummmmm… Good luck with that @PotPoe!!!
Being Eastern Orthodox, there is a 40 day pre-nativity fast (no meat, no dairy.) The Christmas Liturgy takes place at midnight and it is followed by an enormous feast at the church where everybody gets reacquainted with meat.
I love Chocolate cake & Turkey followed by Dholakia Christmas Snuff (hopefully)?