tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post8373690323422552984..comments2024-03-18T21:16:14.441-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Holidaze!Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36508166226947708512013-12-02T17:16:57.770-05:002013-12-02T17:16:57.770-05:00Hank, yes please, I would love an easy Chicken Cor...Hank, yes please, I would love an easy Chicken Cordon Bleu recipe !!<br /><br />Thank you. Vickie Radfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-34280513471303434702013-12-02T16:44:11.687-05:002013-12-02T16:44:11.687-05:00I LOVE the posters, Julia!
Vicki, chicken cordon ...I LOVE the posters, Julia!<br /><br />Vicki, chicken cordon bleu is EASY--its one of my standbys! Let me know if you need a recipe.. Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64295196928675027892013-12-02T15:43:19.088-05:002013-12-02T15:43:19.088-05:00Love hearing about all your traditions--this is a ...Love hearing about all your traditions--this is a pretty laid back group! wish we could all see you on that float Denise:)Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-85696335456981598802013-12-02T14:15:34.227-05:002013-12-02T14:15:34.227-05:00With the "Christmas" rush starting aroun...With the "Christmas" rush starting around Halloween nowadays, it's good to remember that, technically, we are in Advent, awaiting Christmas. What happened to the Twelve days of Christmas ending in Epiphany? My husband crafts the holiday letter and it goes out when it's ready. I figure if we beat twelfth night, we're good!Libby Doddhttp://www.libbydoddart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46308944296263279682013-12-02T13:08:44.937-05:002013-12-02T13:08:44.937-05:00I love Christmas and enjoy decorating the house. I...I love Christmas and enjoy decorating the house. I know I do less and less each year, though once it is done, I tend to leave it up too long. Something about all that work for just a few weeks. I used to really clean every room as I decorated, now just a light dusting and sweeping seems fine. <br />The things I don't get done anymore are the baking and fancy gift wrapping. I love gift bags ! And there is a wonderful bakery in my little town. They have great, melt in your mouth decorated sugar cookies. <br />I do fix lunch and have the "company" holiday party at my house. There are only six of us and everyone brings food and we have a gift exchange. I wish I could say we always keep in simple but this year they thought something fancy would be fun. I seemed to have volunteered to do Chicken Cordon Bleu ! Vickie Radfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82585155467245061012013-12-02T11:01:15.596-05:002013-12-02T11:01:15.596-05:00Since the year we sold the house where the four gi...Since the year we sold the house where the four girls grew up, each Christmas has been newly invented. This year I will be on the road after December 13th. On Saturday, I decorated a part of the first floor, and that will be that.<br />I am looking forward to seeing friends and family, to church and concerts and theater.<br />On Christmas Eve, I will be in Brooklyn with oldest and youngest daughters and youngest's fiance -- we are planning a buffet supper of things we can buy within two blocks of their apartment (smoked fish, pork, cookies) & a ten p.m. church service nearby.<br />More travel on Christmas Day, and then all of our family together for lunch on the 26th!<br />Before the 13th, I will be busy!<br />Look for me as "Mrs. Santa" on the Carousel of Light float in the Falmouth Christmas Parade!Denise Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790883493798517829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18214923875530565582013-12-02T10:08:59.986-05:002013-12-02T10:08:59.986-05:00Christmas? It's coming? Holy cow, maybe that&#...Christmas? It's coming? Holy cow, maybe that's why all those movies started up…and the decorations…okay, time to get my head out of the computer and smell the season. Drat, now I have to go decorate. Terry Ambrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14859532145979982213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8544327686905283012013-12-02T09:54:48.618-05:002013-12-02T09:54:48.618-05:00Ten years ago when I was so very sick, I was force...Ten years ago when I was so very sick, I was forced to pare down my holiday responsibilities. No more big tree but a tabletop tree. (Allergies in da house, so no real greenery for a long time.) One of the simplest is a fiber optic poinsettia Christmas tree from the Norm Thompson catalog. We just add colored fiber optic lights when we're in the mood for more of a Glitter Gulch tree. (This is one of those years.)I keep it up until Three Kings Day, otherwise I still don't have time to sit with tea in the dark and adore it. <br /><br />Another great tool came from Weight Watchers: a computer printout of a blank two-month calendar with both November and December on one page. All my fixed point dates go on in ink: events, doctor appointments, deadlines, and even workout classes. In the borders, I write the to-do list. That way, I see the spread of available time. Rhonda Lanehttp://www.thehorseyset.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74067041811748211202013-12-02T09:33:55.574-05:002013-12-02T09:33:55.574-05:00Over the years I've let things go, a little at...Over the years I've let things go, a little at a time. Partly because the kids grew up and went their separate ways, starting in college. The year that my middle daughter stayed in Thailand over Christmas, and then went trekking to the base camp of Mt. Everest between then and New Year's was the year I realized we might never all be together for Christmas again. Now we have been, but it's not a given, since that time period makes a dandy chunk of vacation for someone who works for an employer. <br /><br />I used to send out hundreds of Christmas cards, both to friends and family and to business contacts. My husband also sends out hundreds of calendars that feature his photographs. A few years ago we consolidated our lists, and he sends them all out now. If I didn't keep up with close friends and family on Facebook I might not like this as much, but it's great. <br /><br />This year I'll put up a tree and decorate, but we have not been bothering for several years. My oldest daughter wanted her grandson to have Christmas in his own home, so we have traveled to their home in Michigan. They're coming here this year, which will be wonderful. We already had our Christmas with the other two girls and their guys, week before last, so nothing more to do with their gifts. <br /><br />It's almost TOO simple, isn't it? <br /><br />By the way, I say Happy Holidays this time of year, unless it's actually the week before Christmas. There ARE other holidays, and it is so irritating to be corrected by some well-meaning but not inclusive greeter. Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18898654184022783802013-12-02T09:22:44.230-05:002013-12-02T09:22:44.230-05:00I like the simplify and delegate theme! I love the...I like the simplify and delegate theme! I love the look of electric window candles and I must bake cookies. But otherwise the (locally cut) tree has been getting more simple every year and so are the gifts. We go to friends for Christmas Eve every year and make sushi on Christmas Day. I must say that I feel more relaxed about the holidays this year, which might have to do with my not commuting to a day job for the first time in decades. And the fact that my new kitchen was done in time (just!) for Thanksgiving.Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-34928254763850032072013-12-02T08:22:18.745-05:002013-12-02T08:22:18.745-05:00Joan, you sound more organized than I am!Joan, you sound more organized than I am!Susan Elia MacNealhttp://www.susaneliamacneal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90019492040034574912013-12-02T04:15:56.864-05:002013-12-02T04:15:56.864-05:00Oh, I wish I could say I was organized and efficie...Oh, I wish I could say I was organized and efficient about all of this, but . . . the sad truth of the matter is that organization and I don’t even live on the same planet. We have candles in the front bedroom windows, but they are there all year, so I’m guessing that doesn’t really count. There are enough cards still in their boxes from years past that I know I’ll have no problem covering everyone on the Christmas card list, if I actually get them sent out. [But no labels since that would require actually getting the Christmas card list into the computer in the first place.] The tree will get done [mostly without my participation], some haphazard decorating will indeed turn the house into something that looks vaguely festive, the stockings will get hung in front of the fireplace, and since cooking is my thing, no one will starve. There will be cookies and lots of food [and there is a tradition for that: turkey and all the trimmings at Thanksgiving; prime rib roast at Christmas; lamb [and Easter egg bread made from scratch] at Easter.] <br /><br />The things that count the most always manage to get done: whatever is necessary for the children in the family to have a wonderful Christmas always happens and we always make it to midnight candlelight service . . . .<br />The shopping is done, but Christmas Eve [actually Christmas morning after we get home from midnight candlelight service] I’m likely to still be wrapping because . . . well, it’s that organization thing that, even after a gazillion years, I still haven’t gotten figured out . . . . <br />Joan Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810313925049108163noreply@blogger.com