Happy Christmas to all who celebrate it

Thank you, Mirjam. and I hope Chanukkah was good for you.

Dottie

Abd to those who don`t, too! Thanks Mirjam.

Pat P

I am a little bit late, but I also want send all my good friends here on RCTN a very Merry Christmas,or whatever festival fits your beliefs.

May the coming year bring us all Peace,Good Health and Happiness.

Gillian

I second that and figure 2010 has a nice ring to it, should be good.

Wonderful waking up this a.m. and knowing I am not cook for the first time in 53 years ! I did make the pud, also trifle and brandy butter to go with the pud. I'm not driving either so can indulge lol

Merry Christmas !

Christmas Day here was bright and sunny but a bit chilly. All the snow & frost seems to have been left down in the North of Scotland - long may it stay there.

A third from me. I await that little button on the turkey to pop. It's been a busy, busy season for me and rctn has been the little respite I need every day.

All the best to everyone.

Nancy

I drove back from the service for Christmas Day in the Morning under a bright blue sky with sundogs--first ones I've noticed this winter. I assisted for at least the 20th year in a row at this service with a retired priest who is a very dear friend. There were maybe 12 of us, and it was a solemn and beautiful thing.

On the way home I tried to sneak a present into a friend's mailbox, but was spotted and dragged in for coffee with her and her DH and 2 adult children. She has had a rough year, and I gave her a vase and some paperwhite bulbs, as a sign of hope. I got away before she read the mushy message on the card or we would both have been bawling.

Then I went to DD, where we had unChristmas, since we are celebrating Little Christmas this year. I made a run to the local Sobey's yesterday, and gathered up a fruit plate, veggie plate, tiny oranges, fresh salsa and chips....so we settled in and watched American football and "Julie and Julia" (there's a contrast for you!) while some pork tenderloin cooked in cranberries, orange juice and honey in the slow cooker (her oven quit some months ago and I had all that stuff in the freezer). And we had eggnog, with some rum I am sure not-quite-exH had no further use for, and a bottle of the infamous Cat Pee on a Gooseberry Bush wine with dinner, and were merry indeed.

yeah, the Grinch was right--maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store. It was a good one.

Peace and joy to everyone everywhere, because that is what it really is about.

Dawne

Thank you Pat ,,, a Healthy New year 2010 To all as well ,,, mirjam

You're such a good friend.

The movie sounds good, the food better. And I had to check to see if the wine really exist.

You bet!

Amen Dawne

Cheryl

I highly recommend both the "Julie and Julia" movie and the Cat Pee on a Gooseberry Bush wine. The movie is worth seeing to watch Meryl Streep as Julia; she really captures the joy. And she and Stanley Tucci really convey how Paul and Julia Child cherished each other for exactly who they were--nice to see a mature couple madly in love. The wine I had not had before. I got it as a gift for cat sitting (very appropriate, no???) and it was dry enough to be crisp without that sour edge that dry whites sometimes have. (at least, that's how it tasted after several eggnogs!!)

Dawne

Not often I watch movies but having always admired Julia Child I watched that and was not disappointed. Glad they chose Meryl Streep because somehow she does become the person. A nice tribute.