Holidays and Traditions

When two people start a new relationship they have to meld and mix together their traditions for holidays. Some of the old traditions are traded in for new ones. We started by having a goose for Thanksgiving instead of a turkey. The Christmas tree went up on the Sunday after Thanksgiving due to circumstances like getting a new set of vent-free gas logs installed. But the tree did get put up,,,,just a few days later than normal.

Every year Mike makes goodie bags to give to his neighbors. He puts homemade jams in the bags. I made Christmas cookies to add to the bags this year.

I also made peppermint bark to go in the bags.

My sweetheart loves fresh yeast rolls to go with his holiday meals. This year I made rolls for the first time ever. I have made bread before but not rolls. It was not hard and I will work on perfecting this recipe.

One of my traditions is drinking Poinsettias on Christmas Eve followed by a rib roast, twice baked potatoes and a vegetable.

Christmas morning I found all the girls laying in the sun.

I built us a fire - that means I used the remote control to lite the fireplace and then turned the tree lights on.

After Mike made us a breakfast of fried salt-cured country ham with red eye gravy with some of my homemade rolls we did one of his traditions which is mimosas after breakfast. I can't handle OJ well so I made myself another poinsettia.

For Christmas supper we had a brined turkey, sausage & mushroom dressing, gravy, apple cider braised pearl onions, cranberry sauce, hot artichoke & bacon dip, rolls and deviled eggs. Those are a tradition at Thanksgiving and Christmas for Mike.

I am loving every minute of melding our traditions into new ones for us as we embark on our life together and am looking forward to creating new one together.