Holiday Fun 2007

samina

samina

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whatchadoin', whereyagoin', whatcha gonna eat...? ;) :D

i'm going to visit my folks in tampa... takin' kids, gonna visit universal studios islands of adventure (hulk... here i come)... hopefully hit the beach if the weather complies...
 
Xmas eve at my grandmother's/aunt's, about an hour away. I imagine it'll be the usual xmas eve dinner. Sharing of the unconsecrated (sp?) host; usual antipasti--cauliflower/blood orange/red onion/olives/caper salad; roasted red peppers, celery, artichoke, capers, anchovies; pasta, with either baccala, misc. other fish (shrimp and other stuff...dunno for sure...never had it), or plain sauce; dinner of more fish, rice balls, potato balls, broccoli, and god knows what else; dessert of pan forte, various spice cookies, a peppermint pig, espresso, and drinks. Gift opening to follow.

Christmas day prolly at our house. By request: mahogany chicken, mac & cheese, roasted asparagus w/ browned butter & balsamic sauce. Something dessert-ish...don't know what, yet.
 
oooo... your famous mahogany chicken....mmmm

what's an unconsecrated host? i remember that as part of a religion... JW, perhaps?
 
Wafer that hasn't been blessed, is my understanding. My grandmother always get some every xmas, usually with some xmas design stamped into it. She's Catholic, so I suppose it's probably Catholic host (definitely doesn't taste like the bits of Adventist "bread" my mom would sneak me), but I don't know if it's a Catholic tradition, an Italian one, or a Polish one.

We have a tradition where the oldestperson starts with it and says a few words. Glad to have people there, remembering those who couldn't be, grateful for what you have, same time next year, blah blah blah. Then she'll take it and go to someone and greet them and wish them merry xmas and blah blah blah, and they'll break off part of it, and kiss each other. And then each will turn and do the same thing with someone else. So, by the end, you end up having a handful of crumbs that everyone in the room has touched (you're supposed to eat it, which is the only part of the ritual that squicks me out a bit), and you've said a few words to everyone, and given everyone a hug and a kiss.

All in all, I think it's a really nice ritual and has always been one of my favorite parts of xmas eve. It's always been marred somewhat, though, by my mom's grumbling and scowling throughout it. (Religious whatnot.) *shrug* It used to bother me, but now I don't let it.
 
Peaches said:
Wafer that hasn't been blessed, is my understanding.
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nice. i have that every day. ;) oh wait... edited to change... i read that as WATER not WAFER... lol. nope... don't ever have that! unless my vanilla wafer cookies count...

We have a tradition where the oldestperson starts with it and says a few words. Glad to have people there, remembering those who couldn't be, grateful for what you have, same time next year, blah blah blah. Then she'll take it and go to someone and greet them and wish them merry xmas and blah blah blah, and they'll break off part of it, and kiss each other. And then each will turn and do the same thing with someone else. So, by the end, you end up having a handful of crumbs that everyone in the room has touched (you're supposed to eat it, which is the only part of the ritual that squicks me out a bit), and you've said a few words to everyone, and given everyone a hug and a kiss.

All in all, I think it's a really nice ritual and has always been one of my favorite parts of xmas eve.
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i agree, peach... very nice tradition... barring mom's grumbling
 
Meh. She had her reasons. I understand them, and sympathise, even though I don't agree now (and didn't understand fully then).

Now that she's not actively parenting my brother and me, she's much less grumbly.
 
Peaches said:
Wafer that hasn't been blessed, is my understanding. My grandmother always get some every xmas, usually with some xmas design stamped into it. She's Catholic, so I suppose it's probably Catholic host (definitely doesn't taste like the bits of Adventist "bread" my mom would sneak me), but I don't know if it's a Catholic tradition, an Italian one, or a Polish one.

We have a tradition where the oldestperson starts with it and says a few words. Glad to have people there, remembering those who couldn't be, grateful for what you have, same time next year, blah blah blah. Then she'll take it and go to someone and greet them and wish them merry xmas and blah blah blah, and they'll break off part of it, and kiss each other. And then each will turn and do the same thing with someone else. So, by the end, you end up having a handful of crumbs that everyone in the room has touched (you're supposed to eat it, which is the only part of the ritual that squicks me out a bit), and you've said a few words to everyone, and given everyone a hug and a kiss.

All in all, I think it's a really nice ritual and has always been one of my favorite parts of xmas eve. It's always been marred somewhat, though, by my mom's grumbling and scowling throughout it. (Religious whatnot.) *shrug* It used to bother me, but now I don't let it.
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CATHOLIC...as is all the fish on Xmas eve....though more italian than polish...polish would just do no meat...prolly pierogies etc
 
dunno what we will do with extended family yet...but we will leave on christmas for a trip to dh's relatives on the way to a 10 day carribean cruise...celebrity..... can't wait
 
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