Work, the Jews, Buddhists and Muslims work for the Christians on our Holidays. The Christians work for the fore mentioned on their Holidays. Believe me the non Christian holidays add up far more then the Christian.
Been this way every where I worked for 40 years or so North and South. Only people that got left out were the non religious but they got Federal Holidays off, and their birthday if they wished.-----This was with full pay.
Today we will have Christmass dinner at the large Truck Stop that puts on a feed for $15.00 each a buffet that has all one can eat. We have done this before quite a few times, and New Years day also. Were I to try to make all the selections they have from prime rib to King Crab legs, steamed baby neck clams, fried clams with and without the belly's, Ham and every kind of fixings from grits to collards, It would cost me a months worth of food money.
Screw the cooking, hours in the kitchen and the waste of food that is not eaten. The entertainment is excellent for a people watcher. No problem with family fights, we are in public you know. No mess to clean up and no booze served to agate others. No kids running about knocking over tables or taunting the dogs, PRICELESS.
Sounds good, vesta. But this year since my son has his kid for the holiday, we're going all out. Next year I'm going out to eat. I keep trying to persuade hubby to don his dress blues and take me to the mess hall, excuse me, in today's parlance it's the dining facility. The cooks, who never seem to get much credit imo, put out the most fantastic feast.
I've been delegating some of the cooking to others in the family as my hands and wrists are getting weaker with age and chopping up nuts and yams isn't as easy as it was before. Or I'm just lazier.
We are having spiral ham with glaze, yam casserole (with peaches, brown sugar, cashews, butter, topped with marshmallows), homemade cranberry sauce (with fresh cranberries, Gran Marnier, orange juice, orange and lemon peel and cinnamon), no green beans this year! I'll make some Sister Shubert's rolls. A good rose wine with dinner and for afterwards, a glass of port, for hubby and me anyway. The kids and grandson (natch) do not drink alcohol.
Yesterday inbetween parties and general chores I did manage to put together a ginger cream pumpkin pie. It has a homemade graham cracker crust with pecans and butter, cream cheese and sour cream, eggs and pumpkin for the filling and a topping of whipped cream with sugar, dark rum, and crystallized ginger. My daughter is bringing a chocolate cake. It's not typical Christmas fare, those desserts, but it's what we decided on this year.
For breakfast we had scrambled eggs and a slice of German marzipan stollen. THAT I bought.
I'm hiding out in my room because the living room tv is tuned in to cartoons. Waiting on daughter to show up anytime now so we can open gifts.
Hope everyone is enjoying their day thus far.
