Holidailies 24

The last Christmas Eve post.

Up above, a picture of one of my favorite items we brought back from Germany. It's a Christmas pyramid, and the lighted candles make it spin. To see what it looks like when it isn't lit, click here. It's so sweet. We found it in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

If you've been following along on my Christmas Eve updating marathon, you'll be glad to hear that the divinity was a success. Even though I forgot to add the vanilla until just before time to spoon out the candy onto the trays, it tastes just right. I may even make it again before the end of the year. I'm very pleased.

Tomorrow I'll have lots of cooking to do for the Christmas feast. The first order of business in the morning will be peeling the grapefruit for a fresh grapefruit salad. The menu will look like this:

Roast turkey (with cranberry sauce and gravy)
Southern cornbread dressing
Garlic green beans
Mashed potatoes
Fresh grapefruit salad
Honey wheat rolls (already made and in the freezer)
Bourbon pecan pie (already made)

And that should be plenty.

Marty's mom and stepfather will arrive late tomorrow afternoon and should be here in time for dinner. We are planning to have a fun visit with a trip to New York and also a day in Newport. I hope the weather won't be too cold.

Since it's Christmas Eve, we got our stockings out tonight so Santa can fill them up. I've had my stocking since my first Christmas. All of my cousins have similar ones with their names on them as well. That stocking is in pretty good shape for being 35 years old!

And Marty has a new stocking this year. If I were a knitter, I'd love to knit him one. But I'm not, so I bought him a knitted one. To personalize it, I used green wool and chain-stitched his name on there, freehand. It only took me a few tries to get it the way I wanted it. I think it looks pretty wild. I really like it.


Click on these pictures to enlarge.

Of course, looking at them side by side like that reminds me of the old song: "All the stockings you will find, hanging in a row; mine will be the shortest one, you'll be sure to know..." How did mine get to be the shortest one?

Merry Christmas, everyone!