Taste Like Chicken Christmas Monday 12/25

nybuckeye, that would be fine if anyone else had an ounce of decent cooking. It was the worst meal I ever had in 77 years. I think she wanted someone else to take it next year, but they will not unless she refuses. I had to do that. If I could manage it, I’d take it back just to have a decent family dinner. Thanksgiving is also going. I do the cranberries and pies now, probably will need to drag a decent veg and maybe dressing since only we old folks like it. But at least I do not have to set up, and clean up at my house.

How nice of Iggy !  

I guess the surgery patient will have to stay quietly in bed with a light plate.

Linda, those big holiday meals are a thing of the past for a lot of families. It's ironic that there are more cooking shows (and cooking networks) than ever, but nobody seems to cook like the used to. There are also more fast food places and options for getting meals delivered. DM/DF used to host and it was 3 grandparents (biological maternal grandfather was never in the picture), great grandmother and a great aunt and uncle plus us 3 kids. DF did more of the cooking than DM but it was a team effort. I guess, with the cook you used to be, people think you need more cookbooks😀. Enjoy dinner. We had our big meal at lunch and kitchen is already cleaned up and first load of dishes in the dishwasher. I'll make Dale some tofu noodle soup for dinner, so there will be another dishwasher load later on.

Chele, what vegetarian cookbook did you get? Like Kathy said, nice that it came with a cook. It sounds like Iggy is finally getting on the meatless train. Maybe he is noticing that it makes him feel better. I know the pasta maker will be used frequently at your house. Sorry about GF's husband. Amazing that she is still doing the big dinner with his just coming home. I guess she doesn't want to disappoint anyone and she probably had all the food bought anyway. Still a lot of work. We finished A Christmas Story and are currently watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

No White Christmas here, Kathy. Like you, it's a wet Christmas. Temps are in the 60s so not too bad. Rain has been pretty spotty. Last Christmas is when we had the flash freeze and Glad you had a nice get together at DM's and I know the one at DS's today will also be nice. I agree on Die Hard being a Christmas movie.

We exchanged gifts after lunch and I plan to make a batch of ginger cookies shortly. The compression garment like the one I use at Osteo is charging and I plan to use it this afternoon. Both Dale and I ran before breakfast to beat the rain. Poor Arya hasn't had a chance to nap all day and is probably going to sleep the entire evening. I made a batch of ginger snaps this afternoon, which are the only Christmas cookies I made this year. Very unusual that I haven't made any before now. Hope everyone is having an awesome day.