Sky wrote:
> For Christmas day, it was a tradition to have boiled shrimp & cocktail
> sauce (aka 'shrimp cocktail') as munchies while the gifts & presents
> around the Christmas tree were opened sometime later morning. That
> 'snack' was to tide everyone over until the big Christmas dinner feast
> was served, usually around 1 to 2pm. For Christmas Eve, KFC was usually
> brought home No cooking for dinner was done on Christmas Eve since
> everything was mostly reserved for the next day's big family feast.
>
> Sky
>
> P.S. There was/is always the obligatory 'cheese straws', too! (groan &
> giggles!) Those cheese straws still have to be made!
>
Our pumpkin chiffon pie, of course. Used to be mandelkagers
(cookies) too, but the only tradition my daughter enjoys is the
pie. I only recall straying one year. That was the year my
sister made Craig Claiborne's (hope I remembered how to spell his
name) ginger cheese pie. With the whipped cream and ginger on
top, it looked just like the usual pie.

That is a great pie (well, both are), btw.

--
Jean B.