On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 21:33:06 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>"U.S. Janet B." wrote in message
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>I come from a long tradition of big deal Christmas Eve/Day and New
>Year's Eve/Day meals, guests, cooking, baking and decorating. It got
>to the point where I was getting seriously out of sorts, depressed
>even when the first of December rolled around. I didn't want to do
>all those cookies and breads and spreads etc., etc., anymore. It was
>a real challenge for me to work up the courage after several years of
>feeling this way to contact the people that were used to coming to
>our house for the events and tell them I wasn't doing it anymore. I
>can't tell you what a relief it is to be able to enjoy the holidays
>for my husband and myself and no one else.
>But, here I am today, kind of fidgety. I doesn't seem right to just
>sit down and read a book . I seems like I should be making a special
>meal or something. I think I am going to order a pizza delivered
>around dinner time instead. I did put out half a loaf of my honey
>wheat bread for the squirrels -- but that's all the food prep that I
>am doing today.
>Happy New Year
>Janet US
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>Good for you! I can see it hasn't been easy but stick with it and it will
>get easier.
>
>I don't blame you one little bit! I don't do that any more either
>
>Hogmanay just for us. Lovely))
>
>Happy New Year)

any traditional foods for Hogmanay? I've read of steak pie. What's
that all about?
Janet US