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On 6 Dec 2004 21:01:09 -0800, (Takuya) wrote:
>I grew up in a Japanese traditional local area, so have never
>celebrated Christmas. I have no idea what you Westerners do or eat on
>the day. If not mind,please let me know.
> Talking about your story, you were totally lucky to turn misfortune
>into a blessing. We have the same saying in Japan. Wazawai Tenzite
>Fukutonaru.
When my parents were still alive, we went to their house on Christmas Eve
for appetizers, drinks, and gift opening. Mom always played her huge stack
of Christmas albums. On Christmas Day, we went back there for a
magnificent dinner that would put Martha Stewart to shame. They were some
of the best two days of the entire year.
Now that it's just Crash and me, we have his daughter, her boyfriend, and
her mother and stepfather over for Christmas Eve. This year, we'll have
lasagna, cheese/sausage/crackers, peppermint brownies, and soda pop.
2003 was a lot of fun.
Maybe we should invest in a ham for Christmas Day. With Betty Crocker au
gratin potatoes (hush, all you food purists) <G>. We try to keep as
low-stress as possible with all of our holiday celebrations, so we'll keep
it simple.
The following week will be a dizzying array of various soups with ham, ham
fried rice, fried ham and potato cubes, scalloped potatoes with ham, ham
sandwiches. Fortunately, we both really love ham. <G>
We miss the family get-togethers, but we can make happy memories of our
own.
Carol, whose Christmas tree is up!
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."
*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_
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