Christmas and Holiday Dishes
Monday Greetings, Friends!
What did the weekend bring your way besides some last minute shopping?
Only 9 days ’til Christmas.
Hard to believe!
My sister, Jennie, and I had that conversation today.
Jen said, “I can’t believe Christmas is only 9 days away. Just yesterday it seems it was Thanksgiving.”
I agreed. “When we were kids, Christmas seemed a million days away.” We laughed.
Mine was most productive – in small ways – turns out big ways.
Temperatures were most favorable (in the 70s), so I jumped at the opportunity to clean all the exterior of my windows and oil the wood on screen doors and outside wood doors before Old Man Winter comes along with his cold breath and takes claim for a few months.
All are race ready to endure wintertime in style.
Success!
Had so much joy collecting these Christmastime treasures to share today!
Click away.
Enjoy!
BEGINNING WITH:
CLEAN YOUR RUSTY CAST IRON SKILLET
With this unexpected red condiment!
** check it out here **
10 BEST CHRISTMAS PEANUTS COMIC STRIPS
Hello – Opening up newspaper Memory Lane.
** see here **
11 SWEET HOLIDAY TRADITIONS SLOWLY DISAPPEARING
Big fat boo!
I totally agree.
So effortless at one time – now a chore or shoved away in the Land of Forgotten.
** read here **
HANDMADE CHARM
How cool are these paper birds with painted feathers?
I’m thinking large one-of-a-kind gift tags.
And then they can roll over and become a trick piece of refrigerator art when the Christmas festivities slide away until next year.
** check out the how to here **
AND NOW WE GET TO SOME FOOD FUN!
RECIPE (!)
ANTIPASTO WREATH APPETIZER
So clever + beautiful + easy + memorable
** recipe here **
RECIPE (!)
TORTIILLA PINWHEEL CHRISTMAS TREE APPETIZER
A darling + presentation
** recipe here **
RECIPE (!)
CHRISTMAS SALAD WITH HONEY MUSTARD
Not only stunning …
Outstanding + incredibly delicious
** recipe here **
RECIPE (!)
WHISKEY ONION BACON JAM
(( think hostess Christmas gift + all year ’round hostess gift when invited to a get-together ))
** recipe here **
RECIPE (!)
CHRISTMAS CHEESECAKE SLAB
No bake + edible art = impressive
** recipe here **
A MUST SEE!
CELEBRATE THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES
BEST MOVIE MONTAGE
Spellbinding.
Hope you’ve got a minute or two to view.
You won’t be disappointed.
** watch here **
CHRISTMAS CAROL
SUNG BY TINY TIM
BY CHARLES DICKENS
God Bless us Every one
Life is full of sweet surprises
Every day’s a gift
The sun comes up and I can feel it lift my spirit
Fills me up with laughter
Fills me up with song
I look into the eyes of love
And I know that I belong
Bless us all who gather here
The loving family I hold dear
No place on Earth compares with home
And every path will bring me back from where I roam
Bless us all that as we live, we’ll always comfort and forgive
We have so much that we can share
With those in need we see around us everywhere
Let us always love each other
Lead us to the Light
Let us hear the Voice of Reason
Singing in the night
Let us run from anger and catch us when we fall
Teach us in our dreams and please
Yes, please, bless us one and all
Bless us all with playful years
With noisy games and joyful tears
We reach for you and we stand tall
And in our prayers and dreams
We ask you bless us all.
Love the Peanuts comics!
Great recipes!
Hi Stacy –
I, too, love the Peanuts Christmas comics!
Charles Schulz totally had a world of fans with his heartfelt, humorous pieces.
Who doesn’t know the names — Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder … ?
What a gift Schulz was to planet earth.
Thanks, always, for taking the time to comment and share.
LET’S GO LAUGHING
Love the Peanuts cartoons – especially Mary Christmas! Ahead of her time 😉
And those recipes! I’ve always had a thing for pinwheels and this version looks especially tasty and is so pretty for Christmas!!! The no-bake cheesecake reminds me of a long forgotten version I got from J’s Cafeteria many, many years ago. It was no-fail and delicious. Since I have no idea what happened to it over the years, I’m printing the Aussie version for my sure-to-try list.
Movie montage – sweet and touching. . .
“Til Wednesday!!!
And I totally agree that the movie montage was sweet and touching. I love these creatives who go through the archives of so many shows and splice them all together so perfectly. Like putting together another story that’s a mesmerizing watch. I probably have watched it 5 times. Ha
Thanks for reading and sharing!
CHRISTMAS MAGIC
RE Bob Hope: I accept the challenge when grocery shopping to see if I can catch the eye of a woman shopper by simply smiling at her and then pause to see if she smiles back. Most of the time people walk past me unaware of others. However, this morning a woman actually looked at me and found me smiling at her….lo and behold she smiled back.
Today’s Daymaker reminded me of that when I read the quote of Bob Hope. Bob Hope certainly brought hundreds of thousands of smiles on his annual Christmas tour to our service men and women.
A round of applause to such memory.
Good for you, Marty. Smiling and looking for smiles back. Cool idea.
And, yes, when I stumbled across the Bob Hope quote it brought back memories of watching his specials where he entertained the troops.
What a wonderful human being.
So grateful for your support via reading and sharing.
OH WHAT FUN
So many great Christmas movies in one love it. Peanut comic strips always good I miss the movies that we watched as kids. Wonderful walk down memory lane❤️
So glad you enjoyed,, J!
Thank you for reading and sharing.
JOLLY HOLLY JOLLY