Advent 2024 - Day 24
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wiseheartAlso, Christmas Eve this year. I hope you all are having a peaceful, lovely evening.
We celebrated around 4pm... if you can call it a celebration. It was modest: I've made punch - with apple juice instead of wine, but with the same spice mix. It was very yummy, Mum very much approved. I draped my cookies on two large plates and put the punch on a warmer that operates with a small tea light, as well as lit all candles on the Advent wreath - it was very cosy. Like this:
As for cooking, I made stuffed chicken joints baked in the oven and red cabbage with apples and raisins as a side dish. I abandoned the idea of Semmelknödel, as the stuffing was basically made of days-old rolls, an egg, some onions and parsley, so why make even more bread-based dishes?
Later on my cousin called and indicated that he and his second wife would visit us somewhen between Christmas and New Year's Eve. I'm very glad for Mum's sake; it's so rare than anyone but H (who's my cousin's first, now ex-wife) remembers that she's still with us, the very last of her generation.
So, now the day is almost over again. I'm currently playing Christmas tunes on YouTube while writing this. We'll watch the Great Christmas Bake-Off later, and Mum probably attend midnight Mass via telly, so that we can sleep in tomorrow.
Have a happy, blessed Christmas, all of you!
Update: H. has just called us on Viber. Her daughter (who happens to be my goddaughter), her son-in-law and the kiddies, Theo and little Emma were also present. Mum was on cloud nine. :)
We celebrated around 4pm... if you can call it a celebration. It was modest: I've made punch - with apple juice instead of wine, but with the same spice mix. It was very yummy, Mum very much approved. I draped my cookies on two large plates and put the punch on a warmer that operates with a small tea light, as well as lit all candles on the Advent wreath - it was very cosy. Like this:
As for cooking, I made stuffed chicken joints baked in the oven and red cabbage with apples and raisins as a side dish. I abandoned the idea of Semmelknödel, as the stuffing was basically made of days-old rolls, an egg, some onions and parsley, so why make even more bread-based dishes?
Later on my cousin called and indicated that he and his second wife would visit us somewhen between Christmas and New Year's Eve. I'm very glad for Mum's sake; it's so rare than anyone but H (who's my cousin's first, now ex-wife) remembers that she's still with us, the very last of her generation.
So, now the day is almost over again. I'm currently playing Christmas tunes on YouTube while writing this. We'll watch the Great Christmas Bake-Off later, and Mum probably attend midnight Mass via telly, so that we can sleep in tomorrow.
Have a happy, blessed Christmas, all of you!
Update: H. has just called us on Viber. Her daughter (who happens to be my goddaughter), her son-in-law and the kiddies, Theo and little Emma were also present. Mum was on cloud nine. :)
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Date: 2024-12-24 05:58 pm (UTC)Time to recall this year's moments in the holiday photochallenge (https://www.livejournal.com/photo/challenge/?ila_context=post&ila_location=frank_comment&ila_campaign=ny25_photo). Get 5 random photos uploaded to the blog in 2024 and share them with the audience!
Have an awesome Christmas and a happy New Year! Let 2025 be filled with joy and inspiration!
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Date: 2024-12-24 06:31 pm (UTC)Happy Christmas to you both! *big Christmas hugs*
Your festivities sound delightfully relaxing. Apart from the cooking =)
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Date: 2024-12-24 08:38 pm (UTC)Leftovers make life so much easier =)
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Date: 2024-12-24 09:31 pm (UTC)Your buscuits and punch look yummy.
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Date: 2024-12-25 04:00 am (UTC)My son and I are resting this Christmas Eve. I went and visited with my husband this afternoon and brought him a piece of cake and some cookies. It was supposed to be a quiet night, however, we have sort of acquired a cat. A stray that we had been feeding for most of the year hurt its leg a few weeks ago and could barely put weight on it. It was freezing cold outside, so we brought it inside and I ran out and bought it a cat bed and a litter box. The leg is now pretty much healed, and it has been staying with us at night and going outside during the day. Yesterday, it came home with another injury, a gash near where it was injured before. So, I decided to keep it indoors through Christmas. But, the cat is not happy about that, it keeps meowing loudly to let me know that it wants to go outside. I have to rub its back to quiet it down and keep it happy. (Spoiled cat)
Hope you and your Mum have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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