[OnTheJourney]

Christina - Hillarious! Boys! That's a great Christmas dinner story! lol

We are doing a big traditional Christmas, having everyone (DH's folks and bro, my mom, bro and nephew) come to our house. My family for a few days, DH's parents on Christmas morn for presents and brunch, then big dinner and eve games. I think DH's bro is planning on coming after Christmas eve mass and staying overnight a couple nights too. We do a bit of a Christmas Eve (after mass) celebration as well, a French-Canadian tradition called 'le Revellion' that is carried out on my some of my Mom's side as a crazy party with a full meal, music, dancing the works. We just get together and play a few games and eat!

I have the menu and the 'to do' lists ready. Tomorrow DH and I are going to try to complete them! The only shopping left is the freash groceries. yay! Then we have to clean the basement and get beds ready for guests. And other then that just general cleaning and tidying up.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE an old fashioned traditional Christmas. I love to cook and bake too. I am jelous of the new roasting pan! I asked Santa for one and I'm hoping I get it or I may be hooped cooking dinner that night! lol

OK here's my menu, It's pretty crazy!

We are doing two chickens (I don't want everyone coping out of the games to nap and blaming on the turkey!), a ham, stuffing, fresh cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoe bake (DS's fav!), mashed turnip (DS's other fav!), peas or carrots?, and a overnight 'flowerette' salad that sounds yummy and a cheese and pickle tray. We won't really have dessert, too much food, but I have trays of baking out pretty much all through the holidays. I made cookie dough truffles, butter pecan fudge, pecan tarts, lemon raspberry tarts, shortbread, rice kirspie squares, puffed wheat squares, spiced cereal snack mix and New York Trash (cereal, pecans, dried cranberries covered in white belgian chocolate). I'm hungry now!

Sorry for the rambling details, I'm just so excited about Christmas!

Enjoy the holiday season and many blessings to all of you!
M