Christmas Eve Traditions
The house is ready for the big family dinner tomorrow, through no effort on my part. My contribution, so far, as picking up the standing rib roast from Bachetti Bros yesterday. [Seven bones! It is now dry aging in the fridge. If ever there was a plutocratic, over the top, trust fund looking standing rib roast, this is it.] I also bought the couple of stocking stuffers that I am responsible for. So I’m in holiday chill mode, thinking about our traditions.
– As tradition dictates I am thinking about the fact that I should have watered the tree a bit more over the past couple of weeks.
– I’m reconciling myself to the fact that I’ll be going to Church tonight, (which God and I have agreed gives me a “minimally successful” on the “goes to Church” criteria on my end of life performance review).
Missed you at Bachetti’s. I was picking up a tenderloin because my carving skills don’t extend to seven ribs. But it is an obscene hunk of meat. The carnavores will be so happy, and I’ve got home made crab cakes with no filler for the rest of the gang. We celebrate on Christmas Eve because Mom is English and that’s how it’s done across the pond. And there will be plum pudding and brandy sauce. Yum.
There will be family and a couple of friends who are adult orphans around our table.
I want to wish a very happy holiday.
My worst Christmas tradition was when the turkey was served in a baggie. Fortunately it was a short run. Merry Christmas!
Tradition for my family on Christmas morning was for my Dad to get us into the car, drive down to the store, go inside, open the cash register and start singing “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”
j/k
Actually, we would celebrate my paternal grandmother’s birthday on Christmas. It was interesting how many Jews who came over from the old country had their birthdays on Christmas. At Ellis Island, they were asked what Jewish holiday they were born near; my grandmother, may she rest in peace, was born near Chanukah. Thus, her birthday was recorded as December 25. We would usually go to a movie and then go for Chinese food.
Nowadays, my partner and I make the trip to Chicago and Wisconsin to visit his family and then spend his birthday (he’s a Boxing Day baby). It’s all good.
Merry Christmas to everyone here on DL.