Post by Erika on Dec 25, 2014 19:21:08 GMT -5
My family celebrates Christmas. I also celebrate the Solstice.
For Solstice, I mostly just think about stuff. I also like to carry a little smudge of burning sage through the house to cleanse it for the new year, but I didn't do that this year because I'm living with my family right now and I knew they wouldn't like the smoke.
For Christmas, I start by making approximately four million cookies. This year I made nine kinds of cookies, plus three different candies, plus two kinds of very fancy chocolates for gifts. Yeah, I'm That Guy. the cookies are given away to friends and family, and put out for celebrations.
Christmas Eve is at my mom's house with her side of the family. We have a dinner of appetizers and snacks and all those cookies. We exchange gifts and eat snacks all night. Then some of us go to midnight mass. I'm not particularly religious, so for me church is more part of the tradition than anything else. And I love choral music.
Christmas Day is pretty chill. I make a giant brunch for Laura, her boyfriend, and myself. This year also included my parents and brother. Today we had cheddar chive biscuits, sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, fruit, sausages, and from scratch authentic Austrian strudel with apples, cherries and apricots. Then I took a long nap with a kitty. Dinner is simple, and my brother and his wife will be over later when they are done with her family dinner. Santa comes after dinner to my house.
We'll have my dad's mom and sister over for dinner this weekend.
We always go to a tree farm to cut our tree. We also give a lot of gifts in our family. It's pretty extravagant, but it's part of our tradition. I love giving presents. those of us who are broke just do what we can with what we have. I also make it a tradition to give a Christmas tip to someone. I pick a time near Christmas when I'm eating out or somesuch, and give the biggest, most ridiculous tip that I can. This year I tried to donate to the pastry department at school, but the head teacher refused to cash my check, so I gave the tip to my local baristas instead.
For Solstice, I mostly just think about stuff. I also like to carry a little smudge of burning sage through the house to cleanse it for the new year, but I didn't do that this year because I'm living with my family right now and I knew they wouldn't like the smoke.
For Christmas, I start by making approximately four million cookies. This year I made nine kinds of cookies, plus three different candies, plus two kinds of very fancy chocolates for gifts. Yeah, I'm That Guy. the cookies are given away to friends and family, and put out for celebrations.
Christmas Eve is at my mom's house with her side of the family. We have a dinner of appetizers and snacks and all those cookies. We exchange gifts and eat snacks all night. Then some of us go to midnight mass. I'm not particularly religious, so for me church is more part of the tradition than anything else. And I love choral music.
Christmas Day is pretty chill. I make a giant brunch for Laura, her boyfriend, and myself. This year also included my parents and brother. Today we had cheddar chive biscuits, sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, fruit, sausages, and from scratch authentic Austrian strudel with apples, cherries and apricots. Then I took a long nap with a kitty. Dinner is simple, and my brother and his wife will be over later when they are done with her family dinner. Santa comes after dinner to my house.
We'll have my dad's mom and sister over for dinner this weekend.
We always go to a tree farm to cut our tree. We also give a lot of gifts in our family. It's pretty extravagant, but it's part of our tradition. I love giving presents. those of us who are broke just do what we can with what we have. I also make it a tradition to give a Christmas tip to someone. I pick a time near Christmas when I'm eating out or somesuch, and give the biggest, most ridiculous tip that I can. This year I tried to donate to the pastry department at school, but the head teacher refused to cash my check, so I gave the tip to my local baristas instead.
