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"How
many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts!
O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."
-
Benjamin Franklin
A
Perfect Way to Spend the Day
By
Michael Masterson
As
I've done every Christmas since ETR began in 1999, I'm spending
the day at home with my family. I am writing this very early
in the morning. It will be another hour or so before this magical
day begins, but I'm full of energy and have snuck up to my
little writing studio above the garage, thinking about the
fun that lies ahead and wondering what you are doing.
We're
going to have a blast today, doing all the traditional things
one does on Christmas.
The
stockings, hung by the chimney just hours ago, will be opened
first thing. I especially like the stocking stuffers - unexpected
little trinkets that will almost surely never be used.
Christmas
breakfast will follow. Here is where I take command. Eggs,
bacon, pancakes, and muffins. Coffee, juice, and Champagne
cocktails. There will be a great flurry of activity in the
kitchen. Fast, forward-looking eating in the dining room.
Afterward,
the "real" present opening will begin. Will it be
a mad rush this year? Or will we be more civilized, each taking
time to save the wrapping paper?
During
the day, friends and family will come by and more presents
will be opened, more thank-yous said, and more kisses given.
Eggnog may be present. Bloody Marys, too.
Christmas
dinner will be for 20. Or more. It depends on who comes by.
K is in charge of the food. It will be elegant and sumptuous.
At
dusk, we'll light the lights outside, light the candles inside,
and continue to enjoy one another's company as long as we can
keep our eyes open.
Late tonight - probably much too late - I will fall asleep counting
my many blessings.
I
hope you do the same.
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15
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Just
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Between
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-
Charlie Byrne
The
Best Thing About the Holidays: Christmas Eve Chocolate
Delivery
By
Suzanne Richardson
My
family is big on tradition. Finding the biggest tree possible.
Opening one present each on Christmas Eve. Sharing the same
delicious meal every Christmas Day. I love them all. But my
all-time favorite Christmas tradition is our yearly Christmas
Eve chocolate delivery.
My
father and I spend days making truffles. We melt sweet chocolate
gently on the stove and place it in precariously perched bowls
throughout the freezer. Once frozen, we hand-roll the sweet
chocolate and dip it into melted bittersweet chocolate. After
another round of freezing, my mother carefully arranges the
truffles on pretty Christmas plates. We blow-dry shrink wrap
into place - careful not to melt the candy.
Then
Dad and I climb into his pickup and drive all over town, delivering
chocolates to close friends. We often get invited inside for
hot cocoa and conversation, which makes a few deliveries turn
into several hours.
When
we get home - tired, happy, and full of Christmas spirit -
my mother's wrapped all the presents and a pot of steaming
soup welcomes us from the stove.
A
Word to Work Into Conversation Today: Clinquant
"Clinquant" (KLING-kunt)
- from the French - means tinsel-like; glittering with gold
or silver.
Example
(as used by Thomas Shadwell in The
Virtuoso): "Fine sparks ... very
clinquant, slight, and bright ... make a very pretty show."
