Christmas Eve

Today I will begin to cook my Christmas Eve early supper

as the kids and grand girls will be here for supper!

It is such a hard thing these days to get together as

they each have their own families that they want

to share their Christmas mornings with.

What is the menu?

A ham, rice dressing, oyster dressing, potato salad

and homemade Chocolate Chip oatmeal cookies.

Not a big menu but for us 8, it shall be plenty.

This gathering has me realizing just how much has

changed since Christmases past.

When your children are little and you have the 

decisions on where to spend it.

Half of those Christmases, their Dad was working

but we always made a visit to his family on this morning.

We usually had Christmas lunch as sister, Veronica

with the rarity ones being at my house.

Christmas Eve, was almost always at C and Ted's who

at that time lived in the family home in Golden Meadow.

I can say we had some lovely Christmases.

Uncle Luke and Aunt Tim would always stop by

after Christmas Eve mass as was Ted's parents.

So many people, so many conversations, so many children

begging to open presents. When Mom lived next door,

we always took the walk there for her to give out

her gifts. It was great memories!

Now Christmases are being separated as now

those who were little children then, have their own wives 

and children and want to begin their own memories.

Don't blame them as there were some Christmases that

I would have liked to stay home on that morning, in PJ's

playing with the kids and their toys.

Yet, the memories we made and the fun we had,

games in the afternoon, naps for the men who had a little too much

turkey. It gave for many memories.

I am happy for our little gathering tomorrow and

today I will begin to bake remembering Christmas past

and looking forward to Christmas future.

Merry Christmas to you all!