tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post665440470924629593..comments2024-03-18T19:54:13.748-04:00Comments on Salt Water New England: Reader Question for the Community: What are your Christmas sine quibus non? (r)Salt Water New Englandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940851375677714833noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-49975349750465268922023-12-14T20:22:15.075-05:002023-12-14T20:22:15.075-05:00So many to list, but my favorite is Christmas Eve ...So many to list, but my favorite is Christmas Eve dinner with my wife's family. Around the table with Filet Mignon and crab legs, open gifts with them and the cousins. The absolute best is we head home, change into our suits, and dresses and head to the 11:00pm candlelight service at our church. We attend a 225 year old Episcopal cathedral downtown where the bishop presides and opens the front doors to the bells of midnight. Truly wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-61864137685331408062023-12-10T16:32:46.523-05:002023-12-10T16:32:46.523-05:00Aiken, please share that fondue recipe!Aiken, please share that fondue recipe!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-22440491460837146602023-12-06T13:16:26.767-05:002023-12-06T13:16:26.767-05:00A tree trimmed painstakingly with a few strands of...A tree trimmed painstakingly with a few strands of tinsel, here and there. Any little waft of air moves the tinsel. It makes your tree come alive. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-42804416181266655852023-12-06T04:36:53.639-05:002023-12-06T04:36:53.639-05:00The essential? A Christmas tree.The essential? A Christmas tree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-89170613395728018592023-12-06T00:49:04.440-05:002023-12-06T00:49:04.440-05:00Fresh cut tree, 12 Christmas Eve vegetarian dishes...Fresh cut tree, 12 Christmas Eve vegetarian dishes, Christmas carols, beeswax candles, WHITE crispy linen tablecloth and some hey under it in one corner of the table and finally: one spare place setting for unexpected gust, someone in need (originally for our relatives which are not with us any more...). <br />Even if I am not particularly religious, dreaming to make it to the traditional Christmas Eve Holy Mass at midnight this year perhaps. <br />Was once in my childhood, in the mountains and it's one of the most magic winter memories.<br />I.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-27188751942833107932023-12-05T20:07:27.817-05:002023-12-05T20:07:27.817-05:00Krampus karols, Vince Guaraldi, A Christmas Carol,...Krampus karols, Vince Guaraldi, A Christmas Carol, a lot of fishStevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-31801579001936353752023-12-05T12:05:56.214-05:002023-12-05T12:05:56.214-05:00Luminarios – A New Mexico tradition I've adopt...Luminarios – A New Mexico tradition I've adopted – Candles in brown paper bags, lit at dusk, on Christmas eve..simple 'magia.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-89174926482663597712023-12-05T11:26:19.694-05:002023-12-05T11:26:19.694-05:00Yes, Glogg!Yes, Glogg!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-37187110816550917532023-12-05T11:24:08.603-05:002023-12-05T11:24:08.603-05:00singing in the winter concert with my community ch...singing in the winter concert with my community choir & church choir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-44391891886585304222023-12-05T11:22:34.035-05:002023-12-05T11:22:34.035-05:00Yes, egg nogg with rum.Yes, egg nogg with rum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-86250607501707967892023-12-05T09:43:45.983-05:002023-12-05T09:43:45.983-05:00My dad was a popular newspaper columnist and radio...My dad was a popular newspaper columnist and radio personality, and someone at a flea market found the perfect Christmas tree ornament: one of those little lemon-shaped lemon juice containers with a tiny photo of my dad mounted inside like a bird in a birdhouse, with the exterior covered with clippings from his columns. They bought it and gave it to us, and we think Christmas isn't really Christmas without it. Spontanius Clambakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-44479743630878451492023-12-04T22:44:00.399-05:002023-12-04T22:44:00.399-05:00We love a relaxed Christmas Eve dinner of roast be...We love a relaxed Christmas Eve dinner of roast beef and a good Cab, followed eventually by a steamed pudding and hard sauce. Christmas morning is all about home made English muffins dripping with butter, folded eggs, and pot after pot of coffee, segueing into cold roast beef sandwiches with piccalilli for lunch. It is a time to be at ease with family and friends. Church is, of course, required, but the quiet of low Sunday speaks to us. On Tuesdays, which catch the Feast of Stephen, our church serves those in greatest need. It is a gift to us. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-26111354835999329242023-12-04T21:19:06.515-05:002023-12-04T21:19:06.515-05:00I wish you and yours a very happy Hanukkah!I wish you and yours a very happy Hanukkah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-19343307010536485222019-12-06T05:04:35.682-05:002019-12-06T05:04:35.682-05:00We're French so definitely a crèche provençale...We're French so definitely a crèche provençale (nativity scene) and fine food.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11009984283478324126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-39551619401568880432019-12-05T19:42:41.049-05:002019-12-05T19:42:41.049-05:00For the last few years we have been enjoying brand...For the last few years we have been enjoying brandy alexanders while opening presents on a quiet Christmas evening by ourselves. Seems like a tradition that will stick for us.RCJHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-20605371607304818392019-12-05T09:09:19.462-05:002019-12-05T09:09:19.462-05:00A fresh cut tree that my husband cut, making boilo...A fresh cut tree that my husband cut, making boilo, and using all of the very sentimental ornaments on the tree that we've collected over our lifetimes. --Holly in PAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-18727026419024890612019-12-04T19:31:52.654-05:002019-12-04T19:31:52.654-05:00"This bayberry candle comes from friend, so t..."This bayberry candle comes from friend, so this holiday eve burn it down to the end. For a bayberry candle burned down to the socket brings joy to heart and gold to the pocket."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-23211172624722429222019-12-04T18:27:18.186-05:002019-12-04T18:27:18.186-05:00Catherine Deneuve’s favorite chocolate cookies. Th...Catherine Deneuve’s favorite chocolate cookies. The recipe was published in the New York Post in 2002, thereabouts. It’s a “knock off” from patisserie Pierre Herme. My daughter stopped there to sample the original version. Her verdict, “yup, they taste just like my Dad’s.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-9234316125840890902019-12-04T17:48:48.633-05:002019-12-04T17:48:48.633-05:00Bourbon with a tiny bit of egg nog.
Lots of fresh ...Bourbon with a tiny bit of egg nog.<br />Lots of fresh green boughs to decorate the hearth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-42773905159704052782019-12-04T16:31:05.323-05:002019-12-04T16:31:05.323-05:00Will not give up the Glögg, live candles around th...Will not give up the Glögg, live candles around the house, and live candles on a real tree...skiwithaprohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258934506648829461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-61091577274419751482019-12-04T15:10:27.385-05:002019-12-04T15:10:27.385-05:00I used to love fondue. We had a killer recipe from...I used to love fondue. We had a killer recipe from a Swiss restaurant at the bottom of Smuggler's Notch ski area in Vermont. It has five different cheeses (cheddar, gruyere, emmentaler, appenzeller, and Swiss wine-maker's cheese), and it was made with beer rather than wine and a bit of rum rather than kirsch, and a dusting of fresh nutmeg. <br /><br />One time, I brought this to a dinner party. It was such a hit the hostess got a little annoyed as people clamored for the recipe, but not for recipes from her dinner. We were never invited back, so that was the last time I brought that fondue outside the house.<br /><br />Aiken<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-55793130795138253802019-12-04T14:34:03.775-05:002019-12-04T14:34:03.775-05:00We make a traditional Swiss fondue every year on C...We make a traditional Swiss fondue every year on Christmas night. The recipe was collected by my parents in the 80's from their dear friend who is from Geneva. A fresh cut tree is a must- how people erect fake trees is beyond me.Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-72492696802725104562019-12-04T08:15:23.413-05:002019-12-04T08:15:23.413-05:00Oyster stew on Christmas eve.Oyster stew on Christmas eve.Jane Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15227681151757387239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-40095580018807886742019-12-04T07:10:19.183-05:002019-12-04T07:10:19.183-05:00Strong ale. It's got to be over 7% ABV.Strong ale. It's got to be over 7% ABV.Mad Dogs and Englishmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592564330894131172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-71164815487111381552019-12-03T20:56:57.877-05:002019-12-03T20:56:57.877-05:00It is the same for Thanksgiving. On the night bef...It is the same for Thanksgiving. On the night before we build a fire in the fireplace and cook hot dogs over the flame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com