tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18952856.post3750919107481969349..comments2014-07-05T22:00:58.638-07:00Comments on Life a la carte: TraditionsGailVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683604946670542961noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18952856.post-56218573294304245422007-12-08T09:55:00.000-08:002007-12-08T09:55:00.000-08:00Changing out dishes for the season is a little too...Changing out dishes for the season is a little too ambitious for me. I'll pause for a moment here and admire you, as well as the foresight it takes to pack them for moving... just in case.<BR/><BR/>I love the strange traditions our family has for holidays. One of my personal favorites is this. We have 4 little Christmas village cutouts, they're of chunky wood, and are just the silhouette of the buildings. Each one has a letter on it, to spell out NOEL. My kids are constantly rearranging them. You'd think LEON would be the most popular, but last year it was ELON.<BR/><BR/>I also have magnets with letters and little teddy bears. It's amazing how many words one can make from the letters CHRISTMAS.<BR/><BR/>Some are obscene.Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353667980806676067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18952856.post-12230128746654471982007-12-07T08:13:00.000-08:002007-12-07T08:13:00.000-08:00Our Thanksgiving traditions are so like that. Our...Our Thanksgiving traditions are so like that. Our best year was when my mom had some new-fangled microwave (it was 1990?). It was a large microwave, so she cooked the turkey in it. The turkey tasted great, but it wasn't golden. And the drippings were almost non-existant and clear. My Gram and I doctered the gravy, but when she decided to add a bit of wilton food coloring...well we ended up with orange gravy. Every year we have one really great thing to laugh about. <BR/><BR/>Those look like French Countryside Christmas dishes...I have those for everyday. They are heavy!!!kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02659183247879049382noreply@blogger.com