Our Christmas 2020

 

Hard to believe another Christmas is in the books already.  I hope all of you enjoyed a wonderful and very happy holiday.  Our Christmas was absolutely that and I couldn't have been more pleased.  I worked on Christmas Eve which I didn't mind at all.  My youngest daughter did too although I think she would've preferred to have had the day off.

 

Our favorite version

When I got home I got busy and set the table with our lovely holiday china and the new gold flatware I got this year.  Then it was time to start our usual Christmas Eve supper of clam chowder, garlic cheddar biscuits and a nice green salad.  Normally after dinner we would drive around and look at Christmas lights.  This year we decided to stay home and watch A Christmas Carol and relax.

 

Homemade cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing

and dinner rolls

Christmas morning I was up early as was my oldest.  I started coffee and some dough in my bread machine.  Half the dough was used to make cinnamon rolls and the rest for dinner rolls.  Once my youngest was up we open our gifts and my girls spoiled me rotten.  I got embossing folders and more dies, a clock that has a barometer, moon phases and a thermometer on it, reusable produce bags and candles.  My daughter's boyfriend got me some scrapbook papers which I thought was very thoughtful.

 

The girls got each other some lovely gifts as well, but the gift that shocked and surprised them the most was a vintage aluminum pot I found for each of them on eBay last summer just like the one I have.  The girls have squabbled, playfully, over who will get that pot when I die.  They love my pot and we use it to cook many, many things.  We even take it camping with us.  So when I found a couple of them on eBay for a price I was willing to pay I jumped on it.

 

Aluminum dutch ovens from the 1950s

I also filled them up with towels, pot holders, dish cloths, oven mitts and scrub sponges.  My oldest was thrilled because she has been wanting to make chicken and dumplings but doesn't have a pot big enough to make it in.  My youngest was happy because she has one for when she moves out on her own in the not too distant future.

Along with the pots I got them other things on their wish list too.  My oldest has wanted a set of hot rollers forever and my youngest is very artistic so watercolor makers were something she has been wanting.

 

We have really enjoyed our Christmas china & flatware this year

NY Strip steaks, grilled shrimp, salad, scalloped potatoes & rolls

We enjoyed the day with Christmas music and good food and played with our "toys".  Sadly, my oldest had to go home after supper because she had to be at work the next day.  After she left we finished off the day by playing Uno and a game of Scrabble.  Then it was off to bed for a good nights sleep.

 

A simple Christmas with time well spent, classic Christmas music, easy to prepare meals and gifts that we all appreciated and know we will use for a good long time.  It was a very good holiday.  How was yours?  Please feel free to share in the comments about your day.