what do you do for christmas day/eve (hanukka, etc)

decides2dream

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

It IS fun! Eating is one of the great pleasures of life!

it IS! i am such a hedonist.....if it feels good, tastes good....i am IN! i think this is going to be a very good weekend/holiday!

Brain of J.Lo

decides2dream wrote:

it IS! i am such a hedonist.....if it feels good, tastes good....i am IN!

Me too! I think that's a good way to live!

GreenTeaDisease

decides2dream wrote:

it IS! i am such a hedonist.....if it feels good, tastes good....i am IN! i think this is going to be a very good weekend/holiday!

I wish I could live like that! whenever I have tried there have been negative consequences :(.

I have a sign I made on my bedroom door that I read every morning that has my "rules" on it so I don't do the "feels good, tastes good...i am IN!" thing, because that is my natural tendency. sometimes it doesn't work, but trying makes me feel better.

decides2dream

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

Me too! I think that's a good way to live!

of course ya do....lathering in chocolate is both, eh?

i do know i AM getting chocolate for christmas. it is the ONE thing i requested b/c i've already gotten so much.....godiva chocolate ganache. mmmmmmm. add in the stockpile of red wine we just stashed at home....lots of time together.......i am envisioning a very good holiday indeed.



seriously, i so love christmas! or i should ay all the *stuff* about christmas! the trees, the lights...giving gifts....food and drink...time with friends an family....sooooo GOOD! EVERY day since we put up our tree december 1st...i have spent some time in the LR, all the lights off except for the tree, some candles, some music....just magical. i love the holiday season.


*greentea...it's an overall mantra for living, i don't indulge every day. life is all about balance. moderation obviously comes into play, b/c i don't imagine being 300 lbs feels too good ya know? so yea, i try to moderate AND enjoy all...it IS possible!

know1

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

Christmas eve is the big event in my family (we've never done much on christmas day except exchange gifts) but this year, for the first time ever, my immediate family has not a plan for xmas eve (or day)...I'm a little depressed about it....something about sitting there ALL night staring at my parents and trying to have fun....it's not sitting well. that's what I don't like about holidays once all the cousins and stuff abandon you....it's like a holiday, so you can't really *do* anything else, but it's not like there's really anything going on at your parents' house...very weird. Same problem I have with thanksgiving has now crept into the holiday I actually like! I used to love seeing relatives I haven't seen in a year and eating good food and stuff. but this year, I don't get to see anyone.

so what do you all do? let me live vicariously...

Tell them that you can't make it to Christmas Eve because you've got some big plans...and then don't tell them what they are.

GreenTeaDisease

know1 wrote:

Tell them that you can't make it to Christmas Eve because you've got some big plans...and then don't tell them what they are.

then I'll just be sitting at home, what would be the difference? (plus no one would believe me. who has other plans on xmas eve?)

SENROCK

NORMALLY we all have a huge 2day party and have a FEAST. this year is totally different and everyone has gone their way so i do believe me, my 2 bros, and my sister in law will barbecue and lounge all damn day with no parentals. HOPEFULLY watching another rock of love or tila tequila marathon. or watching john candy movies......

GreenTeaDisease

decides2dream wrote:

*greentea...it's an overall mantra for living, i don't indulge every day. life is all about balance. moderation obviously comes into play, b/c i don't imagine being 300 lbs feels too good ya know? so yea, i try to moderate AND enjoy all...it IS possible!

yeah I would agree that moderation is key for most people. my experience in life is that I'm not most people...things tend to go very badly for me when I slack off in any area of life for any amount of time. work, exercise, food, dental hygiene, personal finances...no matter how hard I try sometimes I give in and then I'm screwed. For example, I didn't floss for a month because I ran out of floss and kept forgetting to buy it. of course I ended up with a root canal and a crown (and the cost of the two). I get in late one night and don't wash my face before bed, whamo the next morning I have boils on my face. I have to keep reminding myself not to do anything stupid or irresponsible.

Brain of J.Lo

decides2dream wrote:

of course ya do....lathering in chocolate is both, eh?

i do know i AM getting chocolate for christmas. it is the ONE thing i requested b/c i've already gotten so much.....godiva chocolate ganache. mmmmmmm. add in the stockpile of red wine we just stashed at home....lots of time together.......i am envisioning a very good holiday indeed.



seriously, i so love christmas! or i should ay all the *stuff* about christmas! the trees, the lights...giving gifts....food and drink...time with friends an family....sooooo GOOD! EVERY day since we put up our tree december 1st...i have spent some time in the LR, all the lights off except for the tree, some candles, some music....just magical. i love the holiday season.


*greentea...it's an overall mantra for living, i don't indulge every day. life is all about balance. moderation obviously comes into play, b/c i don't imagine being 300 lbs feels too good ya know? so yea, i try to moderate AND enjoy all...it IS possible!

I love the holiday season, too. I have lots of happy memories and am enjoying making new ones every year.

Oh, and re: chocolate ganache... If there is a heaven, it is made of chocolate ganache. I had a very tiny and non-traditional wedding, but the one majorly traditional thing we had was a huge and beautiful cake. It was chocolate with a white chocolate mousse filling and covered in a white chocolate ganache. It was divine!!!

GreenTeaDisease

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

I love the holiday season, too. I have lots of happy memories and am enjoying making new ones every year.

Oh, and re: chocolate ganache... If there is a heaven, it is made of chocolate ganache. I had a very tiny and non-traditional wedding, but the one majorly traditional thing we had was a huge and beautiful cake. It was chocolate with a white chocolate mousse filling and covered in a white chocolate ganache. It was divine!!!

what is ganache?

Brain of J.Lo

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

what is ganache?

http://www.joyofbaking.com/ganache.html

GreenTeaDisease

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

http://www.joyofbaking.com/ganache.html

ah, like the interior of a truffle I guess.

not a huge fan of the rich chocolate stuff. my favorite christmas desserts are italian cookies: pizelli, anis cookies, and those plain little cookies that come in pastel colors with the sprinkles on top.

xavier mcdaniel

christmas day (we don't celebrate). wake up, watch some of the nba doubleheader (man i miss the days when it used to be knicks-bulls), go out to dinner.

decides2dream

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

I love the holiday season, too. I have lots of happy memories and am enjoying making new ones every year.

Oh, and re: chocolate ganache... If there is a heaven, it is made of chocolate ganache. I had a very tiny and non-traditional wedding, but the one majorly traditional thing we had was a huge and beautiful cake. It was chocolate with a white chocolate mousse filling and covered in a white chocolate ganache. It was divine!!!

that sounds DEVINE!
altho i am not really a fan of white chocolate...not actually 'true' chocolate in any case, altho sennin always argues with me. however, since it does not contain cocao, it is not 'true' chocolate...but i digress. ganache is heaven! and no, it's not like a truffle. truffles are quite a decadent bit of heaven too.....ganache is simply...ganache. it is just as itself, and it is BLISS! i am getting the small box of pure dark chcolate ganache pieces, and i am sure it will be spectacular.....mmmmmmmmmmm.

godiva has a whole new line of simply dark chocolate and o was torn between the ganache and the truffles....and i don't want to weigh 300 pounds and thus didn't ask for both b/c hubby would get it all for me.....so i went with the ganache b/c it's much more unusual. just looking at the godiva catalog :eek:....what christmas gifts!




sooooo...i am sure part of my christmas will be spent sampling godiva dark chocolate ganache. a really good part of this christmas! hubby has 2 godiva samplers - truffles and regular dark chocolate pieces - as stocking stuffers. pure christmas JOY.

GreenTeaDisease

decides2dream wrote:

that sounds DEVINE!
altho i am not really a fan of white chocolate...not actually 'true' chocolate in any case, altho sennin always argues with me. however, since it does not contain cocao, it is not 'true' chocolate...but i digress. ganache is heaven! and no, it's not like a truffle. truffles are quite a decadent bit of heaven too.....ganache is simply...ganache. it is just as itself, and it is BLISS! i am getting the small box of pure dark chcolate ganache pieces, and i am sure it will be spectacular.....mmmmmmmmmmm.

godiva has a whole new line of simply dark chocolate and o was torn between the ganache and the truffles....and i don't want to weigh 300 pounds and thus didn't ask for both b/c hubby would get it all for me.....so i went with the ganache b/c it's much more unusual. just looking at the godiva catalog :eek:....what christmas gifts!




sooooo...i am sure part of my christmas will be spent sampling godiva dark chocolate ganache. a really good part of this christmas! hubby has 2 godiva samplers - truffles and regular dark chocolate pieces - as stocking stuffers. pure christmas JOY.

I feel that with godiva, you are paying for the pretty box . Hehe I honestly prefer hersheys. But then, as I said, I am not much of a chocolate person (though I will eat cold hot fudge out of the jar if I'm craving dessert badly enough!:))

MattCameronKicksButt

We sit round the fire at the in-laws with Santa hats on and say 'HO HO HO This present is for...' - I feel like such a dick!

colorsblend

This year I am going to Vegas. I'm such a good Jewish girl on Christmas.

sennin

decides2dream wrote:

that sounds DEVINE!
altho i am not really a fan of white chocolate...not actually 'true' chocolate in any case, altho sennin always argues with me. however, since it does not contain cocao, it is not 'true' chocolate...but i digress. ganache is heaven! and no, it's not like a truffle. truffles are quite a decadent bit of heaven too.....ganache is simply...ganache. it is just as itself, and it is BLISS! i am getting the small box of pure dark chcolate ganache pieces, and i am sure it will be spectacular.....mmmmmmmmmmm.

godiva has a whole new line of simply dark chocolate and o was torn between the ganache and the truffles....and i don't want to weigh 300 pounds and thus didn't ask for both b/c hubby would get it all for me.....so i went with the ganache b/c it's much more unusual. just looking at the godiva catalog :eek:....what christmas gifts!


sooooo...i am sure part of my christmas will be spent sampling godiva dark chocolate ganache. a really good part of this christmas! hubby has 2 godiva samplers - truffles and regular dark chocolate pieces - as stocking stuffers. pure christmas JOY.

Oh please! Chocolate!

I keed cuz i love

Heineken Helen

mindi wrote:

We used to have Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve. My dad and grandpa would come over and we would eat, watch movies, chat and open presents.
But this year both have died so not sure what we will do. Plus my mom was taken from my house in handcuffs and is living with my sister so I really have no family.
I think we will have to start new traditions this year. I am thinking of doing steaks for dinner on Christmas Eve this year instead of the usual stuff that we just had on Thanksgiving.
We don't even have a tree up yet. I am not feeling in the mood to do anything this year at all!

:( mindi... good idea doing new traditions. The first christmas my sister and I tried to do things on our own (after some really bad family stuff) was an absolute disaster at the beginning and we both ended up cutting the hands off ourselves trying to peel potatoes with these new knives she'd bought. We both ended up sobbing but laughing hysterically in between. Once we'd got the veg over with though it turned out to be one of the best christmases... we joined up with neighbours who were away from family... got so drunk and went knocking on doors wishing others happy christmas and meeting others along the way who were doing the same, it was brilliant.

Heineken Helen

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

I love the whole getting drunk thing. I wish my family were like that. it would be more fun in the old days when our house was packed with people.

sigh...I guess I just miss the old days. christmas is kinda pointless now. I see my parents and my brother and my grandmother quite often, especially now that's back in state, so it's like any other day, really.

christmas CAN lose it's magic when you start getting older... it's up to you though not to let it. Cmon be creative and come up with something... perhaps volunteer at a homeless shelter for a couple of hours earlier in the day or something?