It's Christmas Eve and as usual DH and I cooked our Christmas dinner and then went to the early candlelight service at church.
The cooking of the big meal on Christmas Eve is a tradition that was started many years ago by his Mom (everyone called her Maw) and Dad. All the family gathered at their house for the holiday. The big meal was on Christmas Eve in the late afternoon and then to the candlelight service at church. Then on Christmas day she could sit and be a part of all the gift time without having to stop and go cook. Maw always made plum pudding which was SO much work--all the cutting up of stuff and then the cooking. She also made hard sauce for it and you talk about yummy..... Haven't had it since. She's been gone for 26 years and I still miss her. My parents have been gone almost 7 years. Miss them.
I gave little Zippy a bath this morning for Christmas and he's now all clean, fluffy and smells good.
It rained yet again today! The yard is mushy and we have a lot of standing water. Out in the back it looks like a lake.
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