Dear Bloggers,
Merry Christmas does not have to come with stress. Since you have read the
first “Another Christmas” blog, you are already done purchasing gifts, enjoying
the top three projects your family enjoys at this time of year and are now on
to planning your Christmas meal.
Christmas dinner does not have to be extravagant or stressful. Divide the
courses up among your guests and be thankful for whatever they will bring. Bake
ahead of time and freeze your items. If you have family traditions, be sure to
begin including your children in the preparations, or that tradition will not
be living onward. If someone brought a dish {I can’t eat seafood} that you do
not prefer and left it for you? Take it to a neighbor or a good friend, as
someone will enjoy that time and it saves money and effort. As a diabetic I
have to let things go and eat as healthy as possible.
Enjoy setting a table that looks like the one above? Go for it! Don’t enjoy
it? Don’t! The food will taste the same on whatever plate you use. No one
enjoys cleaning up extra plates, silverware, etcetera.…..Remember, Jesus was
born in a manger and they had no place to go as everyone was traveling and they
had barely anything to get by.
As for New Year’s, there is an old saying that whatever you are doing at
the stroke of midnight will be what you will be doing most of the next year.
Family game night, friends and family over for games and celebrating or just
sleeping at your normal times sounds like a great evening! There is a lot of
drinking going on out there, so an overnight party with breakfast in the
morning for you crew sounds like a safe and nutritional choice!
Above all, cherish your family and friends at this time of year. Count your
blessings! Eat whatever you can and enjoy real food, relax and have a little
dessert.
Have a Merry Christmas,
The Old Sailor,
