Marmalade Crisis

[strange_complex]

Uh-oh. We were going to do our Christmas duck with an orange and port sauce. But when you find yourself uttering sentences like, "Well, are we still going to glaze it with marmalade, or do that with apricot jam as well?", you know insufficient forward planning has been engaged in. Never mind. I'm sure apricot jam will be just as good.

The stockings this morning were well-received, and giving them certainly generated a pleasantly warm glow for this year's Santas. And my haul of tree presents this year was fantastic, too! More about those later, when I've had a chance to play with them properly. For now, a poll on Christmas-or-similar traditions in your household:

[Poll #640025]

Comments

Christmas spirit(s)

[megamole.livejournal.com]

The sprouts were forced on us by Dad (I got him an apposite Christmas card). Amazingly, given that it's a "family" Christmas, and Mum and Dad have been divorced for about 20 years, there have been NO arguments. None. Not even about the sprouts.

There was an odd moment of synchronicity in which I bought Dad a book called "Why Everything is Shit Nowadays" and he bought me, completely independently, the "Encyclopedia of Shite".

Of the family, only I went to church - Christmas Day Matins, so it's kind of my job. The rest of my family missed the marvel of the day - the early afternoon sunshine through the stained glass casting its sparkling iridescences onto the white pillars along the nave of St. Peter's.

Re: Christmas spirit(s)

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Sprouts are great, and they cure cancer, too.

I like the sound of the Matins experience, and I hope it went well for you.