tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post116654323612554013..comments2024-03-17T02:20:03.772-05:00Comments on Riding With The Top Down: Helen: Holiday TraditionsKathleen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1166560720993335752006-12-19T14:38:00.000-06:002006-12-19T14:38:00.000-06:00Pasta - I can relate, but oyster stew? That's a n...Pasta - I can relate, but oyster stew? That's a new one, Kathy.<BR/><BR/>Deb - funny how changing traditions can cause a stir. I suggested trying something other than a pork roast for xmas dinner one year, and my husband looked at me as if I'd grown horns and was angling a pitch fork at him!Helen Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680081195181747377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1166558051450938132006-12-19T13:54:00.000-06:002006-12-19T13:54:00.000-06:00We do the big Christmas Eve dinner at our house. ...We do the big Christmas Eve dinner at our house. We offered to change that this year because my sister (a new saint) is raising her grandson who'll be 3 this March. I figured she might want to stay home Christmas Eve instead of dragging him over to my house.<BR/><BR/>There was a mini-revolt at the idea so I'd say that dinner at our house is officially an unbreakable tradition.<BR/><BR/>Next year I'm making a new table runner with Chrismas drawings that can be colored by the grandson and signed by everyone at dinner. The sort of thing that will have Christmas messages through the years. (It's a long table.) I'm looking forward to that.Debra Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03992776098849029414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1166551990076225632006-12-19T12:13:00.000-06:002006-12-19T12:13:00.000-06:00Christmas Eve always meant oyster stew when I was ...Christmas Eve always meant oyster stew when I was a teenager. Later, when our kids were young, we had family friends in ND who revived the tradition with us. We'd go to their house for oyster stew, then get together sometime during vacation (not Christmas Day) for some kind of feast and an afternoon of pinocle. But I had to contribute something to Christmas Eve for my brood because, while I love OS, the rest of my family does not. I broke out and refined my old 3-can "Tuna Cheddar Chowder" recipe, which now requires more cans. But my brood loves it.Kathleen Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.com