Holiday Traditions

[steelworker]

You know @Matt you could have been swilling beer & smoking dope with a buncha online pals but you chose family.
What is wrong with you?

[Matt]

None of the choices made this week were mine, I assure you.

[SKT]

We have a Japanese stroll garden here that does a really nice holiday event called “Gardens Aglow”. I think they string up over 200,000 lights throughout the garden. We take the kids every year and it’s become one of our favorite traditions.

[ROman]

@Matt I think I realize why you had 3 mentions of alcohol in different threads yesterday.

[Matt]

Exactly.

[Matt]

Now im hiding down here…

[pechelman]

I hope you brought some dip for the show @Matt

[Twistlock]

As every year, tree ready on the 23rd.

[ARNC]

Pre-Christmas theatre trip with my sister and brother in law this year (technically an annual celebration to mark my dad’s passing) this year combined with an early Christmas dinner in Covent Garden. No food pics: I just couldn’t after my sister asked if I was one of those people!

[tody]

@ARNC You could at least tell us what you had for dinner

[ARNC]

@tody I wasn’t sure if it was that interesting, but as you ask:

Beetroot & Gin Cured Salmon
Whipped lemon crème fraiche, crispy
lilliput capers & cucumber ribbons

Roast Turkey Crown with
Redcurrant & Cranberry Stuffing
Baby roasted potatoes, honey glazed parsnips &
carrots, braised red wine cabbage, brussels sprouts,
pigs in blankets & a rich turkey gravy

Vanilla & Grand Marnier Crème Brulee
With an orange butter shortbread biscuit

Except I didn’t eat the sprouts because they’re evil

[tody]

@ARNC said in Holiday Traditions:

Except I didn’t eat the sprouts because they’re evil

Oh, you're one of those people
I guess there's no in-between when it comes to Brussel sprouts.

The rest sounds delicious.

[ARNC]

@tody

[Graeme]

If you've been to Gosport, you'll recognise this.

[twin]

@Graeme were was this at in Gosport? Did not see this tree when visiting.

[Graeme]

@twin I saw this as a memory on Facebook from a few years ago. It's the flashing on one of the buildings around Weevil Yard, but I think that I edited the image to create a Christmas tree.

[Matt]

[Matt]

[Matt]

We used to head to Hampden n Baltimore every Xmas to see the lights in 34th st in Hampden. It’s required by the neighborhood to participate because they e been doing it for 76 years.

My favorite this year was the nativity made of doors.

[GraemeE]

New tradition for us is rolling with the holiday punches.
We have upgraded from a hotel to an air bnb and got ourselves a tiny last minute artificial tree