Chriscellanea

* I'm usually a Christmas card fiend, but this year I've only sent out a few cards to friends and relatives. Unfortunately I ran out of time to send cards overseas but am working on a substitute.

* An advantage of the summer Christmas down under: shirts optional (see picture.)

* The advantage of last-week shopping: my credit card cutoff date is mid-month, so I will have another 30 days before I have to pay for any of these gifts.

* My favourite Christmas dessert is Xmas Pudding Ice Cream, with the added bonus that it's dead easy to make. Just soften a tub of vanilla ice-cream and add your choice of chopped dried fruits (I like to include some mango and apricot as well as the traditional sultanas etc), cherries, peel, toasted slivered almonds, some cinnamon and nutmeg, a dash of Baileys and Cointreau. Stir it all up. Refreeze. Enjoy.

* My favourite Christmas carol is O Holy Night, although I admit to a fondness for Little Drama Boy. What's your favourite?

* A Christmas joke, courtesy of the ever-fabulous Trish Morey:

Three men died on Christmas Eve and were met by St. Peter at the pearly gates. "In honor of this holy season," St. Peter said, "You must each possess something that symbolizes Christmas to get into heaven."
The first man fumbled through his pockets and pulled out a lighter. He flicked it on. "It represents a candle."
"You may enter the pearly gates," St. Peter replied.
The second man reached into his pockets and pulled out a set of keys. He shook them and said, "They're bells."
St. Peter said, "You may pass through the pearly gates."
The third man started searching desperately through his pockets, finally pulling out a pair of women's panties.
St. Peter raised his eyebrows. "And just what do these represent?"
The man replied, "They're Carol's."

Boom-boom.

Happy Christmas, my friends!

posted by Bronwyn Jameson @ 5:10 PM

Comments:

Hey, I can't take the credit! I was just passing it on from Janet Mullany, one of my wetnoodleposse galz and wonderful Regency author.

But yeah, definitely worth repeating. Poor Carol. I hope she at least got some stockings for Xmas:-))

Congrats Bron on finishing the book. And don't you look just gorgeous with your sisters. As a mother of four daughters, I hope to heck that at least one of them turns out to be as gorgeous and brilliant and successful as you.

(Nice pic on today's blog too, btw:-))

posted by

Trish Morey : 9:19 PM

O Holy Night is my favorite also.

posted by

robynl : 5:22 AM

For the pudding ice cream, do you have to use vanilla ice-ceam or can chocolate or a ripple be used. As I was reading the ingredients I was thinking that maybe slivered almonds would be good.

posted by

christa : 6:43 AM

I hope to heck that at least one of them turns out to be as gorgeous and brilliant and successful as you.

I had to cut and paste that and read it again! *g* Thanks, Trish, you sweetie. And with a mother like you, how could they miss!

Robyn, it's not only a beautiful song but it encompasses the heart of Christmas, doesn't it?

Yes, Christa on the almonds. I forgot them in the quick-typed recipe. I shall fix that now. I think it has to be vanilla ce-cream, however, so the other flavours come through.

posted by

Bronwyn Jameson : 8:28 AM

Loved the joke, Trish! Happy Christmas, Bron! And to all your visitors here.

Love,
Barb

posted by

Barb : 1:05 PM

I hope you all have a wonderful time with your family and friends. Take care.

posted by

Dena : 3:19 AM

So some of decorations came down today(the candles and candle holders). I think the tree is just going to stay where it is. The lights on the balcony are gonna come down after New Years

posted by

christa : 7:54 AM

While I was busy working, my tree and scant decorations (both of them *LOL*) came down and were packed away. It was nice of my sons to surprise me like this, although I'd barely had time to enjoy. My Christmas usually lasts into the new year.

posted by

Bronwyn Jameson : 11:11 AM