Last weekend was Christmas at our place. The day was fun and the turkey dinner was delicious!
Most of the preceding week was spent in preparation. The small Christmas tree and some decorations were retrieved from storage and set up in the vacant house in the farmyard we are tending. The appliances are still in the house, so we used the stove and fridge and set up a folding table for our meal. It was arranged with Christmas tablecloth and placemats, napkins and place cards for the occasion.
There was a gigantic garage sale taking place on Friday, so at lunch hour I found a little more décor to supplement my meager supply. Santa hats and Christmas stockings add a festive flair to a bare wall.
The kids arrived in the afternoon, eager to display their latest “toys” and new tent. They discovered several small frogs in the grass in the “back 40” which kept them occupied for awhile. “I’ve never caught frogs on Christmas Day before!”
When an afternoon rain shower came, we took shelter in the house and looked at the photos I had been scrapbooking while we munched on mandarin oranges, peanuts, cookies and holiday rice krispie cake. Yes, colored rice krispies are only in the store in December, but we had saved enough for one cake!
Then it was time for final Christmas dinner preparations.
The cook was at his finest, with turkey, stuffing, potatoes & gravy (lots of it), corn, cranberry sauce, jello, and homemade buns. It was everything we had anticipated and more. Conversation lulled as “the bird” and its trimmings were devoured.
The kids then washed the dishes while Lyle sat by for a well-deserved rest and Edith cleared the table.
The evening was spent in a rousing game of Mexican Train, a domino game that is easy to learn but hard to predict. The competition was fierce, although nobody could find a working pen so we didn’t keep score.
All too soon the day was over and we had to come back to reality and prepare for another work week. But having Christmas dinner in July makes for a great excuse to cook a turkey!
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