holiday

We were in a performance of The Nutcracker

The weekend after Thanksgiving jumpstarts the Christmas season – especially for my itty-bitty family.  We put up the tree and decorate the house, start playing some of my favorite holiday music, and watch classic films.  This year was incredibly special for my husband and I because we were asked to take on very special roles […]

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A Thanksgiving Tradition: Preparing the Plumb Pudding

Now bring us some figgy pudding … may be a familiar lyric, but in my household – the dessert everyone wants is plumb pudding! My deceased mother in law made it, so did my husband’s paternal grandmother, and so did the paternal grandmother before that.  The tradition of plumb pudding and hard sauce has been […]

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