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It was a chilly, gray, drizzly Christmas eve here, but we had a good time getting together. It was Vicki's son and daughter and their spouses, 2 grandsons, my brother, Vic's friends Barbara and Alex. She has a few friends who don't have family and always invites them over for Christmas. This year only Barbara and Alex showed up.
I cooked the dinner myself. I started on Sunday morning, baking 2 loaves of bread. Started brining the turkey at 9 PM Sunday, put it on the smoker at 9:30 Monday night, and it hit 160 right on the nose at noon.
For so many years people said, "We don't want a traditional Christmas dinner this year, we want something different." I had so many years of spaghetti, lasagna, short ribs, etc. that I was beginning to miss a traditional 1950s Christmas dinner. So I made one. Myself.
I made:
Turkey (of course)
Two kinds of stuffing
Green bean casserole
Scalloped corn
Cranberry sauce
Jello salad
Mashed potatoes and gravy
One pumpkin pie and 2 Hoosier pies
Fortunately, almost everyone here was just fine with traditional 1950s Christmas dinner for a change.
Round 2 is coming up. My brothers don't speak to each other, so I have to have a separate dinner for each of their families.
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