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Ahhhh. Christmas dinner.

AHHH. Dinner was smashing.

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Yes. DD is almost 15 and we still put out carrots for reindeer! And cookies for Santa!

Awwwwww!!!

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Ahhhhh. Getting ready for Santa

Scotch (McCallen for DH). And homemade Baileys (courtesy of Greg K) for me!!!

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The first present

DH opened a present tonight. We always pick one present for another person to open. I picked wine for Joe to open. Yumm.

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the macaroni and cheese.. a must have..

Only the 3 of us tomorrow for Christmas dinner. Going to have a glazed ham, my macaroni and cheese, glazed garlicky green beans, creamed corn, yeast rolls and the cherry pie 🙂 I always make DD grate the mounds of … Continue reading

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And of course. Santa *MUST* have fresh baked chocolate chippers!!!

Jane’s Chocolate Chipper Recipe.. We always ALWAYS bake chocolate chip cookies on Christmas Eve for Santa 🙂

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Cherry pie for dessert for Christmas dinner..

The votes are in –  cherry pie for dessert. So I whipped one up today 🙂

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The plating is complete…

I threw together some fresh green beans with garlic – and they were a good accompaniment to the risotto.. See?

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Scallops. Yes they were amazing..

And the risotto was awesome as well! 🙂

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The sign of a good party…

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