After many years of spending the Christmas holidays driving all over Ontario to visit family and friends....and saying "one of these years we should just stay home and relax".....a global pandemic finally made it happen!
Although our county fared relatively well with Covid, the entire province went into "lockdown" starting Boxing Day. At any rate, we had no plans to go anywhere, and hunkered happily with lots of food and drink and streaming options. While we certainly missed our annual traditions and visits....we also want everyone to be safe.
We subscribed to Disney+ for a month just before the festive break, giving us lots of time to binge watch various franchises like Star Wars and Marvel, along with a number of Disney classics, prior to likely deciding not to renew in late January. We also made time to squeeze in many of the usual holiday classics like The Grinch, Scrooge, Klaus, a cheesy Hallmark (or Netflix) offering or two.....and The Holiday!
Being not usually home for the holidays, it doesn't usually matter that our neck of the woods generally offers a festive season of the "green" variety. This year, however, things worked out quite well - we were green until 9pm on Christmas Eve when a few flakes started to fall....and by morning we awoke to a White Christmas!
We saved The Turkey for Boxing Day, opting to fill Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with an endless stream of appetizers and other snacks, along with numerous pots of delicious mulled wine.
Of course, Jane told me she got a "5 to 7 pound turkey".....and then I read the tag....5.77 KILOGRAMS. Good thing "we" caught it the day before cooking!
Also Jane - "I'm going to start the mulled wine, can you get me a 750 litre bottle of wine?" Ahem. You're going to need a bigger pot, says I.....
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all - have a safe and festive holiday season. :)
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