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Originally posted by Eben
fun with the family... maybe a clandestined fishing trip with clambo and Uncle Crafty
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I KNOW NNOTTHHHIIINNNGGGG!!!!!
Officially, Christmas Eve was always a biggy at our home growing up - so tonight it's tons of finger food and sweets, the traditional cup of 'Nog or ...uhhh...two (I've got a quart of eggnog and a half-gallon of rum) - stuff Mrs. Crafty's stocking with fishing stuff since she started surfcasting this past season with me - and if she doesn't like what she got, well.....we'll find something to do with it. But that's not likely, she now enjoys it all!
Tomorrow, Christmas Day, it's dinner with my Italian uncle and the cousins - no feesh, though - it's a prime rib and a rack of lamb. He's the oldest living member of my family at 93 (my aunt is a very young 92 ) and they're a hoot - sharp as a tack and they remember RI and Newport waaay back when - URI Class of '34. It's amazing to hear first-hand stories of the Great Hurricane, the Bellevue Avenue crowd and my grandpa's career as a...well,
importer of fine spirits to Newport - etc etc. It's gonna be fun, anyway. Until a couple of years ago my uncle was still shooting his age at the Newport CC - and he can martini most people under the table with ease. It's all in the genes he says - I hope I've got them -
Let's see....Sunday we'll do a ham for ourselves, warm German potato salad, deviled eggs, etc etc. And perhaps another cup of rum laced with eggnog
It wouldn't be Christmas without it!
But during it all let's all take a moment to stop and bow our heads to remember those who are far from home and family - and say a prayer for their safe return.
Buon Natale, y'all
The very best to you and yours from me and Mrs. Crafty!