How do you plan to spend Christmas.

[saddlebum]

When Covid hit we set a canopy in front of the open garage door and added outdoor heaters. Inside the garage (after a month's worth of tiding up)  we set up a buffet table. This turned out to be such a hit, almost like a hallmark Chritmas, speacialy with it snowing, that we continue doing it each year improving the set up each year. 

[Woody]

I guess we are doing the running from here to yonder, we tried having a gathering here a few years but it made the younger members have another place to run too and try to eat so now we are back to making sweet potato casserole and deviled eggs for about three different locations it's gonna be a good time but very cold.

[RDawson]

I come from a very large family so it was always a nightmare getting everybody in one place at any given time, let alone getting to two or three places in a day. Several years ago we moved our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners to the Saturday after the holiday making it much easier to manage, this year we had Christmas a week early because of New Years. Nobody is in a rush to get to the next place and we have plenty of time to visit. With around 40 people at dinner it works for us. Instead of the usual truck load of gifts we do a Chinese auction with a $20-$30 gift which is fun with so many people stealing your present. Christmas morning we’ll go to her sister’s house for lunch then back to normal. 

[Woody]

is the Chinese auction sorta like the dirty Santa game?

[RDawson]

36 minutes ago, Woody said:

is the Chinese auction sorta like the dirty Santa game?

We each put 1 present under the tree and draw numbers, when your number is up you can choose to open a present or steal one that somebody else already has. With that many people it can get lively. We have a lot of fun whether you’re stealing something you want or just doing it to mess with somebody else. 

[Woody]

yep sounds the same

[Marcarl]

Kind of gonna be a regular Sunday, just the 2 of us or maybe 3. Muffins for breakie, then find an online person who can tell us the real story of Christmas without all the fixings, but what the Christ means to this world, or could mean, them eggs benedict for lunch, a snooze probably, then keep each other company until supper, with some egg nog and Christmas cake to help out, bacon and cheese buns for supper.

Something like that.

Today it's clear the driveways time.