FormbyGirl
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Here's a new thread for 2023 - hope to see us all here chatting. Welcome back to the familiar faces, and looking forward to seeing some new faces!!
We started out the year really well with our family traditions at home, as we always do. This year was no different for us.
I baked Mincemeat Pies (not mince, not meat, I have no idea how they got their name!) for the first time. This has always been my mother's task, but now she is gone, it rests on my shoulders to carry on the tradition. I struggle with a good recipe for pastry. If you have one, let me know. I think I have a decent one; although it is a tad crumbly, it is very tasty.
At the stroke of midnight, my husband takes the old year out at the first stroke of 12, runs around the building, and brings in the New Year on the last stroke. He brings in silver so we will never be poor and coal so we will never be cold. We always greet him at the door with mincemeat pies and Grand Marnier, then toast the new year and take our pictures in front of the tree. Then, after we send out Happy New Year wishes to the family, we toddle off to bed.
This year was difficult. For the first time in my life, I was alone when the men left to take the old year out. My mother has always been with me, except once when I was in Times Square and one year when I lived in Hawaii. I felt her absence so painfully at midnight. I am so very blessed to have had the wonderful memories to carry me through and to have had her for so long. CS Lewis once said that "The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal." I would not be sad if the memories were not as wonderful!
Cheers all, this is our New Year thread; I hope to see you all here, along with some new faces.
We started out the year really well with our family traditions at home, as we always do. This year was no different for us.
I baked Mincemeat Pies (not mince, not meat, I have no idea how they got their name!) for the first time. This has always been my mother's task, but now she is gone, it rests on my shoulders to carry on the tradition. I struggle with a good recipe for pastry. If you have one, let me know. I think I have a decent one; although it is a tad crumbly, it is very tasty.
At the stroke of midnight, my husband takes the old year out at the first stroke of 12, runs around the building, and brings in the New Year on the last stroke. He brings in silver so we will never be poor and coal so we will never be cold. We always greet him at the door with mincemeat pies and Grand Marnier, then toast the new year and take our pictures in front of the tree. Then, after we send out Happy New Year wishes to the family, we toddle off to bed.
This year was difficult. For the first time in my life, I was alone when the men left to take the old year out. My mother has always been with me, except once when I was in Times Square and one year when I lived in Hawaii. I felt her absence so painfully at midnight. I am so very blessed to have had the wonderful memories to carry me through and to have had her for so long. CS Lewis once said that "The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal." I would not be sad if the memories were not as wonderful!
Cheers all, this is our New Year thread; I hope to see you all here, along with some new faces.
