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| O, Christmas Tree |
It is Christmas Eve!
Daughter and I spent a relaxed morning, today. In the afternoon, we went to the grocery store to buy a frozen tiramisu cake ($14.99) to take to my friend's home as our contribution to the Christmas dinner, one gallon of milk ($2.79), two 4-lb. packages of sugar ($1.69/4 lb), and a box of frozen General Tso's chicken ($5.69) for us, a 14-lb bag of cat food ($8,99 plus sales tax) and two boxes of 12 half-pint canning jars ($8.99 plus sales tax). My total came to $56.38 with sales tax.
A little later in the afternoon, we went over to neighbor T's house to wish her for Christmas and to hand over her gift and some apple dump cake.
In the evening, after tea, daughter helped me to make a batch of cinnamon apple cranberry jam:
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| Cinnamon Apple Cranberry Jam |
I used 2 lbs. apples, 1 bag (12 oz) cranberries, 2 lbs. sugar, and 2 sticks of cinnamon. It made 8 jars and a little bit, which I put into a lidded glass container and kept in the fridge. Tomorrow morning, I am planning to make pancakes for breakfast and we'll spread some of the jam on our pancakes. Five of the jars are for daughter to give as gifts to her friends. The other three jars will be given as gifts, too.
We had leftovers from the almsgiving for lunch; dinner was the General Tso's chicken served over rice.
I still need to wrap some gifts and I plan to watch midnight Mass from the Vatican, as I do each Christmas.
Today, I am grateful for:
- A peaceful Christmas Eve
- Making jam with my daughter
- Chatting on the phone with my aunt, cousin, and friend
- Visiting my neighbor
- A card from my half-brother
Plans for tomorrow include going to my friend's house to share Christmas dinner with her and her family.
I wish all my blog friends a joyous Christmas and happy holidays.
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| It's still Dancer's tree! |
Merry Christmas, Bless, to you and your daughter!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Live and Learn, and the same to you and yours!
DeleteMerry Christmas and happy holidays to you and your daughter!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Nil; happy holidays to you, too! I hope you have a lovely day.
DeleteThe jam sounds delicious and it will make wonderful gifts.
ReplyDeleteA very Merry Christmas to you, Bless. X
Thank you, Jules, and a very Merry Christmas to you, too.
DeleteI hope your Christmas was wonderful and filled with fun food and family! I love the way the jam looks. I know it was delicious!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anne. Hope your Christmas was wonderful, too. The color of the jam is lovely, and the flavor is delicious, too! My daughter, who usually doesn't like jam (it is too sweet!) really likes this jam because it is not too sweet.
DeleteDancer under the tree makes a lovely Christmas card for us cat-lovers! Just catching up as the family left this evening.
ReplyDeleteHe makes a cute picture, doesn't he? He loves "his" tree! So glad to hear that you spent the holidays with the family, Bushlady. Hope you enjoyed a lovely Christmas with them.
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