Comments on: Flashback Friday – X-Mas Feast Edition

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:47:50 +0000

We have a lot of traditions as well. Every Christmas Eve, we have Lasagna. We also open 1 gift and it is always new pajamas.

Christmas day, we can open our stockings as soon as we get up. There is always a coloring book, a magazine, an apple, an orange, gold coin chocolates, and nuts among other things.

Then we eat apple pancake, using the apples from everyone’s stocking and have orange slice and juice.

Then we open our gifts, hang out, watch a movie, do dinner, and drink a lot! :D

By: The Padrino Dot Com

The Padrino Dot Com — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:42:31 +0000

I’ve eaten sweet potato a many different ways also but fried ones are by far the best.

By: Holly

Holly — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:39:36 +0000

your family is adorable! i love the table shots, and wish i had something like this to look back on :)

glad you are snuggling up and resting – hope you are enjoying your weekend dear susan! love ya!

By: Deb (SmoothieGirlEatsToo)

Deb (SmoothieGirlEatsToo) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:26:14 +0000

Sorry about not having Papa around anymore. Glad you’re keeping up the rye N water tradition though!

Fun that you have a brady bunch family and that you enjoy your mom’s boyfriend’s kids. And fun about all the music in the familia too.

Sheesh those starbuckian managers are harsh on their no-drinking while working/no foreign objects in the blenders rules- wish they could chillax!

BTW I cleared out London’s of all PB Simply bars- good call thanks!

By: Bekah

Bekah — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:04:59 +0000

Cheeeetahs! I’m so happy you liked them! Seriously, did not know they’d be so good either until I tried.

And tunaaa, I had some for lunch today too.

Christmas tradish? We don’t do much except go to thai food and a movie on Christmas eve. Very mellow.

By: kbwood

kbwood — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:35:00 +0000

LOVE this flashback!! and oh my gosh that lunch looks aweeeesome!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:26:37 +0000

Ahahaha Susan – in NB we ALWAYS did the Christmas crackers and wore the funny hats. My husband thought we were off our rockers! I found some here two years ago and started the tradition with these “Upper Canadians” LOL!

By: Lara (Thinspired)

Lara (Thinspired) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:56:25 +0000

Love the FF Holiday Edition :) Yes I know all about Mom’s boyfriends ;) Sigh. I didn’t know they did Christmas hats in Canada, too! Very cute :)

By: Nagore

Nagore — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:41:47 +0000

In my family the tradition is to listen to my grandmothers young-time stories, same stories every year, laugh with them and have happy soul for being all together :)

i love your blog (by the way)

By: Averie (LoveVeggiesandYoga)

Averie (LoveVeggiesandYoga) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:56:03 +0000

traditions? going away for the holidays! We’re on a trip right now and I am laying low on the comments but wanted to pop in and say hi :)

By: thefitbridesmaid

thefitbridesmaid — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:31:00 +0000

At 6am, I was up with a full bladder and an empty tummy.

HA!! This gets me out of bed most mornings!

As far as traditions go, we used to always go to my grandma’s on Christmas Eve, eat chili, ham sandwiches, and ribbon salad. Then go to church with my mom, come home and hang up stockings (taking a picture of us doing it every year). Then Christmas morning we have to wait until everyone has gotten up, had breakfast, and breakfast is cleaned up BEFORE we open presents.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:05:15 +0000

We have the crackers too! I’m not sure how my family got started on that tradition as not a lot of people in Canada do it. My mom and Nana also HAVE to watch the Queen’s Christmas message. My step siblings are 16, 14 and 11. Getting a little older now, but still way more into it than the adults! :P

By: Emily (The Experimentarian)

Emily (The Experimentarian) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:37:18 +0000

So glad you could find some pleasure in your new work schedule! Congrats, friend!

My family is SOOOOO traditional it’s ridiculous. they cling to tradition like nobody’s business. We always have steak and lobster for Christmas Eve dinner (neither of which I care for, but oh well), go to evening mass and then my dad reads The Night Before Christmas and Jingle Bells–even though we are all in our 20’s. lol! And then my mom wakes everyone up on Christmas by stomping around in her jingle bell socks with a flashing red reindeer nose. It’s ridiculous. And I can’t wait! xoxo

By: ellie

ellie — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:35:53 +0000

Ah, holiday photos are so much fun to look back on. We have similar ones- all look identical in terms of table, food, etc, but we age each year (obviously, lol). How old are Mark’s kids? LOVE the hats, lol- British people wear the hats that come in Christmas crackers (do you have those over there?)

Starbucks is nutso this time of year- can only imagine the chaos in a mall one. I am doing my part for baristas worldwide and staying away from malls, lol.

Enjoy your day off!

By: april

april — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:13:20 +0000

I love sweet potato rounds! For some reason they taste better than when in fry form. lol.

We always go to a candlelight service on Christmas eve and every year my parents buy us a new ornament for the tree!