No, my family died. How 'bout you, what did you do for Christmas?
That is terrible, my condolences.
My family (thankfully still alive) gathered Christmas Eve after church* and had Gumbo and exchanged gifts. I made my someday-to-be-famous Hot Cococa Powder, (2.5gallons of dry mix which makes however much actual cocoa 1/3cup of mix + 8oz water comes out to...) which worked out to 1qt of mix per person. I even wrapped them in gift-paper, although I didn't write names on them. I just threw them at everybody.
The only gift I remember clearly was a Baby Yoda candy dispenser:
That my asshole brother purchased at a grocery store: he gave my nephew the Darth Vader version which I
obviously would have preferred. What a dick, but it was funny anyway: it sits on my nerd Star-Wars shelf gathering dust with all the other Star Wars shit people have given me over the years.
Christmas Day I spent at home, as my sister sent out an invitation for a Christmas dinner at her place that read as follows:
{Redacted} and I are having mom and dad over for Christmas. You are welcome to join us, but we are requiring vaccination. Let me know if you plan to join us.
Which I found to be quite insulting, and gave the appropriate response to: NO RESPONSE, ignored. Did I mention that in addition to an asshole brother that I also have an asshole sister? I still love them both, of course: but they can both be quite the "head shakers" sometimes.
WAIT, I take that back: now that I think of it, I actually went over to my asshole brother's for Christmas day and we had
Ribeyes Chuck/Picnic/Patio steaks from some local butcher that raises their own beef (they were out of ribeyes), Yellow Squash, Baked Potatoes, LeSeur™ Peas and some
baguettes I made the night before.
We made fun of my sister's passive-agro text invitation: he wanted to "punch her in the throat" while I merely said it was disappointing and wouldn't contemplate committing violence on my family members. I suppose that makes
me sort of an asshole for "shaming" him, must run in the family!
HAHAH!
So anyway,
Re: The BellGab Bakeshop - Satsuma Oranges:
Hey Roz, you want these Satsuma Oranges my asshole brother surprised me with yesterday?They are slowly wasting away in the crisper drawer of the 'fridge right now and hopefully do not suffer the fate of the Bosc Pears I was going to turn into relish a few months ago (the pears
very quickly turned to mush, I think it took a month or so before I noticed... yuck).
Anyhow, good to see you! Happy New Year &c.
*I think it was one of those Zoom-meeting services? I dunno, I never go to church anymore...
