To those of you who observe the holiday, may you and your loved ones have a happy, safe, joyous and blessed Christmas!  In the immortal words of Charles Dickens:

... and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well - if any man alive possessed that knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed: God Bless Us, Every One!

And from the other side of the pond , MERRY CHRISTMAS , HAVE A LOVELY HOLIDAY!

Thank you!  Merry Christmas to everybody from Georgia!

Merry Christmas to everyone from Clearwater, Florida.  Hoping you all take it easy today. We had a fabulous Christmas Eve with all my family. Lots of laughs and lots of food and sweets. I will enjoy all the delicious leftovers and a quiet house today.  Lorraine

Merry Christmas to all!

(Ours will be especially festive, I’ve got a batch of dough for some Butter Dipped Dinner Rolls rising even now. Yum!)

...and don’t forget the Champagne!  I just opened a bottle of Creme de Cassis I brought back from France in 2003…thought it was time to be opened and when better than Christmas?  It made a delicious Kir Royale!  Cheers and Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Jim & I made fruitcakes today—they just went into the oven. Pictures to follow. We like cooking together!

We keep the champagne for New Years—I think it will be a nice monastic ale for tonight.

Very best wishes to everyone!