PEACHFRONT SPEAKS

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christmas 2010: in the dark 2010-12-25 - 5:04 p.m. Everybody copies my style. Sigh. What are you going to do? I go to the store to pick up my usual ProSecco, and the wine guy shakes his head sadly and says that they had an inexplicable run on it this year, and now they're out and won't have any more in time for Christmas. "We had a tasting of this ProSecco," he said, "And a lot of people bought a case, it was wildly popular, so..." Sold. How do I go back to cheap champagne now that I'm hooked on ProSecco...and, apparently, the entire world has followed my lead? Well, it's Christmas Day, and I'm sipping it even as I type, and it's nice and crisp and sparkly, so all's well that ends well. And, oddly, it was less expensive than the other brand. A quiet Christmas this year. DH got off on Christmas Eve, an unusual event, but since it fell on a Friday, I might have expected as much. I wore fire engine red jeans and a long gold and silver metallic sweater, accented here and there with a gold metallic belt, a gold-tone collar, a huge 1980s costume "gold" and "pearl" pin of fireworks going off. That's Peachfront, always in quiet good taste. Try to copy THAT style, Bunky! We tested the foofy new home entertainment/TV set-up but Cookie and I were aghast to learn that, on Christmas Eve, apparently it's the done thing to play black-and-white movies. At least I have learned something. "Miracle on 34th Street" and "It's a Wonderful Life" are two different movies. Actually, I learned two things. "Miracle on 34th Street" and "It's a Wonderful Life" are two different movies, and Jimmy Stewart was a scenery-chewing ham actor of the first water. Of course, I thought I was watching "Miracle on 34th Street," since I'm not sure that I even knew that "It's a Wonderful Life" was a movie title and not a phrase, but even coming in at the middle, I saw enough to realize why I wasn't much of a TV watcher in my youth when many or most of the programs were in black-and-white -- or at least they were on our black-and-white 13 inch TV. Heh. We picked it up where Stewart is wandering about on a snowy bridge -- we're talking Dickensian snow, folks -- but before he can jump off and kill himself, some other old boy jumps off and requires rescue and don't you hate it when that happens? So whatever...but it did give Cookie plenty of opportunities to ring his new lust object, the bell I rescued from the cage I gave away. Cookie has been loving up and feeding on that puppy ever since. An angel may have to earn his wings, but a naughty little devil like Cookie is born with them in place. And, this morning, when I logged onto the fabulous internet, still thinking to myself, "Holy God, I knew it was about angels and Christmas and all that sentimental crap, but Miracle on 34th Street was still just god-awful..." that's when I saw as per MSN.com that I'd actually been watching It's a Wonderful Life. Don't worry. Either way, I'll stick to the football game (MAYbe) or Bad Santa from here on out... Considering that I think Bad Santa the best Christmas movie ever made -- well, the best ever made that I ever saw - and it's precisely the kind of humor that poor DH just won't stomach, perhaps next year we'll go back to renting some random video about murder, mayhem, and the end of the world instead. Our Christmas Eve menu: Foofy salad with artichoke hearts, romaine, and olives, with a homemade balsamic vinagrette dressing Deviled Steak Creamed Spinach after Emeril Satsumas in Grand Marnier -- except, this year, instead of Grand Marnier, I used my own homemade Satsuma-cello Today, for Christmas morning, I made some hazelnut coffee and Deviled Eggs for breakfast. Next, we swapped our rather modest gifts -- an interesting chocolate/wine drink and a Turtles of the Southeast guide for me, and a large assortment of low-carb foofy snacks like hazelnuts for him. Today's costume is a black and gold metallic sweater, paired with a gold metallic leather skirt. As for the menu, so far it's looking like this: Delectable Turkey Liver Pate with celery, green bell pepper, and golden bell pepper sticks that ProSecco I mentioned earlier, tee hee All-American Turkey with stuffing -- yes, there will be leftovers More artichoke and olive salad Wine-Baked Apples We're a little weak on sweets, but oh well. We prefer the low carb stuff anyway. later Perfect timing, I guess. We've feasted, the birds have feasted, and just as DH is saying, "Why don't you take a look at such-and-such video?" BOOM! The power is out. It has now been out for some time. Since we're looking at a hard freeze, I went ahead and took all the birds inside, since their heated nestboxes won't heat during a power outage. We have lit the candles in crucial areas -- bathroom, kitchen, fireplace. And so to the long winter's nap... back - next All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2002-2017 by Elaine Radford