What holiday traditions do you make time for year after year? How do you best accomplish the work needed to keep those traditions alive?
Family/friend parties
We have a number of family/friend traditional parties, and for each of those we do some of the cooking and prep.
- Women's party: quiche, breads, potato dish, roasted veggies, cookies
- Thanksgiving: turkey, scalloped sweet potatoes, butternut squash, mashed potatoes, gravy, sourdough stuffing, green bean casserole, sweet breads, cranberry sauce, salad, pies, ice cream
- Santa party: meatballs, sausage, rolls, salad, cookies
- Gifts: breads, fudge
- Christmas: lasagnas, meatballs, sausage, sauce, salad, eggplant parm, ice cream sundaes, cookies, stuffed mushrooms, spinach triangles
- Christmas Eve - healthy, tasty hot meal - seafood Newburg, parsley rice, peas, chocolate mousse, spinach triangles appetzer
Decorating
- outdoor solar and other lights, wreaths
- indoor tree, lights, holiday decor
- house cleaning/prep for a crowd
Fun
- games
- karaoke
- Yankee Swap - grabs
Gifts
- simple, thoughtful
Contribution
- varies year to year
