Friday, December 26, 2003

 

This has been an entirely different holiday than the past, except, I did do an all day shopping outing on Christmas Eve. Christmas morning was cold, so I decided to go to the church around the corner instead of the one I usually go to, and of course, I still got there a few minutes late. I stood along the sides of the church with many others, and I was surrounded by nice people. The service had a theme of forgiveness, which was meanigful to me, and I left the church with the warm fuzzies.
After church I went home and walked the dogs. During the walk I was pursued by 2 different loose dogs, the last chased us all the way up to my front step. That dog was a big Doberman- type dog with a leash dragging behind followed by a 8 or 9 year old girl . We were both visibly shaken, and after pushing my two in the house she was able to get the leash and take her dog home. I then went to the new relatives apartment. The new relatives are Greek, so we ate a Greek Christmas meal. Some of the food there: pork chops, handmade sausage cooked on the grill, potato salad, the mayo was on the top of the salad instead of mixed in, homemade bread, salad with feta cheese, cabbage salad, shrimp, meatballs, spare ribs, and a plate of lemons to squeeze on top of the meat, various Greek cookies, huge wedding cookies, honey cookies, and baklava, also the famous green bean casserole from a non-greek. I know there was more...but I think that gives a good visual. Later the family from Florida called, and I found out the gifts were a success with the little niece. I was having fun, and was asked not to leave yet, so then we played cards, I'm still unsure of the rules. What did I get for Christmas? That will have to be later, because I haven't gotten them all yet.
In case you didn't know, I think Christmas is everyday anyway.
If you are looking for a good foreign movie I can recommend "The Princess And The Warrior". It is a German movie, that has a better ending than most. I've watched the movie, "The Dangerous LIves Of Altar Boys", and now I'm reading the book by Chris Fuhrman. In the book, a dog causes chaos in mass during the communion procession. I remember this happening during communion when I was a kid too. I wonder if this is a common occurence?

posted by Caroline 12/26/2003 03:27:00 PM