Easy Centerpiece
Well, here we are, just a day or two before the Christmas Eve. And what an easy way to create an elegant centerpiece! A bag or two of cranberries, a dozen of green apples and a half a dozen red roses. That should take some of the finishing stresses off the shoulders!
My last minute items included gift shopping/making, wrapping and making a much abbreviated cookie list. Favorites for others are raspberry brownies and apricot bars. Easy appetizers: the family favorite of chili and current sauced meatballs. New discovery: Scallops sauteed in sesame oil after marinating in a ginger teriaky sauce for two hours with sesame seeds and scallions on top. Christmas Cards….I never was very good at them. So I decided all older relatives who are not socially networked will still get theirs. And important people who made my year always get little handmade gifts, personally delivered. All others will get on via the web. Now that is quick and GREEN too! Only thing left to do which is always stress is to wrap the gifts for the little ones which has to happen when they are asleep. So I think that should leave enough time to spend with friends and family who celebrate!
ECCE MUNDI GAUDIUM! ECCE SOLUS GENTIUM! VIRGO PARIT FILIUM! SINE VIOLENTIA! AVE, VIRGO, REGINA! DEI PLENA GRATIA!
