I saw this at Pamela's blog and it looked like fun, it's called Tuesday 4: Holiday Specials begun by Toni Taddeo and kept in her memory, here are my answers:
1. Do you have a favourite Christmas carol and if so is there a particular version you especially like?
O Holy Night. I don't have a particular favourite version but it's such an atmospheric song, it really lifts my spirits. I also like Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.
2. Do you have a special dinner for the holidays? What foods are included?
We have a meal on Christmas Day with the girls and my mum and dad. We have turkey, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, carrots, Brussels sprouts, roast parsnips, stuffing, cranberry sauce, Yorkshire puddings*, gravy, and pigs in blankets. We follow this with Christmas pudding with a brandy flame. This year our youngest daughter would like a vegan/vegetarian option, so we'll look into that.
*Yorkshire puddings are not a sweet but are a something eaten with a roast dinner, usually roast beef but we love them so much Christmas dinner wouldn't be the same without them haha
3. Holiday movies ... which do you like to watch?
Ooh. We start off the season with Die Hard and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. We also love to watch Christmas with the Kranks, Nightmare Before Christmas, Home Alone, Polar Express (except G hates this film lol, but me and the girls love it) and we have added Red One as a favourite too. I quite like Deck the Halls. I recently watched The Holdovers and Last Christmas - I totally recommend, really, really great films!
4. What traditions do you continue to keep year after year for the holidays?
We always start the season with Die Hard (definitely a Christmas film!) and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. I go to Candlelit Carols with my dad (and my mum when she was well), which is a very traditional service with a choir on the 21st December. We have a night in the week where we visit a local street that decorate their hours with soooo many lights and outdoor decorations. It's so pretty and there are QR codes posted on the street where you can donate to a local hospice after visiting the lights. We open presents on Christmas Day as a family first thing while we have breakfast. Then when my mum and dad come we open presents with them after lunch.
6 comments:
OH, Sarah, I am so glad you joined in the fun this time! We do this every Tuesday, so please keep checking in! I enjoyed your answers and traditions, and I know you live in the UK, so I was a bit surprised that you like so many "American" movies, but I guess they are pretty universal! I've heard that Die Hard is a Christmas movie, but I guess I'd have to watch it again to figure that out...it's been a while since I've seen it. Your menu sounds delightful and so "Dickenish", like from A Christmas Carol. I hope you and yours have a delightful and blessed Christmas!!
I like your holiday celebrations. I try to take in one or two special events, usually concerts or plays with the Christmas message and songs. But this year I did not make it and the 'season' is booked. Hopefully next year. Enjoy your Christmas and your movies.
Our holiday meal menu is similar to yours! I am happy you joined in , thank you! I hope your Christmas is wonderful , merry and bright!
Thanks Pamela I really enjoyed joining in :) I think most big Christmas films are American. Love Actually and Nativity I guess are British based, but they're just not my favourite. Last Christmas that I mentioned is a British film, I really enjoyed that. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas too x
Thanks Joyful, things get so busy so quickly around Christmas! I hope you have a great Christmas too x
Hi Annie, good food maketh the Christmas haha, I hope you have a wonderful Christmas too x
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