Grandma’s
Kitchen Christmas truly is “the most wonderful
ahead of time and put it in the refrigerator
time of the year.” Family get togethers
so it is ready when they arrive. We roll them
with love, laughter and, of course – food.
out and they cut out the cookies in Santas,
Decorations all around the home. Children
snowmen or whatever shape they like.
anxious to open presents.
Once baked, they decorate the way the
What could be better?
mood strikes them. We use the occasion to
My family gathers late in the day on
indulge ourselves as we bake. After all, it is
Christmas Eve so each family has their own
a grandmother’s right to spoil grandchildren
family time together Christmas morning.
(while also ensuring they behave).
Our
big
Thanksgiving.
traditional For
meal
Christmas
is
on
we
do
finger foods, dips and sweets. Everyone contributes to the meals. On Thanksgiving we gather around the table and give thanks for all our blessings. On Christmas Eve we fix plates and gather in the living room near the tree. After food and fellowship, we open presents. I feel certain the grandchildren would prefer to open presents first, but it
My family’s favorite sweet for this time of the year is peanut butter balls closely followed by peanut butter fudge. There’s a joke about nuts in that statement, but I will skip it. You get it anyway, right? My favorite of all the decorations is the tree. The tree to me represents freshness, a newness of life. That’s what Jesus brought to mankind on the day He entered this earth. The lights that twinkle speak to me
is good to wait because their anticipation
of the light He brought into a dark world.
builds.
I wish everyone could have the joy and
My family loves homemade bread and I make bread loaves for Thanksgiving
peace that knowledge brings. Whatever
your
traditions
are
and Christmas. Before Christmas the grandchildren and I make sugar cookies
very best Christmas you’ve ever and may
together and each carries some home with
there be peace among men.
them. We make sugar cookies because that’s what all of them like. I make the dough
The recipes are so old I do not remember where I got them. Enjoy!
Sylvia Hughes is a retired newspaper editor and columnist residing in Windsor. In addition to three sons, she has a gaggle of grandchildren, many of whom love cooking with her just as she did with her mother and grandmother.
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Christmas, I wish you and your family the
