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Aqua Sky Mixer Giveaway

Per the little number generator at Random.org, the winner is comment number 1262 from Jennifer in Iowa. Congrats, Jennifer! To collect your new mixer, just send me a note.

Today, because the season of gift-giving is nigh, I’m giving away a shiny new mixer! For a chance to win this gorgeous “Aqua Sky”-colored appliance, just answer the following question:

What are your plans for Christmas Day 2018? Are you…

Ordering take-out and watching a movie?

Shoveling snow?

Shoveling sand on a warm, sunny beach?

Hosting a dinner for family and friends?

Whatever your holiday plans, just shout ’em out in the comments section below, and your name will automatically be entered into the random drawing.

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Notes:

I’ll use the little number generator at Random.org to select the winner.

The winner’s name will be announced on Wednesday, November 28, 2018. So be sure to check back!

If you’ve not previously commented on this blog, you’ll receive a message that reads “comment awaiting moderation.” My staff* will approve your comment ASAP. Once approved, you’ll be able to comment freely elsewhere on this blog.

*I do not have a staff.

Good luck, everyone!

xKevin

This giveaway is sponsored entirely by Kevin Lee Jacobs.

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  1. 1

    Earring at a restaurant with friends. Our get together where we cook will be the following week.

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    I will be having my children over for the day. Get to see my 5 grandkids, all boys !!!!! It will be a wild day for sure !!!

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    We will open presents (husband, daughter, grandma and I), have dinner, and we’ll probably watch a movie in the evening. Thanks, Kevin and Merry Christmas!

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    I host Christmas each year and I get anxiety! I always refer to your dinner menus for ideas. Anxiety countdown begins…NOW!!

  15. 15

    Being with family and enjoying watching our 2 great grandchildren playing with their toys. And always lots of good food.

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    I shall be wrapping gifts for my grandchildren and and making your deliciously looking cake for my daughters birthday.

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    I am going to make my 81 year Young a tasty dinner, watch some old Christmas movies, take a walk on the beach and play with our dogs.

  18. 18

    Christmas Day we are hosting our family Christmas this year. Up to 30 in attendance which will be interesting as we just downsized to a condo this year but we will have a great time! Everyone brings a dish to share which makes it a delicious dinner. Falalala! Be Jolly.

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    Hosting dinner for our family of 16 , our three children and families bring dish or dishes to add to the menu.

  22. 22

    I will be in Lake Tahoe looking at the beautiful lake in our son’s home
    surrounded by 2/3rd’s of my family. If by some stroke of luck and your
    hand I was to win this lovely mixer I would give it to my daughter-in-law,
    the mother of my 3 beautiful grand-daughters. She is an amazing woman
    and could definitely use one of these.

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    As has become our tradition, we will be heading north to a relatives’ farm in rural Pennsylvania. Since we now are retired in Florida, this is quite a change for us, and much like climbing into a Normal Rockwell painting. We literally go ‘over the river and through the trees’!! The farm has chickens, dogs, a wood stove, and a warm welcome that exceeds all possible desire. We begin our trip into the past, by eschewing airplanes and automobiles, and taking a quieter, more old fashioned mode of transportation — the train!

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    We will make the rounds to visit family if the weather cooperates! Hope you have a wonderful holiday season.

  27. 27

    After many years of having adult children, we will be spending Christmas day at my 4 month grandson’s house! He is precious and I’m grateful to have this beautiful child and my wonderful son(s)in law. God is good! From South Carolina!

  28. 28

    Take out and a movie !
    I’ve exhausted myself doing the big (often multi-course) dinners for decades… my turn to relax with some wine.

  29. 29

    Dinner at home with my daughters and their families. They help but I never get out of cooking. Thinking I should keep it simple this year. Should I order out for Chinese?

  37. 37

    I will be sitting back watching my sister work like a fool, with a cocktail in hand. Just kidding, I will help but she is crazy organized and will not need it!

  38. 38

    We will have a family feast of roast beast (aka prime rib) and Yorkshire pudding and family board games!
    Merry Christmas!

  40. 40

    Making traditional breakfast of sticky buns and opening presents with the family and then staying in to watch movies and play games.

  41. 41

    Always, a meal with children and grandchildren while celebrating the birth of our savior. Of course Mimi cooks!!
    Wouldn’t have it any other way.

  44. 44

    On Christmas day, 2018, my mother-in-law (aged 93), our three children and our three grandchildren (aged 2, 5 and 7) will all be here to celebrate the overnight arrival of Santa, and the ensuing cheer of Christmas Day goodies. Christmas Day will include a couple of hours of outdoor play and a big turkey dinner with all the fixins. How traditional! What more could an Oma ask for?

    I’m wishing Merry Christmas and the best of the holiday season for all, especially for you Kevin and Mr. Fox. Thank you for your year long gifts and please, Santa, keep em comin.

  48. 48

    Watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” and drinking sparkling wine with some of my family and friends.

  49. 49

    My stand mixer BIT the DUST last Christmas as I was mid-stream making cookies for our local homeless shelter. I’m too old and just don’t have the strength to hand make them – THIS would do me MIGHTY FINE!
    Christmas Day – quiet, relaxing, lounge day – I host the Annual Christmas Eve Bash … the DAY IS MINE!

  50. 50

    We will cook a leg of lamb at home- lots of garlic , olive oil and lemon . It will be the family and I -some vegetarian side dishes to satisfy everyone! Always a fab , food- filled day.
    Baklava for desert!! <3

  51. 51

    Our family gets together at Thanksgiving for fun and food.. We just did that. And each is off at Christmas time to enjoy warmer weather in Mexico or ski out west! It works for us. But a beautiful mixer for me would be much appreciated!

  53. 53

    Our son and his lovely wife will fly in Christmas Eve and we will cherish every moment being with them. Christmas Day will find us gathered round the table for a family dinner and then maybe a good movie. Love to all and hopes for a heartwarming Pt beautiful holiday!

  54. 54

    I will be shoveling sand on a warm, sunny beach! And having a Turkey dinner and all the trimmings with a great group of people at our hotel.

  56. 56

    Hot chocolate and pjs and enjoying watching our little one filled with Christmas giddiness (she’s so excited for every holiday, it’s truly magical experiencing them with her). Then visits from various grandparents and a walk to the park to play for the afternoon with family

  57. 57

    Spending the day with family, which means a lot of cooking for me. That mixer would really come in handy. I like your mantel display Kevin.

  59. 59

    Having a wonderful Christmas lunch with my friend Howard and his wonderful family! Merry Christmas!!!

  60. 60

    We will have our family over for turkey dinner, butter tarts, homemade turtles and fudges. We always spend the day with card games, a jigsaw puzzle and lots of love.

  61. 61

    Will visit son and family in their newly-built house in Delaware, OH; which my daughter-in-law announced it’s to be my kitchen on Christmas Day. I’ma kind’a like, nooooooo, I was hoping to be the guest, not the chef! 😉

  62. 62

    We will be celebrating at my son and daughter-in-laws home. Dog, fireplace, granddaughters and family..Hope you enjoy the special day too!

  63. 63

    Christmas Eve I’ll be at my best friend’s place for her open house. Christmas day… other friends for a pot luck. I love cooking from scratch and will be making things for both festivities and my house.

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    Morning walk with husband and Seamus, my Sheltie, at our Dana Point Harbor. The breakwater point is my favorite place to meditate and start the day with gratitude and blessings.

  71. 71

    I will be recuperating from hosting an open house on Christmas Eve, in my slippers, in front of a cozy fire. Reading and enjoying my sweetie’s company. I might play my guitar. Or look at seed catalogs. Maybe I’ll make some bread. That’s cozy and nice. I hope you have a really cozy, special, wonderful day as well!

  72. 72

    I will attend mass on Christmas Eve, so Christmas Day will be reserved for a family breakfast at our house. It will be wonderful to be with so many family members on this special day.

  73. 73

    My plans for Christmas Day are to spend the morning remembering Christmas with my husband and the rest of the day with my daughter and son-in-law enjoying their beautiful home on the lake and appreciating the luck that has allowed me to be there. I plan to bring the traditional Buche de Noel, my contribution to the dinner, and love their labradors.

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    We are going to an aunt and uncle’s for dinner and a Yankee swap. The rule is that you’re not allowed to buy anything for the exchange! It has to be a regift!

  77. 77

    On Christmas Day, my husband and I relax in the living room. That is because we celebrate family Christmas on the Saturday before Christmas. We also celebrate Christmas Eve at our daughter’s home.
    I could really really use this mixer to prepare meals for Christmas and everyday cooking!

  78. 78

    Hoping it won’t snow (more), aboiding shoveling the stuff, and hanging out in the kitchen cooking for extended family visitors. (Wine might figure in this lovely scene as well… )

  79. 79

    Hosting our Family Dinner. I love the color of the mixer. I am 74 and have never owned a large mixer, just a handheld, but would love to have one. Merry Christmas.

  81. 81

    For years, when my daughter, RN worked Christmas hours and lived out of our area, we had Christmas with her, my husband and son at a hotel in her area. My mom, the old traditionalist, loved to come over and be with us on Christmas. Her “can’t mess with tradition” only applied to Thanksgiving. We acquired a number of center folding tables over the years, wine bottles we had emptied were turned into lamps for future celebrations, Christmas TV, lots of fresh fruit and veggies, reading Best Christmas Pageant Ever in turns, huge Christmas stockings with crazy contents….it was excellent! Informal in nature,we could take a dip in the pool or sauna to help digestion (goes against all old wives tales) and enjoy ourselves completely. This year she flies back from Oakland to celebrate in our Minnesota cold (but smokeless) environs. Trying shabu shabu hot pot this year.

  82. 82

    At home with my husband, cats, dog, teenaged boys, and our daughter who recently got her own apartment. We have a tradition of making an overnight french toast the night before, cooking it in the morning while we open presents, then later having a “spread” of delicious and simple finger foods to graze on 🙂

  83. 83

    …Moravian Christmas cake and coffee with my daughter, presents, fire in the fireplace, an afternoon nap, a late evening cocktail at the local fancy hotel.

  85. 85

    Hmmm…It will be so different this year without my father-in-law 🙁 I suppose it I will be over at my Sister-in-laws and a quite gathering. We all chip in for the cooking.

  87. 87

    We celebrate our Christmas on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. Lots of food and family on both days. We relax on December 25th, go out to a movie then eat out at a local East Indian Restaurant.

  88. 88

    Christmas is a time for family and friends to be together. It is a time to remember those who can only be with us in spirit and memories. It is a time to sit by a warm fire and be thankful.

  89. 89

    Christmas Day -having a great meal with my family and then the family tradition of starting our veg seedlings for next year’s garden.

    May your holiday be filled with great friends & family and good weather. I won’t wish you great meals because you always make great meals. Thank you for all your recipes you share with us.

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    Flying from TX to MD a week ahead, then attending the Mass when our son and his wife sing in the choir and play trumpet and flute. Then our daughter-in-law will prepare a feast for dinner and I will do the dishes.

  92. 92

    Roast Pork Feast with the family – We used to have a turkey but we’ve decided that Thanksgiving Turkey is a bit too recent.

  93. 93

    Hubby and I will spend a quiet day at home, but on Christmas Eve, expecting our son, daughter-in- law and wonderful grandson to come for visit and dinner. They are currently remodeling the kitchen in their 150+ year-old house and if I win, I will give this to them. They are really getting into cooking and baking, and this gift would be a wonderful surprise! Crossing my fingers!

  95. 95

    I will make a breakfast casserole in the morning and a low key Christmas dinner at home with immediate family.

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    Every year I host my daughters and their families. We open gifts and chat with each other, enjoying most the grandchildren and their excitement over gifts. Then we have a buffet of things to eat. Might be a couple different types of chili with all the condiments, tapas/small plate bites, soups or even a beautiful ham with biscuits. Everyone brings something they enjoy!

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    We’ll be having a wonderful family dinner (daughter, son in law and my two grandchildren and cousins who are more like siblings). It will consist of turkey and all the usual trimmings with the addition of Maryland Stuffed Ham. Google it if you don’t know what it is!

  99. 99

    We celebrate with 24
    inlaws,outlaws, friends, kids, grandkids and dogs.
    Everyone brings something, and we have a great time reminiscing and gift-giving
    and mostly loving that we are all together again this year.

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    United Airlines will be my host for part of Christmas Day. After visiting my sister in snowy, beautiful Montana, baking, eating and visiting it is rather relaxing to fly on Christmas Day. Thanks for all your recipes, videos sharing your skills and loves.

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    Hoping for snow for some x-c ski “meditations”. We’ll be thinking of those from Christmases past who are no longer here, missing those who live far away, feeling contented and grateful, and yet sad about the capricious gross inequities of riches among human beings.

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    Spending the day with our much loved family. Adult tradition is everyone brings something they discovered that they love to exchange with everyone else.. This year, I am bringing everyone a stainless. Steel collapsible straw. My small contribution to save the planet from plastic. ❤️ Your blog!

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    Cooking Christmas lunch for my family which includes my grandson who always requests baked hominy Au Gratin (your recipe) this is a family favorite. Listening to my granddaughter play Christmas songs on the piano and enjoy being together. Fixing special little plates of food for our sweet dog Buddy and cat Molly.

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    I am here Kevin reading and commenting as I have been for years!
    As for Christmas day 2018: exactly what I do depends on the success of herding a total of 22 family…❤️

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    We will be spending the day with family, having driven there late the night before. We will have stockings and presents by the fire, a scrumptious breakfast, and a lovely Christmas dinner (roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, etc. etc.) with not just family but extended family and friends – probably about 35 people. Everyone brings something, and we make lots of music. We also light candles in memory of those we have lost to this earth since last Christmas. And we read a Christmas play written by my late father, with everyone from young children to the oldest reading a part. A special day!

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    Flying from warm, sunny California to Minnesota to spend Christmas with the kids!
    That is a beautiful mixer.
    Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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    Will be spending time with family this year!! On a different note, I made your egg and spinach strata for the day after Thanksgiving breakfast. It was a huge hit! Will definitely be making this again.

  112. 112

    At the moment the plans are still up in the air. Certainly it will include family, friends , food and games.

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    Sleigh Ride from Connecticut down to Virginia to sit by the fireplace next to the Christmas tree with my husband’s family.

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    Scrambling to finish making and wrapping Christmas gifts at 2 am as is becoming my unfortunate tradition. Waking up late with fiancé and cat, opening presents over coffee. Going to our respective families first Christmas dinner spent together. Maybe I will make an angel food cake for my grandmother as she can eat many sweet because of food allergies. Oh and giving out spicy gingersnaps!

  121. 121

    I’m Italian so we start Christmas Eve, I cook fish, pasta, and a special squash dish, for my son, daughter-in-law, sister, her husband and who ever stops by everyone is welcome! we usually wind up with 10-12 people

  122. 122

    We have a very loose tradition. My husband and I, four children and 4 in-law children, 7 grandchildren, two international students, assorted friends gather for potluck dinner. The hosts do the turkey. We say Grace, we go through the buffet line, we eat with lots of conversation. Lots of candid photos all thru. After, we *must* play games like werewolf or four on the couch.

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    Traveling from sunny Florida to my sisters in New Jersey
    We haven’t been together for Christmas in ages
    Her children will be there good times for all
    Can’t wait to see her
    She’s my best friend❤️

  127. 127

    Spending the day at my son’s new house. Hopefully basking in the happiness that I won the mixer, lol

  128. 128

    Wrestling the family into the car to spend the day with much loved extended family. Everyone growing better up so fast!

  129. 129

    No plans because last Christmas I had to cancel a house full of guests and stare at a stocked refrigerator because, in spite of the flu shot, I came down
    with some terrible viral infection which lasted through the holidays.
    This year I am treading carefully and maybe we’ll just wing it-
    Let you know after the hoopla dies down-
    Love that mixer color!

  130. 130

    Enjoying a quiet day with family and any friends that need a place to hang out. Also eating good food!

  131. 131

    We will be going over the mountains and through the woods to spend the holidays with our kids and grandkids!

  134. 134

    Traditional Christmas breakfast of homemade cinnamon rolls with vanilla icecream. Ham and scalloped potatoes for dinner, and then our Christmas movie, Donavan’s Reef.

  136. 136

    Spending the day with family, enjoying a big meal, sharing gifts, and playing games in the evening.

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    Good question – we still don’t know if my family is coming up here to Chicago from Dallas or if my son and I are going to them. If we stay in Chicago, we will undoubtedly be shoveling snow. LOL! You are far too generous with your giveaways. Thank you!

  141. 141

    Christmas Eve we will open gifts at our home. Christmas Day will be for visiting family close by, after sleeping in a bit and enjoying a nice breakfast.

  142. 142

    Hosting a Christmas Eve party for family! It’s the first year my daughter and I will be in our new home and we couldn’t be more excited!!

  143. 143

    We celebrate christmad eve. Christmas day will be laing around in comfy clothes , eating leftovers and definately watching A Christmas Story.

  144. 144

    Christmas Day we will help prepare and serve a community meal…then prepare for our family Christmas on the 26th. This mixer is gor-juss!

  145. 145

    I will be welcoming home my three, yes THREE, daughters from colleges near and far with a lovely Christmas roast, and all of their favorites foods, cakes, and cookies for the weeks that they are home. CAN’T WAIT! ❤

  146. 146

    Leaving Mexico to spend Christmas in North Carolina with family. One year we spent the day at the beach, one year we were snowed in!

  147. 147

    Celebrating Christmas with family – and after dinner, hope to go outside to make a great big snowman!! Merry and Happy to all.

  149. 149

    We will be gathering at my mother-in-law’s home. My sister-in-law and I will be preparing the holiday meal

  150. 150

    Celebrating all the good things, past, present and future with beautiful family and happy doggies! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all in YOUR house and your many devoted readers.

  151. 151

    This Christmas Day I’ll spend at home with my husband, 6 yo Daughter, and my mom. we’re looking forward to a low-key day watching our daughter open gifts and enjoying the wonder of Christmas through her eyes!

  152. 152

    I will be enjoying baking and a relaxing day in front of the fire.We will Skype with our 3 kids who will be together with their grandfather in Northern Maine!

  153. 153

    I will spend Christmas Day with dear friends in the beautiful mountains of Hendersonville, NC or on the coast in Pawleys Island, SC … or enjoy the day with dear friends in my own beloved coastal SC home. Wherever I am, our day will be filled with lively loving dogs (including my own Daisy and Snoopy), much fun and laughter, and delicious food and joyous overeating. What a wonderful life!

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    Hopefully NOT shoveling!! I think it’s going to be pretty low key, which will be very nice – no travel is always welcome at the holidays!

  155. 155

    I cook at Thanksgiving, Christmas eve day lunch at mom’s, and Christmas eve is hosted by son and wife, as an open house( his friends and family). My daughter and son in law prepare Christmas day dinner at their house. The following day is our wedding anniversary with another small celebration and then onward to 2019…..Tick, toc, tick toc.

  157. 157

    Going to my daughters home – she hosts Christmas with our family and her husbands family in attendance. Lovely day with family and her 3 dogs!

  158. 158

    I will be having a home cooked dinner with family. I hope there will not be any snow to shovel that day though. Looking forward to spending a relaxing day making happy memories with family. Thanks for all your helpful thoughts and ideas throughout the year! Enjoy the season!

  160. 160

    Planning on a quiet Christmas with my small family (or those who can make it). Having ham for Christmas since my family <> doesn’t like to eat turkey again so close to Thanksgiving. My loss! Hanging out at home and probably my hubby and I will drive around looking at Christmas lights that evening before they all disappear again for another year.

  161. 161

    My small family gathers around the antique organ at my Mom’s house. We sing the Christmas songs my Dad taught us so many years ago.

  162. 162

    We will be lazing about, eating cheese, crackers, and other various finger foods. We have family coming the week after Christmas, so the big meals are being saved for that.

  163. 163

    Spending time with my family! Watching our grown kids still run down the hallway looking to see what Santa Claus has left them! Then a great day of food and liquid libations! Cheers and Merry Christmas to all!

  164. 164

    Hi Kevin,
    I plan to spend Christmas with my children, their spouses and my 3 granddaughters.
    Thank you,
    Nancy

  165. 165

    Hopefully spending time with family and thanking God for his great love for us. Merry Christmas Kevin!!!!

  166. 166

    My husband and I will be going to my mother in laws for Christmas dinner. We have smoked prime rib and lots of delicious sides. Of course at the end, we finish with cheesecake slices decorated like little mini Christmas trees.

  167. 167

    Will be doing all of the Christmas traditions! and looking forward to leftover turkey meals.

    Happy Holidays to all!

  168. 168

    I’ll be spending a quiet day at home with family…opening our gifts, enjoying our traditional Christmas breakfast and finally a nice buffet at dinner

  172. 172

    It will be spent with my daughter, who is a first year RN, and my sister. Since daughter has to work, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 7am-7pm, my sister and I will drive to her apartment and have our traditional Christmas Eve dinner waiting for her when she arrives home.

  173. 173

    Hi Kevin, As always my family will be gathering at my mother’s house here in town for a typical New England Christmas dinner and gift opening. There will be four generations there: my mother, my brother and I, my daughter and her two children. We will facetime with my other brother at some point during the day. My mother is 92, lives alone and still takes care of her house, gardens and two cats! The last two Christmases have been a little hard because I had cancer in 2016 and then was recuperating in 2017. (I am in remission. Yay!) And this year, my mother was diagnosed with cancer. BUT… we are all strong women and I will be staying overnight to help with most of the cooking and my daughter will be bringing desserts. We will just be very, very happy to all still be together at this wonderful holiday. (And there will be lots of family stories and laughter… there always is!) I hope your Christmas is warm and happy and full of laughter and good food, too. Take care.

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    I will be preparing food for my family and some friends that drop by. Mostly we just sit and talk and after opening gifts watch tv until dinner. After dinner it is nap time for everyone.

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    We’re never sure. Our 3-year old grandson has leukemia. Flu season is brutal, as any virus lands him in the hospital. We’ll play the waiting game and hope we can all get together on Christmas day. If not, we’ll do our usual wait and grab the first day together that we can.

  180. 180

    Pretending I have the flu so I don’t have to go to my sister-in-law’s and listen to her complain about everyone and everything. My flu remedies include either drinking Saki or Blackberry Brandy–because, as everyone knows–you need alcohol to settle the stomach flu.

    Have a good one, Kevin and Mr. Fox. I’m hoping I can sit this one out!

  181. 181

    Let the cookie making begin!! Christmas Day is always taking gifts and gastronomic goodies and making the rounds to our childrens’ homes so the grandkids can have Christmas morning at home!! Home by 1, and they are off to the other Grandparents homes for more gaiety while we put up our feet and are thankful for so many blessings!!

  182. 182

    3 sisters, cousins, grandchildren, and 89 year old mother will be celebrating at my youngest sister’s new home. We all bring a dish to share and the host cooks a big ham.In lieu of gifts, anyone who wants to participate throws $10 into the fishbowl and we draw numbers to see who pulls their choice of tickets out first. We usually had a few winners each year. Lots of fun!

  184. 184

    Living far from my children and their families, my husband and I will enjoy a quiet celebration, take a walk on the N.C. beach and share a wonderful dinner. We are 81 years old now and no longer able to entertain. Merry Christmas to you, Mr. Fox and all of your families.

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    Hi Kevin: I hopefully will have a lovely turkey dinner using all your recipes from Thanksgiving…:). Am hoping my husband, mum and dad and my two standard poodle babies will all be together be at my home in Prince Edward Island. Thanks!

  189. 189

    We will be sleeping in, having a big breakfast with mimosas, then staying in our pajamas the whole day watching movies and playing board games…or video games, if anyone takes the hint and gifts me that new Pikachu 🙂

  190. 190

    My family of 7 will be together for a week at our family farm. We will cook lots of goodies and a big Christmas Eve and Christmas dinner, make lots of crafts , cut and decorate our tree from the farm. My mix master is 53 years old, wedding gift, and they no longer make beaters for it so I only have one that works. Takes a litter longer to beat egg whites but we give it plenty of time.

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    This Christmas, I am either going to be waiting to give birth, giving birth, or spending the first fuzzy, sleepless nights back at home after giving birth!

    Also part of our Christmas plans is CONSTRUCTION: my husband and I are putting an addition on our house (which includes a completely new kitchen), and they break ground in the next few days! We figured it was better to get it done while we have a newborn rather than waiting and being forced to chase after a toddler in a construction zone…it’s not like we’ll be getting any peace & quiet anyhow 🙂

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    Going to my kids home in sunny California and getting out of the snow in northern Wisconsin:)

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    My sister, my best friend passed away 3 weeks ago, so before she passed, she asked that we all get together with family and very close friends and celebrate her life and remember all the good times we had together. That’s what she would want.
    Thank you for all your reciepes and all your wonderful ideas on decorating.
    Merry Christmas to you and yours.

  198. 198

    Is it time to plan for Christmas already?? Whatever I’m doing, I hope I have a beautiful new mixer to assist in the preparations. I’ll be looking forward to receiving your weekly emails in the New Year!!

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    The traditional lasagna dinner. My Irish family, German husband and some friends to eat and open gifts. The lasagna is made from the best tasting venison hot sausage mix.

  201. 201

    doing farm chores, feeding animals, and then will make what we have on hand. no family coming over, just hubby, me and grandson, and all the furkids. blessings kiss your furbaby from us

  203. 203

    Probably still be recovering from surgery scheduled just before Christmas! Relaxing with my two dogs Lilly and Rusty! Merry Christmas!

  204. 204

    I’ll be spending Christmas in Iceland. We’ll be at the famous Blue Lagoon on Christmas Day!

  205. 205

    Enjoy a quiet day here at home with our daughters, wishing our son could be here but he lives too far away.

  206. 206

    I will be spending Christmas Eve and Christmas morning in Denver with my daughter, son-in-law and two granddogs. Enjoying whatever they want to do – time with family is what is important.

  207. 207

    Will be hosting dinner for a small group of family and friends. Our traditional Christmas dinner is standing rib roast and Yorkshire pudding. The supporting cast is chef’s choice! Another tradition is the watch the movie “A Christmas Carol” – the 1938 version with Reginald Owen as Scrooge.

    Peace on Earth – Goodwill to All!

  209. 209

    thanks for asking, kevin! i’ll be visiting san diego making centerpieces for my daughters wedding.

  210. 210

    Enjoying Christmas with family, friends, our fur baby, and food at our house. Merry Christmas everyone !

  212. 212

    We will gather together as a bigger family this year after in-laws join in.
    I will not host but will certainly contribute my special sweet potato pie that tends to disappear within seconds and flan.
    Merry Christmas everyone!
    Kevin, you get a kiss from me and my grateful roses that you saved a couple of years back.

  213. 213

    My family and I will be taking a break from the NY snow and celebrating Christmas together in Florida.

  214. 214

    I’ll be spending Christmas with my daughter and her family! Open presents and then having a wonderful dinner! thanking the Lord for a another beautiful day with my family!! Kevin, Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!!

  216. 216

    Traveling to see my great niece. I’m bringing all my cookie doughs to make cookies fresh out of the oven.

  217. 217

    Rick and I will spend Christmas day at home; he will watch TV and I will rug hook. Our children and their families traveled here from Alaska and Louisiana for wonderful Thanksgiving celebration. It will be a quiet Christmas this year. Best wishes to all!

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    We are all meeting in Tucson at my two young grandson’s home. They bring back the special memories of their mom and aunt at that age!

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    Heading for my sister and brother in laws house for presents and dinner ~ this will include their grandchildren, 1 year old and 3 year old. Should be lots of fun.

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    Our Christmas tradition is going out to eat at a Chinese restaurant and going to see a movie. Merry Christmas Kevin!

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    Christmas Eve is the big event for our family. On Christmas day I go to Mass and My son and his wife join me.

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    Since my son will be home visiting from California, I will be hosting a dinner for family and friends.

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    Now that my son and his family are living nearby (yeah!), there will be several gatherings at various homes, including theirs. I hope to have a small “early Christmas” at my house with just them to exchange gifts and have a nice holiday dinner.

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    I will be spending Christmas with family. The menu has not been decided as yet but about 1/2 the people there will be vegetarians so it will be interesting to see what we come up with. I will do some of the cooking to contribute to the dinner but I am getting old so it is time for the youngsters to take over some and they have been for quite some time now.

    Your Thanksgiving dinner looked wonderful and I am sure it was enjoyed by all. A Merry Christmas to you and Mr. Fox.

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    Opening my stocking and listening to Mario Lanza’s Christmas album and Darlene Love’s rendition of Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). There is no better Christmas music.

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    Yes, I’ll be cooking! And I will be looking for some new recipes….so I’m looking forward to a new side dish idea from you Kevin! Perhaps something requiring a new mixer!
    I’m always looking for easy classy appetizers for a large gathering…something that travels well…got any of those?

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    Hi Kevin,
    Instead of Christmas Eve dinner this year I am hosting Christmas Eve Brunch! Using your Farmers Casserole as one of the dishes!

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    I’m 80 and just bought my first food processor! A stand mixer is next, I hope. Christmas with family, music and lights. I will do pies and turkey. The rest is up to the others.
    Best wishes for a happy day to all!

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    We will probably cook a ham (or maybe lasagna) and taking our dogs out for a nice long walk if the weather is good. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas. I am sure you will be baking up a storm but hopefully not in a storm.

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    We will have lots of family in for Christmas Eve soups & hors doeuvres-possibly a Christmas Play and board games!
    Shirley

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    After opening our presents in bed, my husband and I will have a light breakfast. Then pack up the dozens of cookies I baked and drive 30 min to my in-laws. There we will share love and laughter and too much food with about 40 family members!

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    We are looking forward to having 2 of our 4 children and spouses, and 5 of our 13 grandchildren with us to celebrate Christmas 2018. We’re going to have ham and mashed potatoes, gravy and all the fixings for Christmas dinner. Blessings to you!!

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    Watching our 3 girls opem gifts from Santa, lounging in pajamas with coffee and Christmas morning monkey bread. Then cooking dinner for family ☺️ looking forward to it!!
    Christy

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    We will be golfing in sunny Florida and then dinner that will be cooking in
    the crock pot. thanks

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    Spending Christmas morning with family and having a brunch with green chili egg soufflé and Christmas Kringle with a citrus fruit salad.

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    Christmas Eve is nuts in my extended family get together, so Christmas Day is peaceful and full of good food, laughs and some amazing games and card playing. Frankly I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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    My daughter is working on Christmas morning, so we will have Christmas breakfast at 5 pm….French toast casserole, bacon wrapped water chestnuts, maybe some Mimosas!
    I watch cooking shows all the time, and notice a lot of the chefs have kitchen aids.
    I look forward to your emails every Sunday . I think you are so kind and gentle.

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    We’re planning to go to Mass and then spend the rest of the day with family and friends. This will probably include lots of phone calls to relatives who are not able to join us in person.

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    We will gather with our son and daughter and son-in-law first for brunch with homemade cinnamon rolls using my grandmother’s recipe. Smoked prime rib and sweet potatoes. And a little bingo and a movie between. (All after shoveling snow if needed!)

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    We will be in Austria for the holiday, due my husband’s tour schedule. We’ll speak to our family via Skype and because “Everyone” in Austria is celebrating Christmas at home, we will probably celebrate with a Chinese Hot Pot as we have done on occaision in the past. Have a wonderful Christmas, I enjoy your blog.

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    Enjoying the chance to cook for loved ones. And set the table with the dishes and glassware left behind by loved ones who have passed, but share their love with us still.

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    I will share Christmas Eve and Christmas day with my kids and grandkids. I’m hoping my youngest son will come from Taipei for the holidays. It will be fun, hope you and yours have a lovely Christmas.

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    Spending time with family and grandchildren with dinner and our exchange of gifts and fun.
    Merry Christmas everyone!
    Peg

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    If it snows (a distinct possibility in the Midwest), I’ll be shoveling out, then staying warm by the fire while knitting, and watching my favorite movies.

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    It’s my favorite day of the year! I’ll wake up when my kids wake up (now 15, 17 and 19) just like when they were little and we’ll all rush down to the Christmas tree and see what Santa brought! They still insist Santa has to come and there are gifts from Santa! We’ll open all the gifts, have a wonderful homemade Christmas brunch, organize and check out our gifts, play a game together before having a nice homemade Christmas dinner with my family at my Aunt’s house! It’s the best! Wishing you and Mr. Fox a fabulous holiday season and Merry Christmas!

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    Will be cooking Christmas breakfast, then enjoying being with my son, then visiting my mother in nursing home that is not able to come to our home, then probably cooking a nice dinner, and enjoy looking at the lights and tree.

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    We are spending our first Christmas with our 2 and 4 year old grandchildren. In August, we moved from MD to NM, to be near and active with our grandchildren. We can’t wait! We just had our first Thanksgiving with them. I was done Christmas shopping for them before Black Friday! We are loving being Nana and PopPop!

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    I’ll be having dinner with a friend in another town. Unless it turns out that I’m stuck at home shoveling snow.

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    On Tuesday 12/25 I will undoubtedly be running around like a headless chicken, prepping food, tweaking holiday arrangements, feeling grateful for family and hopefully NOT shoveling snow. I hope I remember to brush my hair before leaving the house en route to Christmas Dinner.

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    Breakfast for my adult children and grandchildren and dinner with other family members. Hope yours is wonderful. That mixer is gorgeous.

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    I will be staying home with my new rescue (German Sheperd) who is in training. Eating left over Thanksgiving food I froze.

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    Spending Christmas with my daughters, grandchildren and great-grandson while eating good food, opening gifts, playing board games and catching up on the lives of the “young adults”, :).

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    We’ll probably take a drive to our nearby hills and see the beautiful day/scenery God blesses us with and enjoy the time together.

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    I’ll be enjoying my family and wearing matching PJs. Lots of yummy food and probably some snow.

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    Happy Holidays. We are hosting dinner for family and friends. That mixer is gorgeous! Everyone going to want this one:-)

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    A shrimp and crab feast for two, maybe four if our boys make it over. Present opening, some television and a long walk with the dogs!

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    On Christmas day I will be saying good bye to my eldest daughter and her husband as they leave to go back to Brooklyn and then to Australia to visit his parents and enjoy summer on the farm. ( But they will be visiting us in Upstate NY for several days of holiday cheer.) Our other children and their children are traveling as well: to South Africa for a wedding and to Philly for the other grandparents’ turn for gracing the elders with their presence. Aaaah! the duties of grandparenting! Aaaah! the delights of the generation that loves to travel.

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    This Christmas season has been long awaited. Last year we could not have a tree or decorate due to year long remodel in entire house. Just now unboxing things from storage and wondering what to do with it all due to downsizing. I goal is to get house in order for family and friends to visit. I love cooking holiday meals and getting everyone together. Merry Christmas!

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    We are having a large family & friends gathering & making the traditional Tom & Jerry’s served in antique cups.

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    Having Xmas dinner at my house Turkey and the works Daughter and her family plus all the dogs hers and mine

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    We’re gathering at my daughter’s for Christmas Eve where she and I and her sister-in-law will make all the dishes and roast a big juicy ham. Our respective families are out of state so we’llmtoast them and friends with champagne. The hilight of this Christmas will be seeing the sparkle in our 15 month old grandson, Addison! Christmas Day will begin with leftover ham and fluff,y Belgian waffles.
    Merry Christmas, Kevin and Mr. Fox!

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    On Christmas Day, we will relax and read books in our cozy living room while sipping on mugs of warm drinks.

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    I’ll be at home with my husband and kids, opening presents and eating homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast.

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    I’ll be cooking dinner for 5-6, and enjoying seeing my daughters, my son, daughter-in-law, and my first grandchild’s *first Christmas*! Thank you for your blog, I look forward to reading it every Sunday!

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    We Are getting together as a family this year. My children have been living in different states for years. This year they have both moved back in the same town as my husband and I, so we will all be together for the holidays and I couldn’t be happier. May everyone have a happy, safe and joyous holiday. Thanks for all your hard work through out the year. Best wishes one and all.

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    We watch the kids open their stockings and then we take turns opening all the presents. We have a great breakfast break then get back to the tree. The grand finale is the most fun – one person has hidden a special glass pickle somewhere in the tree and the first one to find it wins the pickle prize. In past years it was a mad frenzy around the poor tree as people reached and shoved and squatted and laid under the tree and it always took awhile to find. Prizes were usually a bunch of good stuff like a Chevy Chase ornament, glass moose mugs, cousin Eddy white dicky, a Mele Kaliki Maka lawn sign, needed tools, selection of cheeses, unusual pickles, and some sort of homemade trophy. Kids were not allowed to play since they had been visited by Santa and the adults got left out. They understand and usually laugh at us all. What fun. Love your natural mantle decor!

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    Breakfast with family at our house, maybe a nap, then dinner at my nephew’s house. Always a great day.

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    Traveling to my twin cousin’s house to help her cook and celebrate with family and friends. And probably shoveling!

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    We will celebrate with immediately family and our local friends. It’s mostly very intimate and relaxing. Our only requirement on our Christmas gathering is to come in your pj’s or favorite lounge clothes for the day of total relaxation and sharing of each other.

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    Cathy
    Small gathering of very special loved ones at home enjoying a vegetarian fair for all to enjoy

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    Eating Dim Sum with my tribe. Our neighborhood gets together and potlucks for everyone’s birthday and every holiday imaginable and everyone is a great cook. Dim Sum is so much fun with a group-plus we all appreciate the time and energy that goes into the many dishes. The lively atmosphere and hanging with friends is such a fun time.
    Sharing our table, eating and cooking is the foundation of our friendships.

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    Staying home, opening gifts, and cooking for just my little family. All about us and being together.

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    Reflecting on the real meaning of Christmas and how I make that meaning alive in my every day and relationships

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    I’ll have my parents, daughter, niece and sister in law with me for the holiday this year. My parents recently moved from sunny Florida to Pennsylvania so we’ll have to do our best to keep them warm!
    Happy Holidays!

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    I’ll be visiting a dear friend in California – sipping wine and chatting about many old memories.

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    I’ll be spending time with my family, great-grandsons Mateo & Adrian, great-granddaughter Andee, the parents of same who are (coincidentally) my granddaughter and her husband, my grandson’s wife (he’s away in the military and terribly missed). And, also coincidentally, my daughter and her husband who provided us with this awesome extended family. To boot, my stepmom will be there as well. So that 5 generations under roof, in my tiny little home.

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    Today we are waiting for blizzard to be over so we “CAN” shovel out the garage. Happy Thanksgiving to the best of the best blogs ever!

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    Flying to Richmond, Virginia with my hubby and kids to spend a Southern Christmas with my in-laws.

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    We celebrate Christmas with children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, in stages, so everyone can participate. Some work, others have to travel, so we spread out the gatherings in to several days of festivities. A mixer would still be handy, even after all these years of cooking. And the color is just perfect–matches my microwave. I’ve been to retro, and now back again. They say whatever goes around, comes around with just about everything. Have a wonderful holiday with your *staff and friends.

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    I will spend Christmas Day cooking for family and friends. I enjoy cooking but usually not that much food! LOL Honestly, I would not change anything. Family and friends are the most important things in life. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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    Our holiday celebration includes going to my brother’s place where there will be room for most of my siblings (7 families), the in-laws, outlaws, grands and greats. We will enjoy a feast prepared by all the loving hands. We each have traditional cooking assignments. Then we will play games, laugh, catch up and relax together. My heart is full just thinking about it.

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    Hi Kevin, I’m going to have my kids home! So we’re going to cook a turkey and relax. Hope you do so as well:)

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    Love, Love, Love your site. Always great info and interesting things about gardening and cooking and especially decorating.
    Thanks for doing this every week.

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    Celebrating with the family at my sister Shelly’s house. Can’t wait to play our “Dirty Santa” gift exchange!

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    Christmas is a day of peace to spend with my family and be grateful for our Lord Jesus Christ and all the blessings He has given us, especially His life.

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    I am hoping that our kitchen remodel will be done so we can host our family. Otherwise, who knows!

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    My mum died on Christmas morning so this day is always one of sorrow for the past AND joy of the present. The Dowager Empress (my 97 year old motherinlaw) will come for the traditional carb blast dinner and everyone will dose a bit. Then we play board games till time to disperse. We don’t really do presents anymore since our houses are full and we own three of everything already. Our quiet time together is the best gift. No tv no phones allowed

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    Christmas is usually at Mom’s house, she loves to cook the turkey and have the family there but we may change it up this year and have it at my house closer to my nephew and his new baby! To be determined! Either way, homemade dinner in California weather so prob dinner outside!

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    We’ll have a very small Christmas Day this year – just three of us – so we’ll go simple – grill some filets and watch Christmas movies after opening a few gifts!

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    Twooy best single friendscoming to stay over holidays. We will eat, laugh, pray and play together. OnChristmas Eve family willcome to
    My house for lunch. Christmas Day we will all gather at my brother’s house. Lovely times.

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    We’re renting an airbnb in Cambridge so that we can be with my sons and their women-their place being too small, and one too pregnant to make it to us in Maine. It will be the first real aware Christmas for my 2 year old grandson, who already knows how to handle a screwdriver and master scotch tape. We’ll go to the Common to see the city’s Christmas tree, given to the Boston by Nova Scotia in appreciation for the city’s help during the horrible Halifax Harbor explosion a century ago that killed thousands. They cut it near my ancestor’s farms in Cumberland county. He will be thrilled, and remember visiting Uncle Bill there this summer. We’ll be together, thankful, warm and incredibly lucky when so many are not.

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    We’ll be celebrating with our daughter and son-in-law at their home and greeting their 1st grandchild born last week.

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    My favorite color. I lost my sister last summer, so Christmas will be even more low key…just a quiet day and a fire in the fireplace. Thanks, Kevin.

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    my husband and i will spend the day luxuriously alone, hanging close to his beautifully tended roaring fire, watching movies and grazing on my lovingly prepared food. he’s requested standing rib roast. there will certainly be some baked goods, maybe a galette with local blueberries picked in july. probably buttered popcorn, too. doing my “snow dance” now so that i can hike or snowshoe in the early quiet morning with my lab/husky, zab.

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    My husband and I will have our two daughters plus their respective partners, plus two grand-dogs (Wanda June and Sir Digby Chicken Caesar, both Chihuahua mixes), together with our own three cats, with us over Christmas break. We don’t do much gift-exchanging, mostly just enjoy each other’s company, eat good food, and watch BBC programs on the telly.

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    Meeting up with our two wonderful sons in New Orleans for an experience Christmas! Dining out, therefore 🙂

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    Since my husband is on call this year we will have a family xmas dinner on the eve and on the day prob just eat leftovers and watch old movies or go to the movie theater. Merry and Happy!

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    I will be enjoying family time. Watching grandchildren opening presents and then playing together will fulfill my day. And of course preparing and eating a fine meal!

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    My 2 dogs and I will spend the night of the 24th at my best friend of 35 years house. Get up, make breakfast, perhaps open some presents, make a fabulous dinner and RELAX.

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    We stay in our jammies and play with the grandkids. We snack all day and have pizza for dinner. On the 26th we cook the surf and turf for the family of 26.

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    My daughter will come to spend some time with us and we will make all the old favorites, cornbread dressing, spinach madeline, macque choux persimmon pudding, date nut cookies and boiled custard.

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    We do the whole gift thing on Christmas Eve with a (less than) 7 fishes dinner. Then Christmas day, the kids go with their SOs while my love and I relax by the fire and start a new puzzle. Oh and have a lovely beef meal slow cooking.

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    This year we are staying closer to home than Australia. We are going to our family cabin in the Wasatch mountains with our entire family. We do Christmas Eve dinner where everyone is assigned a dish to make and we let the kids open 1 gift. The little kids re-enact the birth of Christ and the rest of us tuck away in the back room and wrap up last minute gifts. Christmas Day we eat quiche that I make the day before and we spend the day sledding, snowmobiling, and other snow adventures. Then the entire family goes to a movie that night.

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    Well, I take care of my 90 yr old Mom so I’ll be driving her to church in the morning then I’ll make a lamb chop dinner for her. It’s her favorite and we may have visits from a couple of her friends. Not sure about that yet.

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    We will be spending Christmas with family. My parents come and then we go see husbands parents while my pet sit.

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    This Christmas we hope to have our son home from the Army, and daughter home from school! Basically just hang out and enjoy each other’s company. <3
    I hope this year you pick my number! I've always entered this contest. It's my big wish for my kitchen.
    Merry Christmas Kevin et al!

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    Good morning!! On Christmas Day I have my children come for breakfast and then I will prepare the Christmas dinner afterwards. We will eat later and then we settle and snuggle in for our traditional movies. It’s A Wonderful Life, Christmas Story, etc. I love this time of year because this is a time of rest and everyone can come together as we are on a farm and lifes sooo busy the rest of the year!! I wish for you and yours a safe, restful and blessed New Year!! God Bless You Always!!!

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    My wife and I are hosting her 87 year old mom and her niece for Christmas. My mother-in-law doesn’t cook anymore and doesn’t want to bother with decorating and all of that, so we like to give her the whole holiday experience. We’ll be cooking up a feast for a nice Christmas Day dinner. Hope your holidays are lovely!

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    We spend Christmas Eve with friends, before or after church services, enjoying munchies and drinks. On Christmas day, we join friends for dinner.

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    I’ll be welcoming family in (can’t wait to see our grandkids) and enjoying an old fashioned Christmas on this old farm.

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    Hi Kevin, We will be at Grandmas for Christmas she is now 95 but my brother in law continues to make a special dinner. I’ll bake cookies and we usually bring a huge salad.

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    Planning to travel to CA to have Christmas with my daughter, her husband and almost-three years old grandson. Merry Christmas to you, Kevin!

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    After our special Christmas Eve vileo celebration, we will bake a ham, green bean casserole, cheesy potato casserole, and gingerbread cookies for Christmas Day! We open a few gifts Christmas Eve and then Santa brings gifts for Christmas Day. Lots of family in and out throughout the day. Have a very special Christmas Kevin! Thanks for all you share,

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    My mothers family has family reunion on Christmas Day, every year since before I was born and I am old. 🙂 Thanks for the great year of recipes and laughter Kevin!

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    Hosting a dinner for family and friends at our houseand we are going to open just one presen before midnight!

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    Dinner out with dear friends. Probably a movie too, if we can all agree on one which is not easy.

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    Plan on being with relatives whose ages range from 9 to 90 🙂 Always good to see everybody and enjoy good and pretty decorations and food! I subscribe to everything you have available and love . . . hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and thanks for the mixer giveaway opportunity!

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    Fun to read everyone’s plans. We’ll probably have a really quiet morning, then our daughter and family will stop by in the afternoon for a little bit of gift exchanging (keeping it really simple these days!) before we all head just a few minutes away to our best friends where they’re hosting Christmas dinner. Often much snow-shoveling is also involved, but since our huge down-sizing and moving to an apartment home, that’s all taken care of now! 😉

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    We are going to the Kohler resort in Kohler Wis with hopes of enjoying a horse drawn carriage ride, shooting, wonderful food, and lots of family time for making memories. May you have a Happy Christmas. Thank you for all the recipes and hints I used this past year, looking forward to next year’s. Carol

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    Depending on everyone’s schedule/work we will each make comfort food and share precious time together. If it snows I will shovel out beforehand.
    Your pretty aqua appliance will come in very handy.
    Thanks so much for advice, recipes & gardening tips as I so look forward to them weekly! Happy Holidaysto you and the Silver Fox plus your pets!

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    My dogs and I will be anxiously awaiting the arrival of my grown (when did that happen) children. Their favorite Christmas breakfast will be served with their favorite Christmas dinner. Oh the crazy things you do when your kids are grown and still want the traditional meals they loved as children.

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    On Christmas Day my husband and I will go the church then head over the our community center and serve a free Christmas dinner sponsored by the local food pantry.

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    Family will be coming here for food, drink and fun. Now after they leave, I will hit the couch with my German Shepherd and Black Lab and watch Hallmark movies!!
    Merry Christmas to all! Be safe!!

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    Will be flying back from Boston to California after celebrating a surprise 70th Birthday party for my Brother.All the siblings will be there with their families….a big happy family. Will be home to enjoy s nice Dinner in a warm place, with no snow outside!!!

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    When we visited the Carolina’s one year we got addicted to Tur-duc-hen and now happy to say our local meat market makes a similar version they make for us but its done like a stuffed roast with turkey on outside, the hen, duck and stuffed with their home made dressing.
    Merry Christmas Kevin & family.

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    Spending the day at home for the first time in years (we always travel for Christmas). This will be our 2 year old’s first Christmas at our house. It will be wonderful and relaxing!

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    Read the night before Christmas, place my daughters handprint on the tree skirt, set out the cookies and milk and a short note to Santa, sing Christmas carols and get ready for company on Christmas Day! Hope your Christmas is special!

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    Hosting the annual family get together a few day earlier, so Christmas will be relaxing with my husband and our two dogs. Enjoy the holidays!

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    Hi Kevin,
    I am hoping to be cooking dinner in my brand new kitchen on Christmas! The cabinets are in the garage but since we’re on a budget (no help) it’s not a foregone conclusion it will happen in time. Fingers crossed! That aqua mixer would look SO BEAUTIFUL on my new gray countertop! Thanks for the opportunity.

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    Will be hosting Christmas Day ( and Christmas week) for friends and family. Better start preparing soon.

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    Up at 0430 to make 6-8 dozen different flavoured scones then delivering them to the homeless on the streets around our town. Thank goodness for the mild weather in the Pacific Northwest.

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    In the process of making plans with neighbors as we are not traveling to New England to visit relatives and friends this Christmas. It’s interesting how people decorate to the nines here in Florida yet it’s never quite the same as the holidays close to family in Ct. Can’t believe I would be missing snow, the cold and the mad rush associated with it all!
    Have a wonderful holiday.

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    Happy Holiday’s! Our family lives far away, so my husband and I are going skiing for the day.

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    Hi Kevin,

    I will be trying, with my two sons, to recreate Christmas in the tiny Manhattan apartment of one of them. Boneless breast and tin foil pans for all our traditional dishes will be a new experience. Any suggestions for NYC Christmas activities are welcome.

    Best wishes,
    Anne in VT, zone 4/5

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    I will be spending the day with My Beloved husband Kevin, and our fur baby Gracie. We’ll watch Christmas movies, listen to Christmas music while I prepare some sort of meal (I’d much rather eat than cook, so meals are simple around here), and just enjoy our time together.

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    I am going to play beautiful harp music, make a buche de Noel, and have a sumptuous feast with my family and friends!

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    Eating, watching birds, eating, watching Elf (for the 15th time), calling loved ones and rounding the day out with eating. Looking forward to the New Year when we get together with our kids/spouses and grandkids in Florida, escaping the midwest winter for a bit.
    Kevin, I appreciate your ideas and recipes and humor!

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    After a wonderful Thanksgiving at my daughter’s house, I am hosting a traditional family Christmas dinner- roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, Cornish game hens, and all the Christmas accompaniments!

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    Christmas this year will be spent on the San Juan river fly fishing. Perhaps with a turkey sandwich with stuffing and cranberry sauce stashed in my cooler. Wash it down with a thermos of coffee……Sounds so good right now. Happy holiday to you both. Pam

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    Off for some time in the sun this Christmas. Will surely decorate, bake, hang stockings, attend midnight mass, and put family and all other differences aside, to celebrate the peace of Christ, with all the child-like innocence and wonder that can be mustered . AMDG

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    Shovelling snow, very likely, in-between cooking, eating, visiting with family and friends. Na zdrowie!

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    With family on the west coast I have a great family of friends with 2 amazing girls, holidays without children is just another day. Everyone adding food dishes that reflects their personality ensure a fun meal. -Kevin(too) Marken

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    My mom and I are planning a quite Christmas. I am making Christmas dinner for my mom and myself at home.

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    I will attend an extended family gathering at my cousin’s home. It’s a new family tradition – this is the fourth year. Lots of love, laughter, and delicious food!

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    We will be spending Christmas with our daughter, her husband, and our oldest grandson. First time in their newly remodeled home! Can’t wait.

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    May I vote for the “pickle prize” comment by Mary W. ? Give her the mixer! A GRAND PICKLE PRIZE! The image of OUR Christmas tree under siege by MY family hunting for a glass pickle had me in stitches. We will Institute a pickle prize for the “grown-ups” this year. We have been moving, and in the process, I found a ton of stuff that would make good prizes, – – but DRAT! No Mele Kaliki Maka lawn signs though!

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    We will be spending Christmas morning watching our grandkids, 2 & 1, opening their gifts from Santa and family with a yummy holiday breakfast to follow

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    We are having friends and family for dinner. Due to health issues we did Thanksgiving as a pot -luck and it turned out really good. We decided to do a rerun…just a different menu. We all had a very good time and meal. Many hands make for light work.

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    Our children are grown and on their own but they still like ebelskiever for breakfast Christmas morning. So we have Christmas breakfast and one of them will have Christmas dinner.

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    Hi Kevin, This Christmas will be spent with our family at the home of our eldest daughter in New York. In order to give a break to our dear daughter, we are surprising her by catering all the food. She gets very stressed at Christmas with all she has to do so we thought this would be a welcome relief. Great catering place near her home. We are forgoing our usual secret Santa with the adults and just focusing on the children. That’s the way it is supposed to be. Happy Holiday season to you and yours and a big thank you for your videos.

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    Having a quiet Christmas this year with just me and my hubby or maybe another couple or two if we hear of anyone having their Christmas alone. Will be celebrating it with the kids earlier and then again with my in-laws the Sunday before Christmas.

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    Hi Kevin! My husband and I go to my daughters home Christmas Eve and order dinner out. We stay overnight so we can be there to open gifts together. We then have a brunch and go home Christmas night. This is what we have done since the grand children were very young.

  413. 413

    Giving thanks, opening presents next to our little Santa tree and enjoying the day with my family.

  414. 414

    I do Christmas Eve, so we will go to our daughters…..and we ALWAYS watch A Christmas story…” You’ll shoot your eye out,,,,”

  415. 415

    We’re fortunate enough (and old enough LOL) to be able to travel to our daughters home for Christmas. We drive 8 hours in the snow but enjoy a special time with our kids and grandkids including a traditional Newfoundland Christmas feast with pease pudding, boiled dinner with salt meat AND turkey, dressing etc. Hmmmm….sounds wonderful just saying it.

  417. 417

    Volunteering at the kennel for the dog rescue where I got two new furry family members. The dogs and staff deserve a little Christmas TLC.

  420. 420

    Homemade dinner on Christmas Day with local family here on Cape Cod… then another Christmas in NY with grandkids after the holidays!

  424. 424

    Since I hosted Thanksgiving, my sister will have Christmas. We go there for lunch and to open our gifts to each other and then watch “A Christmas Story” on TBS.

  425. 425

    Going to my favorite beach to do winter bird watching at Xmas! Bon Noël Kevin, to you and your family!

  427. 427

    We plan to make a tasty hot layered oven brunch of some kind and having our usual afternoon nap… joining the family at my parents retirement home for a get-together. If need be, we’ll fit in shovelling. thanks for the give-away Kevin.

  428. 428

    It will be cooking and enjoying ethnic food made by friends from Nepal, Korea, China, Ukraine, and Ireland. A real feast to bombard the senses.
    Namaste!

  431. 431

    We will give thanks for the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ and for our children and grandchildren by sharing dinner together. Thank you Kevin for the part you share in our family.

  432. 432

    I will be hosting a family dinner . We will have prime rib and Yorkshire pudding . Best of all, my 2 year old grandson will be celebrating with us.

  436. 436

    Since my husband works retail, I will be catering to his every need on his only day off for a while. Okay, not really, but we will be relaxing, for sure!

  438. 438

    Hi Kevin,
    We plan to have Christmas dinner with our children and friends — with lots of good food!!
    Happy Holidays!

  439. 439

    This year will be very different: not able to spend my Christmas Eve birthday with my twin sister, nor my great-niece’s 8th BD on Christmas Day, but luckily we were all together for Thanksgiving…hubby & I leave on 12/26 for 10 day cruise to Caribbean…not so bad! We will go out for dinner on my BD and on Christmas he will cook us a great turkey dinner, especially his home made gravy… yummmmmmmmmmm..Merry Christmas to you & yours.

  441. 441

    I am cooking for family. Great to be together for the holiday. Marybeth a little snow would be great for Atlanta,

  448. 448

    Our ENTIRE family will be home and we’re anxiously looking forward to seeing them all. Can’t wait to hug grandchildren, take lots of pictures, etc.

  449. 449

    I live in sunny Florida, I will spend Xmas with my husband, son and
    My three wonderful pets. Two dogs and a cat. Just enjoying a quiet
    Day at home . I’ve been subscribed to your emails for a long time.

  450. 450

    Cooking Christmas dinner for my wife and me, then just relaxing watching Hallmark Christmas movies.

  451. 451

    My DH will prepare his Irish mother’s traditional menu of standing rib roast and Yorkshire pudding.

  452. 452

    My Daughter is now in charge of Christmas Day so we will be going to her apartment, snacking for hours, opening gifts and playing games. Oh and listen to old vinyl Christmas records. Most relaxing for me!

  454. 454

    I am excited to be spending Christmas with my family for the first time in 15 years! Merry Christmas!

  458. 458

    I’ll be taking my mom to my brother’s house for the afternoon. It’ll be nice to get out of my crappy small apartment.

  461. 461

    Spending time with family and having our traditional dance-off competition. Everyone from the kids to the grandparents get moving!

  462. 462

    We all get together at my brother’s house on Christmas Eve.
    Christmas day it will probably be my mother and I at her house. I”ll
    plan a small meal.

  463. 463

    Frankly, I’ve no idea what I will be doing on Christmas; I don’t think I given it much thought yet. I imagine that I will be home — and probably spend the day with my daughter eating finger food kind of stuff; unless, of course, she suddenly decides to learn how to cook. Or maybe and perhaps, we will get Thai food on Christmas Eve and eat the left overs on Christmas day.

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    We are having a quiet Christmas this year, with just my daughter and her husband. The adult grandchildren have all moved with their little’s, out of state. And my son and his teenage children live in Wilmington, NC, where Hurricane Florence hit this year. It’s too expensive to fly home this year, with all the expenses incurred from storm damage. We cannot go there, as my husband is still recovering from a bad accident, so it is a bit different this year. But we’re grateful that we are all alive and for the most part well. I would like to suggest, for anyone wanting to do something for those less fortunate this year, to consider sending gift cards to a family that is still living in a tent or a FEMA trailer this year. There are hundreds, perhaps still thousands in that situation. You can find a deserving family by contacting a church in the areas of NC, FL, and CA. Many have lost everything! If I win this mixer I will give it to one of those families. Thanks for the opportunity, Kevin.

  467. 467

    In the morning I will be spending it with my family, husband and two boys… In the afternoon I will be spending it with my extended family….my lovely 89-year-old mom, siblings and their families.

  468. 468

    spending Christmas at my house with my boys and there wifes and my mom along with one of my sons wifes parents for her mothers off to Holland and no need for them to stay home alone so I asked them to join us they have done this before for there family is getting smaller and have no one they are happy to be with us for we make things interesting play crackers, games fun fun fun. Cant wait and Kevin I will be making your bacon muffin eggs for breakfast cant wait to see the boys face when its on the table they always say I have way too much time on my hands ha ha ha ha. LOVE IT.. have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. God Bless. Brenda

  469. 469

    I am spending a quiet day with my daughter and her family. My husband passed away last year so we are just having a simple day.

  470. 470

    We will be having a family brunch and then spend the day together with appetizers to munch later in the day.

  471. 471

    I stopped doing the big meal a few years ago. Now I just let everyone pick a “finger food” and we all just nibble when the mood strikes us. Makes for a special but relaxing day and we love it.

  472. 472

    Spending Christmas home,with my cat. My bees & chickens are close by outside! My house is cozy & full of wonderful smells! It’s going to be a quiet holiday this year!

  474. 474

    Eating, drinking, & making merry with family as we reminisce & exclaim our gratefulness for all our blessings!

  475. 475

    Christmas is always a family event. We will enjoy Christmas dinner with our two sons and their families. Merry Christmas!

  477. 477

    As if I didn’t have enough family of my own, I do Christmas dinner with long-time friends, their children and grandchildren whom I have watched grow up. Linda’s mother & aunts are no longer with us, but we’ve grown from eight to fourteen + a couple of strays with no close family of their own usually turn up. After the potluck dinner centered on roast beef, we bring out the mystery presents for the traditional gift exchange game to play before dessert. Hilarity always ensues.

  478. 478

    Not a lot! I’ll be hanging out at home with two of my adult children. I’ll talk to my oldest son on the phone (he’s on the opposite coast). A special breakfast after presents (and stockings, those are the best), probably coffee cake. Naps. Carols playing.

  481. 481

    Our Christmas celebration will small and intimate with our family coming to our home. We will be celebrating by reading the Christmas story of our Saviors birth from the Bible, singing Christmas music as our sons play piano and guitar, eating delicious food we each helped prepare and cook, playing board games and much joy and laughter. A wonderful day spent together! Merry Christmas to all!

  483. 483

    Having a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner with children and Grand children. Planning the menu now.
    HO-HO-HO.

  485. 485

    I will be working. Taking care of some goats, a llama, a pot belly pig, some chickens and a dog that has a couple cat friends….(big sigh). Oh well, I work so others can entertain.

    I like my job. I like my job. I like my job…lol.

  486. 486

    I will be sitting by the fireplace listening to Joachim Raff’s “winter” and sipping prosecco.

  487. 487

    I am the sole caregiver of my 86 year old mother. We are praying for the weather in New York to be cooperative for family for my siblings to venture home. Holidays have never been the same since my father passed in 2014. We press on, running the good race, and loving God and loving our neighbor, as Jesus commanded. Blessings to all this holiday season.

  490. 490

    Christmas dinner is at Mom’s (that’s me)they all like food so I should start thinking about what we are having other than ham.

  491. 491

    I can’t wait to have my kids all home and under the same roof. There will be games, fires, FOOD, and merriment!

  494. 494

    This Christmas, our out of state children and grandchildren will not be here. (Total of 8) . Only one daughter, a granddaughter and her husband and the two of us. BUT, we have some orphans coming, friends that do not have family in state. Could be 5 more people to fill up the table.
    Our high feast dinner is always Greek leg of lamb.

  496. 496

    Renting a beach house for family and friends to gather and relax, away from everything. Electronics free week

  497. 497

    Brisket Dinner with a layered Cream Cheese Pumpkin Pie for desert (topped with whip cream) with family and friends.

  498. 498

    My family is more than 2000 miles from me, so I will be volunteering that day. After all, it is better to give than to receive!

  499. 499

    My lovely partner and I will be having a lovely dinner at home just the two of us by a cozy fire with our dog. The menu is yet to be determined.

  500. 500

    Celebrating a clean MRI for my just turned 4 years old grandson. He had brain surgery in August of 2016, followed by 18 months of chemotherapy. We are happy he is alive and able to receive physical, occupational and speech therapy with a very good prognosis. The whole family is on a KETO diet because of the medical research supporting the program. If you are interested in our journey look up my daughter’s Instagram account,”Keto for Kids.”

  501. 501

    I hope not to be shoveling snow but watching rain instead–we need the water but I hate messing with snow! I’ll be splitting my time between friends, puttering around the house, and appreciating the bad I have survived and the good that I have.

  502. 502

    I hosted Thanksgiving for 24 here in the San Diego foothills (our version of country), so another friends always hosts Christmas dinner. We all bring our favorite side dishes and desserts, which is way too much food and quite wonderful! Christmas morning, my husband and I open a gift or two from each other (that each of us has chosen for ourselves to avoid phoney gratitude and gushing). We call family from afar to greet them and wish them a happy Christmas. It is usually a relaxing day, after all of the holiday activities and scuffle.

  505. 505

    We have our celebration on Christmas Eve so we will be relaxing and eating left overs on Christmas Day.

  506. 506

    I’ll be working, but working in a Childbirth Center isn’t the worst place to spend Christmas! 🙂

  507. 507

    Planning our spring trip to visit family in Scotland. And sipping mulled apple cider. I hope you have a lovely Christmas, Kevin!

  508. 508

    My husband works in TV news with atrocious evening hours. It’s our turn to host, so we’re planning a Christmas Eve breakfast buffet! Everybody likes breakfast food, right?

  510. 510

    Having dinner with my family at my sister’s house. (I did Thanksgiving). I hope you and Mr. Fox have a wonderful Christmas. By the way, I really enjoy watching your videos.

  511. 511

    My husband and I will have a leisurely brunch in front of the fire and enjoy a quiet day in the middle of Nature.

  513. 513

    Spending it with my husband and 3 grown kids sharing the work making Norwegian meatballs with gravy and boiled new potatoes, garden peas, flatbrod (Norwegian flat crisp bread), flotegrot ( sweet cream pudding with cinnamon and sugar).

  519. 519

    Hi Kevin,
    Our Christmas Morning will find all 7 of us, in our pajamas, drinking coffee and noshing on my husband’s soda bread and my Welsh cookies. Onto mimosas and opening presents! A big fried breakfast includes sausage and Habbersett’s scrapple (I order online, arrives in dry ice). I still give my adult children Legos – can’t help myself! This is just the beginning of our Christmas Day traditions.
    Thanks for the pleasure your blog has given me,
    Anne O’Malley

  520. 520

    What am I doing for Christmas Day? I am planning on staying home and making wonton soup. I’ll make the wontons beforehand and freeze them, then pop as many as I want for soup in chicken broth and garnish with chopped scallion greens. Yum

  521. 521

    Hoping to get out of Canada and spend Christmas in lovely Whitefish, Montana, in the wonderful U.S.A!

  522. 522

    Coking a salmon dinner with my family( both two-legged and four) and my sister’s family. Enjoying the day with the ones that I love.

  523. 523

    My husband Bob, kids, and grandkids spend a few days at Bob’s hunting camp chilling in front of the two giant fireplaces. We play games inside, play in the snow outside and eat goodies we bring from home. Christmas day after we open presents then we all cook together and make a feast for dinner. So fun!

  524. 524

    Since we are moving on December 5, and I’m not sure what state my kitchen or house will be in at Christmas, we will probably have dinner at our son’s house. The good thing is once we move we will only be 20 minutes away from him and his family instead of 3 hours.

  525. 525

    The next generation in our family is now grown and getting married. The first little cutie of the new generation will be the center of attention, no doubt.

  527. 527

    We will be hosting a young woman from the Netherlands, showing her the sights of Salt Lake City and enjoying a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and thank you for you great blog and videos.

  528. 528

    I host my dad and Mom and my brother Christmas or Christmas Eve for dinner. It’s a nice, low-keyed evening. Then the next day is when all the grandkids come and it’s quite loud and exciting and hectic and chaotic. Looking forward to it!

  529. 529

    I’ll be cooking Christmas Day dinner then we’ll take it to share with my mom in the nursing home where we’ll open presents and watch Hallmark Christmas movies. C :

  530. 530

    My grown daughter and I will spend the day together. We will cook, chat, discuss books, tell stories, swap recipes, and eat!

  532. 532

    We will be traveling out of state to spend Christmas with friends. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

  533. 533

    Will be watching my 3 little grand daughters open up with excitement, presents that Santa brought. Enjoying family (including my daughter’s in-laws), eating something from the grill, drinking, laughing and enjoying the sun!

  534. 534

    Will be spending time with my kids and grandchild. We’ll probably be cooking a good portion of the day too.
    Will, hopefully, play Charades in the evening.
    Have a very Merry Christmas and thanks for the chance to win a mixer!

  535. 535

    Dinner is here as always, this year 13 for dinner, missing my son who will be visiting a friend in Japan. My daughter will be in NH with here family. So just three children and spouses and grand children. So just the normal family mad house, lol.

  536. 536

    Sharing the eve and day with my daughter and her family, including her in-laws: a meal, gifts, games, conversation and, weather allowing, some sledding!

  537. 537

    I’m hosting dinner for 17 family members. I plan on making a prime rib roast with all the trimmings. Merry Christmas everyone!

  538. 538

    Hi Kevin!
    Happy Thanksgiving! I’m thankful for you and your inspiring ideas.
    For Christmas…Well…we’re playing it by ear! We might have a last minute get together or we might sit and watch Christmas movies on the couch with popcorn and each other, watching the tree twinkle.
    All I know for sure is our family is grateful to have a home & family as we live in Butte County, CA where the Camp Fire has devastated our neighbors and friends in Paradise, CA. We are forgoing gift giving and instead, donating the money to our friends and strangers who are now without everything. Some are without their loved ones…
    Even your mixer, should I win, will be given away to my BFF’s husband who is newly inspired with domestication!
    So take care of yourself and your loved ones, Kevin and you’ll have the best life ever!
    Much Love, Sandy

  539. 539

    Recovering from 4 weeks of working 10 hour days delivering Christmas packages. Yep-USPS letter carrier and mostly package carrier.

  540. 540

    Enjoying both Christmas eve and Christmas day with family. Our newest family member was born just yesterday morning. He is our 7th great grandchild Thomas XI. So thankful for another healthy baby to cuddle.

  541. 541

    For the first time, no Christmas Dinner here, going to an AirBNB and going to be with family who will be bringing dinner there! hurrah!

  542. 542

    My husband is Swedish so we always celebrate with a Christmas eve Swedish dinner for family and friends , California style. The offering includes herring, gravlaz, ham, meatballs, Jannson’s Temptation (wonderful potato gratin with anchovies) and finish with an old dessert recipe that I found called Lemon Fromage . Christmas Day is all about leftovers and enjoying the day together.

  543. 543

    Different Christmas this year. Lost my mom, my sister and my aunt over a period of a few months. This will be my first Christmas without the 3 of them. Just the hubby and I. I am think steak dinners and Christmas memories.

  544. 544

    It’s latkes and hot dogs one week, roast beef and potatos the next. ‘Tis the season – the kitchen season that is and mine is in full swing!

  545. 545

    Enjoying Christmas Brunch with four generations of my family: my 94-years-young Dad, siblings, nieces, nephews and the greats! Wishing all a memorable, peaceful Holiday Season!

  546. 546

    After opening presents, we will enjoy a “traditional” Christmas breakfast which includes homemade cinnamon rolls and egg casserole. Later in the morning, we will travel to my in-laws for a huge Christmas gathering with all of the aunts and uncles, grandparents and siblings. Everyone brings a dish or two so it is not too much for one person – we spend the day opening presents, reconnecting and celebrating the birth of our Savior!

  548. 548

    I’ll have children home from college and I’ll make them a big batch of cinnamon rolls, then we’ll all go to my husbands family’s house and see all my precious nieces and nephews and eat my sister-in-law’s dry, cold turkey, lol

  549. 549

    With my husband and daughter, we attend Mass in the morning, then I make Amaretto French Toast for brunch followed by the opening of Christmas stockings and three of our four presents each. Dinner is always Jamie Oliver’s (Oops! Sorry, Kevin!) stuffed salmon as the entree followed by eight different kinds of cookies for dessert. We finish the evening with adult beverages and the opening of the last present for each of us.

  551. 551

    Open secret Santa stockings and presents while munching on cranberry bread and coffee cake. Brunch with spinach sausage quiche—my grown-up kids’ favorite—fresh fruit, homemade bread, roast beef, mashed potatoes and roasted veggies for dinner. Lots of Christmas cookies and bars. Sounds like our Christmas is all about eating, but the joy is sitting around the table with family and friends and lots of memories.
    Hope your holidays are full of love.

  553. 553

    Spending the day in the San Francisco Bay Area with my son and girlfriend. We’re talking about grilled salmon with a fresh salad and sourdough bread, of course.

  556. 556

    Popovers for breakfast and a pot of bean soup bubbling all day for counter-balance to the Christmas cookies and stocking chocolates sitting out round the house all day.

  557. 557

    Enjoying Savannah GA for the holidays. First time there! Going to eat lots of great food and visit historic sites!

  558. 558

    Depending on how much snow there is I will be spending Christmas “Home Alone”. Or possibly snowshoeing out to my old beat up truck. IF it starts, driving 1 3/4 hours to a wheelchair bound friend whose husband is leaving her. She has a wood stove she cannot load, can hardly maneuver to the kitchen, quite likely will have few or no groceries and certainly will have a more dire day than I. Fingers crossed the snow is not too deep and the old truck goes!☃

  559. 559

    My plan is to sit with my feet up relaxing and reading a book or watching you on u tube. This is such a busy two months with Thanksgiving and Christmas right to gather. We celebrate and open presents Christmas Eve. I Enjoy your newsletter so much. I signed up for u tube. I didn’t know you were on there. Sylvia

  560. 560

    We always drop by the grandkids homes to watch them open gifts first thing in the morning. Then in the afternoon everyone gathers at our house for dinner that everyone helps prepare and more gift opening.

  561. 561

    Christmas will be a quiet day with two of our four grown children. For the past couple of years we’ve made homemade ravioli in honor of my MIL, who is no longer with us.

  562. 562

    I will prepare a wonderful meal, we’ ll open presents. And as our tradition we will watch “It’s a Wonderful Life”. 🙂

  563. 563

    Hosting our wonderful family then heading everyone off to Lake Tahoe for a week of more family time–can’t wait to cook for everyone. Happy Holidays Kevin!

  564. 564

    I’ll be enjoying the day with my husband, anticipating hearing from our far-away children. Merry Christmas!

  565. 565

    Yet to be determined. However, it is sure to involve family, especially the 4 year old grandson, and probably taking a walk on the beach or in the woods.

  566. 566

    Hi! My husband and I are planning to take Christmas breakfast (Oyster Stew) and lunch (Ham and the rest) to his father in the nursing home. He’s 89 and his girlfriend is 96. He’s a sweetheart and she’s a pistol, so it should be a fun day!

  568. 568

    Will make our dinner, open presents, and as our family tradition watch “It’s a Wonderful Life. 🙂

  569. 569

    I live with my daughter and 2 year old grandson. Cooking Prime Rib and staying home to enjoy the day!

  570. 570

    We had snow last year on Christmas Day, maybe again? Christmas with family always. And the best part is I’m not hosting!

  572. 572

    Hi Kevin..this Christmas we will as usual (weather permitting the drive) spend the day with close friends and their family. And as always, looking forward to our tradition of making my secret cranberry sauce and some chocolate bark as our food contribution to what will be a sumptuous meal which will include turkey and all the trimmings, but also because our friends are Newfoundlanders will also include Jigg’s dinner and pease pudding…. and of course several scrumptious desserts. (my favourite part of the meal)…
    Wishing you and the Silver Fox a merry and bright Christmas!
    mary p

  573. 573

    Attending beautiful church services, having our traditional baked ham in the afternoon and being grateful for family, friends and pets.

  574. 574

    Heading to Texas to be with family. I made the traditional Christmas dinner last year for friends and family. I made your apple galette recipe for dessert. Delish!
    I hope you have a memorable Christmas.

  575. 575

    Making Christmas magic- baking and cooking for my family, my sister’s family and in-laws, and any assorted friends (new and long time) who need a family to join for the holiday.

  579. 579

    Since we visit one side of the family on the 24th, and the other side the 26th and after, Christmas Day is reserved only for us and our 2 children. Our tradition to beat 3 big dinners in a row is to make homemade Christmas Pizza. Yum!

  580. 580

    Depending on the depth of the snow, 1. staying “Home Alone”, or 2. snowshoeing out to the battered old truck, IF it starts, driving 1 3/4 hours to a wheelchair bound friend’s whose husband is leaving her. They have a woodstove which she cannot load, and if she manages to maneuver to the kitchen will quite possibly have few or no groceries. She will very likely have a much more dire Christmas than I. Fingers crossed the snow is navigable and the truck starts.☃

  582. 582

    Hi Kevin, I love your blog, a nice combination of home and garden information. Thank you. I will be spending the day with my oversized family of siblings, their children, and their children’s children!

  586. 586

    Preparing dinner for our family and celebrating our new granddaughter who is going to be born before Christmas. Happy Holidays Kevin and Mr. Fox.

  587. 587

    Good Sunday Morning Kevin…wow…what an awesome draw…thank you! Well, we are just moving into our new home tomorrow (yah)….and can’t wait to pull out our precious Christmas décor!! On Christmas Day I am planning on whipping up some Christmas favourites for my family….(our little 3-yr. old labradoodle will probably help Mommy with that.)…and ‘relaxing’ afterwards in front of our pretty tree…. 🙂

  588. 588

    Dinner at home with my son (we’re a single parent, single adult ‘child’ family) after a leisurely brunch of high protein foods mixed in with the best home made coffee cake in the world.

  589. 589

    Preparing the menu I was too sick to make for Thanksgiving (nothing like the germs on flights from SE Asia to put a person down for the count!). That will be wonderful! Looking forward to spending the day with family. There will be large jigsaw puzzle available for everyone to tackle. Enjoy the holiday season!

  590. 590

    For the first time in over 50 years I’m not cooking. Going to our middle daughters home where she will do the cooking and I can enjoy katitzing and grandkids

  591. 591

    Heading south from the northeast to spend Christmas with our daughter, son in law, 2 toddler grandsons , their 2 dogs and cat .

  592. 592

    Going to Mass to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
    He is the reason for the season as well as your fabulous potato pancakes!

  593. 593

    We celebrate Christmas Eve with the family, so on Christmas Day, sleep in, have a nice breakfast and listen to Christmas music.

  594. 594

    The morning of Christmas day will be spent with the “Chi” crew ( two chihuahuas). The afternoon will involve a road trip to a family member’s home and then the raucous will ensue; a large family
    gathering and an obscene amount of food. It’s all good. Merry Christmas everyone.

  596. 596

    Strong coffee, then mimosas while cooking dinner with family. Followed by the Saran Wrap Christmas Ball game.

  597. 597

    Looking forward to spending a quiet day in my studio and then a simple dinner with hubby. The older I get, the more I appreciate quiet days at home. Being northern VT, we’ll most likely have snow, which to me is so peaceful.

  598. 598

    We will probably spend Christmas Day driving back home as we celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve with our family.

  599. 599

    We will celebtate three christmases during the holidays.would love that gift sitting on my counter:)

  600. 600

    Most likely bake a ham and make a potatoe salad, it’s what I do every year. Merry Christmas to you and yours !

  603. 603

    Breakfast and presents with our 5 boys and our grandson. Then a lazy day watching football in front of a fire if the weather cooperates.

  604. 604

    I’ll be having a very low-key holiday with the fur-kids, recuperating after a total knee replacement on Dec 11…my Christmas present to myself!!

  605. 605

    Having a gourmet breakfast and opening gifts with my younger son, along with his three sons, and then off to the other son’s house for a gourmet dinner and opening gifts with the other three grandchildren. We’ll be exhausted but satisfied with a wonderful day of laughter, love and good food.

  606. 606

    I’ll be gong to my son’s house where we will open presents and feast on my breakfast casserole and cinnamon rolls. Afterwards. I’ll meet friends for an afternoon movie and then take a sweet snooze.

  607. 607

    We will spend the day enjoying family and friends…..eating fresh shrimp, oysters and fish. Watching the children play with new toys is so much fun.

  608. 608

    Will be making a prime rib dinner for hubby and I and early morning when Santa arrives will skype with our 2 year old grandson to see how he enjoys his Christmas

  609. 609

    Opening gifts surrounded by my lovely daughters, a new son-in-law, husband, an enormous Great Dane (my married daughter’s), our lab and cute kitty. We will drink coffee, eat sticky buns, laugh, shout and enjoy this beautiful day.

  610. 610

    My sister-in-law usually comes over early for gift swapping. We have snacks then a rib roast with sides and a vegetarian entree for my daughter. We sometimes watch a movie or sit outside on our back patio – Southern California can still be pretty warm in December during the day.

  611. 611

    Christmas Day if our day of rest as we enjoy the quiet, watch old Christmas movies, and sometimes take a ride to view the Christmas lights. We consider that day a gift to ourselves! We have our family celebration for our children, spouses, and grandchildren on Christmas Eve.

  612. 612

    I will happily be at my sons house spending the day with my grandchildren. So wonderful to have children to share the holiday with!

  613. 613

    Hosting a big Christmas Eve party, so sleeping in, eating yummy fruit salad, homemade sticky buns, drinking great coffee and opening gifts slowly and with great pleasure. Then putting together a jigsaw by the fire. We love to count our many blessings!

  614. 614

    Dinner with family! Hoping our Tennessee weather will be nice enough to get out for a hike!

  615. 615

    We do a big meal Thanksgiving at our youngest sons so Christmas we take gifts over to all the grandkids and just do finger foods and snacks.

  616. 616

    I’ll be volunteering at Mitzvah Day, a program at our local Jewish Community Center where we work on projects like bundling donated diapers and socks and making blankets for those that need them. Then Chinese food. Maybe a movie?
    Wishes for a wonderful holiday!

  619. 619

    We start with Christmas Eve and my eldest son’s birthday, who turns 19 this year, with birthday fun (last year it was a scavenger hunt through the town…who knows what we’ll do this year!), then home for some warm Irish stew, Advent fun, and ending the evening with driving around looking at Christmas lights. Since the day before was so busy with lots of running around, Christmas day will be quite and relaxing with a late morning breakfast and opening presents in our PJs. We will most likely spend the rest of the day cooking, eating, and watching movies.

  621. 621

    Alas, I will be working for part of the day, but morning will be spent lounging around with family and recovering from our Christmas Eve party.

  625. 625

    I’ll spend the day with my wonderful cat named Jade, and probably see some of my family and friends. My orchids will put in an appearance, too. Food is still under discussion, but it’s always yummy.

  626. 626

    I will be spending Christmas day with my family and we are having a vegetarian dinner.

  628. 628

    Hi Kevin. I’ll wake to coffee and kringle. Then gifts with family. Dinner will be either capons or shrimp. Haven’t decided. You and yours have a very merry Christmas too!

  630. 630

    We’ll be enjoying the good fun of a farmhouse Christmas at our daughter’s once again enjoying our family.

  631. 631

    Hi, Kevin. I’ll be cooking with my husband at our NW Georgia cabin. We’ll most likely relax with a movie in the evening with our two dogs, Doolittle (Bichon) and Opie (Dachshund). A great time for all of us, I’m sure.
    Merry Christmas!

  634. 634

    Having Christmas Dinner Buffet at the local hotel. Took my Dad there for his last Christmas and so it seems fitting.

  636. 636

    On Christmas the guests at my log cabin will include my daughter, son-in-law and adorable grandchildren and also my son-in-law’s parents and siblings. It is
    great to have both families come together rather than have the young people split their holiday.

  637. 637

    My husband is one of eight and the whole family, kids, grand kids, great grand kids everyone gathers at his Mom’s for Christmas. Too say it’s loud and raucous is an understatement. Happy holidays to you and yours!

  638. 638

    Christmas morning with my husband and two boys. Christmas afternoon with extended family. A big family meal that evening. 🙂

  639. 639

    We will be eating at home with a small family group. It is tradition that my husband cooks the turkey and stuffing and my daughters and I will do the vegg, serving and cleanup. I love this tradition! Thanks for this chance.

  643. 643

    My sister and bil will be coming down for a few days. We’ll have Christmas dinner at their condo. I’m sure we’ll walk the beautiful Gulf beach after.

  644. 644

    We will be celebrating with family with traditional food. Live your cookbook and use so many recipes!

  645. 645

    We are having an open house from 1-4…feel free to stop on by! Family and friends come one come all!

  646. 646

    Looking forward to Christmas in Merida, Yucatan Mexico. Christmas Eve will be with our adopted Mexican family called a Posada. Christmas evening will have a fancy sit down dinner with our expat friends. Should be great.

  647. 647

    I get together with friends on Christmas Eve, so will probably relax at home and watch holiday movies on TV.

  648. 648

    Having Christmas dinner with my brother at our late mother and fathers’ dining room table…a special treat for him…(fingers crossed as he is very ill). Just the two of us, my two senior pugs and my fabulous fairy-lighted purple Christmas tree with three chartreuse colored Christmas balls that have a family of moose on them, for our table centerpiece. Merry Christmas to all of you! xox

  650. 650

    Christmas Eve will be Swedish smorgasbord with a touch of Chesapeake bay tradition added. (Mixed marriage). Christmas morning is a Christmas breakfast casserole after church; Christmas dinner will be leg of lamb and tiramisu for dessert. Diets are left by the back doorstep. A true feast – we are blessed!

  651. 651

    Christmas Eve is the day we go out and about and visit all our friends and extended family. Christmas Day is spent at home with just our immediate family. A quiet and peaceful day.

  652. 652

    Our kids will be in South America for Christmas, so hubs and I will spend a few days before Christmas at a B&B in a charming, small, southern town. Christmas Day will be something to get through with hopes that next year we will all be together.

  653. 653

    Celebrating with family, with older children each year seems a bit more difficult to schedule, but ever more fun to have over. The cooking and baking will start soon. Oh my!

  655. 655

    Cozy dinner for grandma and grandpa in the formal dining room with a fire in the wood stove. Our big family get-together was Thanksgiving with everyone driving to our house in Oregon. Merry Christmas to you and yours Kevin!

  656. 656

    We will be hosting our annual Chowder & Cheer open house where we mingle with friends and family who stop by for a cup of chowder and a cookie buffet!

  657. 657

    We live in Taos, NM and the Taos Pueblo is the place to be Christmas Eve. Huge bonfires are lit and then their statue of The Virgin Mary is processed around by members of their church. It’s a very beautiful and unusual celebration. We will go home and have Green Chili Stew,home made tortillas and a special dessert (I haven’t decided what to make). Christmas Day we’ll drive our 2 adult children to the airport in Albuquerque so they can get back to their other families in Virginia.

  658. 658

    Celebrating with extended family here at our old house in the country. Lots of good food, drink, and conversation, and let’s see…oh, yes, gifts!

  659. 659

    With my son and his family on the coast minus any hurricane..!!!! I so enjoy A Garden for the House.
    Thanks..!!!!
    PS The mixer color would be a perfect addition to any coastal kitchen.

  660. 660

    I am in the UK and shall be talking on FaceTime to my daughter who lives in San Francisco–she has had a tough year–ill health faced with great courage and husband’s new job with Facebook (and all their problems at present.) She would be over the moon to receive this wonderful mixer.

  662. 662

    We are hoping not to be shoveling on Christmas. We will be gathering on Christmas Eve as a family and having a just a few of us gathering on Christmas Day.

  663. 663

    A quiet day at home with husband and a special dinner, not sure what the menu will be just yet, and hope for enough snow to try our new Back Country Skis.

  664. 664

    Chritmas in my home will be spent with family, kids, dogs, cat and a menagerie of other animals. We will be eating, playing games and enjoying cups of warm drinks.

  665. 665

    Christmas Dinner with family. First time in 7 years to celebrate with one of my daughters. It will feel like a few Xmas with and her sister and her family with a new grandson who will be one every guy after Xmas.

  667. 667

    Having our large blended family together on Christmas Eve stuffed into a very small dining room!

  668. 668

    I plan to spend my Christmas with my children and Grandchildren. I will be doing all of the cooking and look forward to everyone helping with the cookie decorating.

  669. 669

    We set out a big spread of appetizers and watch movies with our kids and grandkids. Maybe take a walk if we change out of our Hanukkah jammies.

  670. 670

    An afternoon movie and eat out restaurant with the hubby sounds great since the kids and grandkids aren’t coming for Christmas this year.

  671. 671

    No solid plans yet, but we will be opening gifts, fixing yummy food and visiting my Grandma in the nursing home.

  675. 675

    As of right now we will have ham on Christmas Eve with lots of sides, go to midnight service and have my boys come for Christmas Day. They are off on their own but can always be lured back for dinner and presents! I will fix a prime rib roast and vegetarian sides since the youngest is now a vegetarian!!

  676. 676

    Probably spent by myself, dreaming about how this mixer will look in my vintage pink kitchen.

  677. 677

    Christmas will be celebrated with family and friends. We will have duck for dinner, Christmas Stollen and Glühwein afterwards.

    Merry Christmas to you Kevin and Mr. Fox. Thank you for your e–Mails.

  678. 678

    Christmas will be at my sister’s home, spent in jammies, playing board games with her grandkids, and having the 4th annual “create art” challenge with my wildly talented nephew. A joyful day!
    And Kevin, I don’t have a staff either. However, it’s on my Christmas list…

    Joy of the Season to YOU and YOURS!

  680. 680

    I have no plans for Christmas. i’m sort of dreading it. My Mom labed Christmas. Started talking about in in July and didn’t stop until March. She would put up the tree in November and regretful take it down in March.

    She passed away a few weeks ago and I don’t know how to celebrate the holiday. I do know that I want to make some of desserts and dishes that were our tradition and this mixer would be a wonderful help.

  681. 681

    Cooking up a great Christmas dinner, mostly vegetarian, with the produce from our community garden, Solstice P-Patch. With the warm weather in Seattle this Fall I’ll probably be harvesting right up until Christmas!

  685. 685

    We cook freezable meals for our local women’s shelter safe house and deliver them on Christmas so they can fill their freezer and have healthy nutritious food on hand. And then we are heading north to “get out of Dodge” and just relax by enjoying the winter. Love the blog and use your recipes all the time. Thanks so much and may you and yours have a safe and happy holiday season.

  686. 686

    My immediate family’s Christmas Day treat: standing rib roast with all the trimmings.

  687. 687

    Hi Kevin! Happy Holidays to you and Mr. Fox! We celebrate with family and a ham buffet on Christmas Eve. Presents are handed out to our grown children and grandchildren to take home and open on Christmas morning. On Christmas we watch the Rose Parade have a swedish pancake breakfast with bacon, ham, & sausage with our daughter and her family. Then after a scripture reading of the birth of Christ we open presents! The rest of the day is relaxing and enjoying the day & hopefully watching it snow!

  690. 690

    love Christmas. will be with church family Christmas Eve. Christmas day will be with children,
    gran children and great gran children. lots of food , love, and best of all celebrating the
    Birthday of our Jesus. Merry Christmas to all. God Bless

  691. 691

    For the first time in many years my husband and I will be able to spend Christmas with my 93 yr old mom, 8 brothers and sisters and all of their kids (we usually work on Christmas). Our daughter and son-in-law will be there with our 18 mo grandson. So many we now rent a hall. My daughter and I bake most ALL (over 40 dozen) of the required cookies for family and friends by ourselves. She is very much into family tradition and the old family recipes we have been making for decades. It’s fun, I can’t wait!

  695. 695

    I will be spending the day with family. Usually, mom would cook cook up a turkey, stuffing and all Tempe fixings, but as she has gotten older, we have gone to pasta. Everyone brings a different pasta dish or bread. It get’s festive and fun m.

  697. 697

    Our tradition is to have boiled shrimp and corn on the cob and salad with the family. Also will make a Christmas cake using an OLD HAND MIXER that will leave much to be desired.

  700. 700

    Hi! We’ll have our tradition of Blueberry pancakes for breakfast, followed by a long nap and ending with a hot toddy by the the fire.

  701. 701

    Gathering with many generations of our family for the annual Christmas celebration. Lots of fun, food, and family! Happy Holidays to all.

  703. 703

    Hosting family dinner with aunts, uncles, mum, brother, nieces, cousins, and friends. Come one and all to my home Christmas day!

  704. 704

    Hopefully, weather permitting, I will be spending Christmas with family. My niece and her husband graciously share their home at the holidays. They have grandchildren and it is a joy to spend Christmas with the little ones, my sister, and daughter.

  705. 705

    Looking forward to spending Christmas in the mountains with my husband! We are hoping it will be a winter wonderland! After almost a year and a half spent building our new home, we are taking a break and spending some alone time before we move in in early 2019!

  707. 707

    Having Christmas dinner with family. My husband plays Santa for the grandkids. Merry Christmas to you, Kevin

  708. 708

    Help serve at the community dinner and then have a nice quiet time to ourselves. Watch good movies and eat good food.

  710. 710

    Enjoying the day with my whole family the first in many years!!!!!! Seven grandkids it will be loud!!!!!!

  711. 711

    We will be celebrating Christmas with a family brunch which we have had every year since 1985! Every year we try to serve up new dishes in addition to the traditional egg, bacon and sausage, my brother in law brings the bagels and cream cheese and my other brother in law brings deviled eggs. Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy and Healthy New Year!

  712. 712

    I’ll be away from the snow and cold in AZ….visiting daughter and son in law….son going too….

  713. 713

    Hosting a dinner for family to come back home to. I small challenge this year is I have one guest as a confirmed no gluten person and one other person on a very limited kidney diet.

  714. 714

    Our daughter and grandson live across the street. We’ll have breakfast and open presents at their home then later have dinner and open more presents at our home.

  716. 716

    A small family celebration with presents and dinner, then a-packing we all go – we move on the 31st!

  717. 717

    We will be hosting family and friends. I don’t think there will be snow so don’t have to worry about people traveling in bad conditions. I do a traditional Thanksgiving dinner and for Christmas we do more of a buffet with yummy appetizers and lots of different side dishes, along with a ham and probably turkey.

  718. 718

    Hi Kevin, Christmas eve is dinner at my place, opening presents ans really enjoying the food made from recipes I’ve found searching through ‘everything’. Christmas day is very relaxed. We have folk around who have no family or friends near by. Merry Christmas to yyou and Mr Fox.

  719. 719

    This Christmas will be spent with a full house of visiting family, dogs everywhere,so much food, wine, laughs and sparkle. It’s my favorite time of the year! I love the memories, the chaos and the fun white elephant gifts we exchange.

  722. 722

    We will be cooking and enjoying family as we plan two weddings and a second great grand baby!! We are blessed!

  723. 723

    We will have our faraway daughter at home, along with her sister and Finn the white boxer. Church and cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve, then Christmas morning, presents, espresso and home made panettone. Lol, I’m Irish!

  725. 725

    After my shift at work, keeping clients HSA dollars safe. I will be able to come home to a lovely Lunch that my family is preparing for me. We will spend time together, tell stories or my 7 children and their childhood memories. Three of them are married and their spouses all came from small families so they love being part of our big loud family. I have two granddaughters and it is their first Christmas so this will be extra special.

  726. 726

    The day will be full if family, a few friends And hopefully it snows so we can shovel❄️

  727. 727

    Hosting our son and daughter, eight grandchildren and our new granddaughter-in-law from China for her first American Christmas and my 92 year old Mother.

  728. 728

    Dinner at home with hubby and the kids.
    We are all pitching in to make a simple Christmas dinner of prime rib, spinach au gratin, mashed potatoes, and an apple pie with crumble topping!
    Wishing the Happiest of Holidays to you!

  729. 729

    Christmas Day at our house is spent with family. We hope for snow to get a long snowshoe hike in!

  730. 730

    Some relaxing contemplation, a simple dinner, a game of Boggle and prepping for the 27th when kids and their spouses and 7 grandkids arrive!

  731. 731

    We will be staying home again, just my husband and I and our two dogs. I plan on baking something using Jalapeño Cheddar bread and eggs and milk in a casserole for Christmas breakfast. Any suggestions? Anyone?

  732. 732

    As we have done for the last three years, your delicious spinach and cheese strata will be on the menu of the annual brunch we host. Christmas Eve will find us in Lucca enjoying a Tuscan Natal.

    Joyous holidays to all!

  735. 735

    As long as my sister still has “children” (they are all technically adults now) who come home for Christmas, I will travel to her house to be with them and my parents. Traditional Christmas breakfast before the presents, then traditional Christmas dinner in the afternoon. Nobody gets out without gaining weight!

  736. 736

    I’ll be staying home with my kiddos. We’ll most likely play a game or two, and have a puzzle going on another table.

  737. 737

    Our family will be in the Keys during the holiday and plan on visiting Key West on Christmas Eve to see it all lit up. As much as we love our rural home in NY, we prefer wearing flip flops vs shoveling snow!

  739. 739

    Hoping for a white Christmas here on Cape Cod with our daughter & grandson visiting.
    Happy Holidays to ALL!!!

  740. 740

    Hi Kevin! Christmas morning we host a brunch every year for our kids grandkids and great grandma‘s. We usually have Mamosa’s and breakfast casserole with homemade cinnamon buns and lots of Christmas blend coffee. After the little ones open their presents, the kids go their own way and we rest stop for a bit. Will either do a turkey or a prime rib for supper and whoever comes comes. Hugs to you and yours!

  741. 741

    We’ll be spending as we do every year with family around a large table enjoying the main course of a sumptuous rib roast (or what we like to call the roast beast).

  743. 743

    Our four kids and their partners and six grandkids will spend Xmas eve at our home (Santa comes here!), then I’ll host Christmas breakfast and Christmas dinner. My, that beautiful mixer would come in handy! Thanks for the chance to win!

  746. 746

    It’s all about family, from my sibs to my great-nephews. We will order in catered Italian dishes. So excited!

  747. 747

    Dinner at home with dear friends. Menu TBD. Maybe crown roast of lamb this year? All our meat is purchased directly from the farmer. (We are SO lucky!)

  748. 748

    We will be all gathered as a family, eating a fine home made meal, and sharing gifts.

  749. 749

    i will be spending xmas at work with all of my residents–many who have no family that visits 🙁 -so i and my co-workers will be that family 🙂

  750. 750

    Hmmm … pretty sure i should go out and rake a forest, but instead, hubby and i will make a small bird with all the fixings and binge watch something on Netflix. Thanks for all the wonderfully inspiring posts, and may you and yours enjoy a happy, healthy holiday season!

  751. 751

    Exploring the area and enjoying the view from a beach- front house rental in Roatan! Grandma ( me) and grandpa along with son and family and daughter and family.

  752. 752

    Will celebrate Christmas day cooking special dinner for my rescue animals who give me great joy.

  754. 754

    Christmas dinner will be at my house. We will celebrate with Jennifer and her husband and her 2 year old who calls me Grandma. My son died 18 years ago and Jennifer was his best friend. She has become like a daughter to us and we will have a wonderful holiday celebrating together.

  755. 755

    We’ll be spending the day at home with our nuclear family, opening presents and eating ham. And it would sure be great to have this gorgeous mixer for my grad student son to open!

  756. 756

    Hopefully spend it with my 2 children…usually we all spend Christmas Eve in CT…traditional Polish wigilia….with all of the family on my mother’s side but decided it is time for me not to drive there and return home well into the night.

  757. 757

    I will probably have family and any other friends over for something to eat. Not sure what that “eat” will be.

  758. 758

    Hi Kevin, my husband and I will host Christmas Brunch for family and friends on Christmas Day 2018.

    Thank you for the chance to win the Kitchenaid mixer! ❤️

  759. 759

    If we get snow my husband and I will be cross country skiing through the woods, come back to a fire and ribs in the crockpot. Won’t be celebrating until til the end of January when our daughter and fiancée come home.

  760. 760

    Preparing dinner for family – my adult kids, sisters, nieces, grandkids. Meal will be for the various family food requirements – vegans, gluten free, keto, vegetarian and everything organic. Great to find new recipes for all. Feeling gratitude for all who will be with us.

  761. 761

    So blessed to be spending Christmas Day with my 92 year old mom, who is an amazing woman, my sons, and my brother and his wife. Haven’t decided what’s for dinner yet! Kevin, I found you accidentally a year ago and look forward to your cooking videos.

  762. 762

    I host Christmas dinner every and the guests ALWAYS want the same menu.Roasted fresh ham, mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet& sour cabbage, cucumbers with sour cream, whipped butternut squash and applesauce.
    For dessert we always have Christmas cookies

  763. 763

    Christmas morning with my parents and Christmas dinner with my in-laws, no cooking for me, just baking cookies

  764. 764

    On Christmas Eve our family will be having the old stand-by: beef tenderloin with Madeira sauce, pommes Diana, lots of vegetable side dishes, snow pudding for dessert and Irish coffee; add lots of laughter and a fire crackling away – lots and lots of fun and wonderful memories.

  765. 765

    Hubby and I will have a quiet dinner for two. Probably filet mignon and twice baked potatoes with roasted asparagus. I am excited for this giveaway and will definitely check back as that day is my birthday!

  766. 766

    My husband always arises while it’s still dark and starts a cozy fire, lights candles and turns on music. We have a cup of steaming hot chocolate (with whipped cream) and we open presents… followed by breakfast of homemade cinnamon rolls and a fruit cup. Then we start calling the family who live all across the country. Later that afternoon we will go to our friends’ home for dinner. I love the traditions that come with the holidays! (And if it snows on Christmas morning, that’s an added magical bonus!)

  768. 768

    For the first time in 30 years we will not be cooking! Ordering take-out and spending time with kids and granddaughter.

  769. 769

    Since my kitchen (and other parts of my house) was decimated by a broken pipe on 9/19, I will not be making a usual Christmas dinner this year – we’re barely back together and got turkey dinners from our local diner for Thanksgiving. We will not have a tree (they’re still working on the flooded and stained oak planking of the living room floor), but we will go to midnight candlelight service and have cocoa and open presents when we get home as always. I expect a hearty soup, salad and homemade cheddar cheese loaf will be our simple but happy dinner. What it all comes down to is: are you with those you love; and if you are, that’s enough. I would love to win this mixer, however, as it matches my new kitchen cabinets!

  770. 770

    We will be staying home and enjoying the day with our daughters,son-in-law ,4 1/2 year old grandson and 82 year old Uncle.

  771. 771

    Happy Holidays, Kevin and everyone who adores him! I hope to be home with my family making our traditional Christmas brunch and counting our blessings…xxoo

  772. 772

    I’ll be spending my first Christmas in my new home, Phoenix Arizona, with my son who I now live next door to!

  773. 773

    My husband and I are having Christmas dinner at our daughter’s. She has a tiny house but we always seem to fit all 14 of us at one table. Its a feast of Prime rib, Yorkshire pudding, English mince pies and all the sides. Flushed down with wine, beer etc, and ending with a good bourbon. My husband is English, and my brother-in-law is Swiss, so there are many fun surprises but the basic’s are great American food with our loving family.
    p.s. I use your recipe for Yorkshire pudding.

  776. 776

    Our immediate family gathers at Mom’s to exchange gifts. Our extended family joins us in the afternoon for Christmas dinner, usually roast beef. Everyone goes home with a bag of Christmas cookies and a cinnamon bread we make just for the holidays.

  777. 777

    Hi Kevin! My son is hosting Christmas in his new home this year, so we will all be spending the day there with family and friends. I hope your Christmas holiday is wonderful as well
    xo
    Rayna

  779. 779

    I’ll be hosting for 4 kids and their families and whatever friends need/want somewhere to go.
    Thanks for all the inspiration!

  781. 781

    After preparing a large family dinner, the grandchildren get to open their gifts.
    The wonderment in a childs eyes is all the gift I could want.
    Merry Christmas to all and a joyous holiday and New Year !

  782. 782

    We’ll host family Christmas Eve at my mother-in-law’s out of town. Lots of people and a few dogs will keep it lively. Best to you and yours for the holidays.

  784. 784

    We’ll be celebrating Christmas with my girls, their husbands and our 2 1/2 year old granddaughter who is a real treat. We all make our special dishes and desserts to share. So much fun and lots of love! Wishing you a happy Christmas too!

  789. 789

    We will be spending the day with our family. We enjoy a big breakfast after the morning gift opening. A more simple dinner winds down our day. Excited to have all my family together and see the magic of Christmas through the eyes of our little grandchildren Christmas morning.

  791. 791

    Enjoying a quiet day at home with my fur babies!!! Working n my New Years vision board. Can’t wait!

  793. 793

    For more than 30 years, our family has skied together over the winter holidays. Having an activity that the whole family enjoys together regardless of age is priceless!

  794. 794

    Christmas Day will be filled with FOOD and FAMILY! Our two children and their “significant others” will be with us and it will WONDERFUL. Our daughter will travel from Atlanta and our son from Connecticut. The mixer would be an AMAZING addition to the presents I have for my children! Happy Holidays to you and yours!

  799. 799

    I will be spending Christmas Day at my daughter and son-in-law’s along with extended family and friends.

  801. 801

    We always have our family dinner on Christmas Eve. Everyone brings their special dishes-I cook the turkey. Then, around 11:00 pm, we all head to Midnight Mass at our Episcopal Church –always candlelit, beautiful. Afterwards we exchange gifts with friends in front of the church and head home to watch Xmas service at Vatican on TV, then sleep in Christmas morning, have a big family breakfast, then open gifts. A tradition. You are so generous to give away a mixer. I have fond memories of my old Hamilton Beach on a stand & making the lemon chiffon pie recipe in the first Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. Loving YOUR cookbook I ordered! Stay warm!

  802. 802

    Flying home from Switzerland after taking my 90-year-old best friend Helen out to dinner for her birthday.

  803. 803

    At the sister in-law’s house, all the family members gathered and enjoyed the foods we all cooked for this special day.

  804. 804

    We will be spending Christmas at our new home. First Holiday in the new house and can’t wait to decorate it, fill the home with love and Christmas Cheer. Happy Holidays to you and your family, Kevin! xoxo

  805. 805

    Going to my son and daughter in laws house where the whole family will gather.
    I am only hav
    ing to make the traditional family tomato aspic which is pretty much
    a bloody mary without the gin!!!

  806. 806

    We will go out of state to be with our son and daughter-in- law and their 3 grown children and 1 3 year old Great Granddaughter. I expect we will go to Christmas Eve candle light service, then enjoy Christmas Day with opening gifts, having a delicious meal prepared by most of the ladies there, then having games and good conversations with all present.

  807. 807

    My 50th birthday is on the 23rd, so my hubby is whisking me to Italy for a birthday trip. We land in Milan on Christmas morning and make our way to Turin for a dinner of caciucco (Tuscan seafood stew). I’ll be sorry to miss the festivities at home but I’m very excited about Italy!

  808. 808

    Long phone calls to relatives abroad, then a quiet Christmas dinner with my husband followed by It’s a Wonderful Life and Bailey’s.

  811. 811

    We are planning on a small family Christmas this year,just the four of us! Small ham dinner with peppermint chocolate cake!

  812. 812

    I will spend Christmas with my oldest friend and her whole extended family in Climax, North Carolina…they have a big country breakfast…fried and scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, gravy, grits, home made biscuits and home made jams and jellies. Then after all the food they will gather and put the gifts (everyone brought one gift) in a pile and we will each pick one gift but might lose it if someone else opts to steal it from you…and then board games with coffee and desserts to end the day. We will take time to remember all the loved ones who are no longer with us…

  815. 815

    I will be in sunny southern California with one son and 2 grandsons and his wife’s family from solstice on. Later in the day he will deliver me to a family whom I love dearly and I will stay with them until early January. That group includes 2 in college and 2 under 5. Warm, loving shared time. The best it could be! The mixer would be put to very good use as we all love to cook!

  816. 816

    Hi Mr. K
    Hanging out with my sis and brother law… BBQ Turkey and just the 3 of us enjoying another Thanksgiving together….

  817. 817

    What fun to read everyone’s plans for Christmas Day.
    I live in South Texas where it is usually warm and sunny. Here Texan purists have traditional Christmas Day food: tamales, enchiladas, guacamole, hot sopapillas with honey, usually sitting out on the patio.
    And for those of us inclined toward caring for our neighbors, we will think of and make plans to help South of the Border refugees who are desperate to get to safety in the United States. Just as Mary and Joseph could find no room at an inn, these Hispanic people fleeing violence are not being welcomed into our country as they should be although all they want is peace and work for themselves and their families.

  819. 819

    I am celebrating at my son and daughter-in-law’s new home. They are very excited to have Christmas for the family since they have always had to travel and traveling often involves snow storms either coming or going in Maine. My main contribution is a chocolate rum cream pie and lots of Christmas cookies.

  820. 820

    Jewish so it’s just another day (off from work) hanging out with my six dogs, nine parrots, and bunny (all rescues) who often get extra-special tasty treats when I get to stay home with them ;o)

  823. 823

    Making dinner and staying home with family. “A Christmas Story” will be on tv all day, we never get sick of that one!

  824. 824

    Baring a major snowstorm I will be spending my Christmas with my son & his family & my daughter & granddaughter as well as a few other friends & family members. We usually have around 15 or so from our dinner. I will be helping to prepare the meal but thankfully it is no longer my sole responsibility. I did the hosting for a good number of years & now the torch has passed to my daughter-in-law.

  825. 825

    Small family gathering- I will be cooking the turkey with the trimmings and enjoying a nice meal together.

  827. 827

    My sister and I will be co-hosting Christmas Eve and Christmas day dinners. It’s a lot like our fabulous Thanksgivings, that we repeat a month later. I.e. 21-lb turkey, 14-lb ham (nix to those sugar glazes), cranberry/tangerine relish (sweetened with stevia), Mama Stamberg’s Pepto-pink cranberry relish with horseradish & onion (a 1950’s Craig Claiborne recipe), sour cream green bean casserole, sweet pot. souffle, roasted asparagus probably with tangerine zest, canned tiny green peas, deviled eggs, pickled cucumbers, marinated mushrooms, apple/celery/raisin/pecan salad, yeast rolls (frozen, not homemade), sugar-free pumpkin cheesecake, etc.
    -Many thanks, Kevin, for creating excitement just from the prospects of winning this grand mixer!

  828. 828

    Chrismas Eve after the 6 PM service we run home and set-up the buffet for approximately 12-20 people. All homemade goodiwa with exception of cold meat and cheese platters. There will be a full bar with George Washington’s famous eggnog that I have made very Christmas for the past 20+ years – it really gets the fun started… Christmas Day, we have a quiet morning and I make a great appetizer platter with some of the goodies from the eve before. We then pack up and join family and friends for a festive Christmas dinner at close friend’s home…. just thinking of it brings a smile to my face… Merry Christmas to you and yours….

  829. 829

    Since I live on an island I guess I will be shoveling sand and singing Jingle Bells- all the while toasting extended family in Pittsburgh Steeler Territory !

  830. 830

    I will be spending it with family and we will be watching movies and playing games! Some of us have to work on the 25th so we are doing our celebration on Christmas eve.

  831. 831

    small gathering with family having turkey with stuffing and lots of delicious desserts and cookies. Merry Christmas

  832. 832

    No plans, but I always like to make a nice meal and bake something for my Wife on holidays. Thanks for the giveaway, Kevin!

  833. 833

    We will have dinner with our daughter, her 4 children, her significant other and his 3 children and a few neighbors and close friends . With some extra driving we’ll probably see at least 9 of our 17 grandchildren that week.

  834. 834

    Hunkering down at home, maybe get the fireplace going. Trying some different foods
    and traditional pies!

  835. 835

    I will visit each home of my grandchildren and greatgrandchildren so they can show me all the
    exciting things they got for Christmas.

  836. 836

    Will be using one of your recipes (Savory Holiday Turnovers I believe you called it.) But, will make them into a kinda egg based quite yummy meal. Add some appropriate wine and good coffee. Some fresh fruit (grapefruit, fresh squeezed orange juice ) and the company of our family from up the road.

  837. 837

    Spending Christmas Day w my Hubby and my Brother @ my Sisters
    w her family . Having a nice Brunch and playing Vertellis.

  838. 838

    Quiet brunch at home opening small gifts, early dinner at the in-laws and late dinner with friends. I hope your holiday is merry!

  839. 839

    I will be spending the holiday with family and friends including 3 young grandchildren. I’ll be bring fresh pumpkin and apple crumb pie. A turkey with homemade cranberry relish plus more.

  840. 840

    Whew! I should get a prize for just scrolling all the way down to the end of the page to post a comment. You sure know how to draw a crowd in!!! I will be hosting Christmas this year in Indiana and everyone special will be here. I am so blessed to have everyone join us and I have a new daughter-in-law to boot! I could this beautiful mixer to make a lot of goodies to serve that day. I hope you and the Silver Fox and all of your fur babies and friends have a wonderful Christmas!

  841. 841

    I will be spending it with family and we will be watching movies and playing games! Some of us have to work on the 25th so we are doing our celebration on Christmas eve!

  842. 842

    We plan to join our daughter and her two adult children for a day of food and fun. Since I am retired, I do the bulk of the cooking which is why this prize/gift is a dream come true for me. I have always wanted a nice mixer and this is exactly what I want, including my favorite color.

  843. 843

    Christmas Eve will be the big family celebration, with a lovely dinner, gift exchange, and then late dessert. Christmas Day will be a smaller gathering with a quiet but elegant dinner. Life changes and we have never made demands on our kids and their families to attend anything–it is their choice. We are happy to see them whenever they arrive.

    My old 5 qt. Kitchenaid and all the accessories available at that time was a gift to me about 50 years ago. It was a surprise when I returned home from having gall bladder surgery—because my husband ‘missed’ me so much! It has performed beautifully the entire time, with only the “brushes”, (an electrical part), replaced and my husband did that. Of course, it is not quite as pretty as it once was, but I feel like it is a member of my family! It lives in my ‘working’ pantry.

  844. 844

    Going back home, eating a Brunch Buffet, with everyone bringing a dish. I chose my Mom’s Egg Casserole (family favorite) prepared the night before, baked in the morning. We keep it simple, as there is always plenty to eat and then some. After brunch we’ll play board and card games, with Pepper the card game of choice (partner game similar to Euchre)!

  845. 845

    I will make sure the house is warm and the music is calming. After that, everyone gets to enjoy the day as they see fit. I will drink tea or eggnog or something spiked and spicy while reading.

  846. 846

    Celebrating the holiday in our new home, the first house I’ve ever owned. My younger brother will hopefully join us and we’ll make plans for 2019!

  847. 847

    We’ll be hosting Christmas dinner for our children and grandchildren. Everyone brings a dish. The little ones open gifts after dinner and we just enjoy spending time together.

  848. 848

    While I will be anticipating the arrival of my first grandchild, I will be making dishes to be frozen for my daughter and son-in-law. Thank you for recipe to try!

  849. 849

    Having a cozy dinner at home and watching Elf (movie that I love and save for either Christmas eve or Christmas day)

  851. 851

    THANK YOU- for the chance to win this mixer. So lovely, and so useful! We have a large family,
    so we make the rounds, either Christmas Eve and then Christmas Day. We always give thanks for our blessings wherever we are with the families, and have shared foods of various kinds before
    traveling on. So much to be grateful for! We also try to discuss the reason for this Holiday, and
    let the little children all be involved in expressing gratitude with the older folks. And, sometimes we sing and I play my violin for Christmas songs.

  853. 853

    Hi Kevin This would be such a treat for me if I won. Normally its just my husband and I of (just had anniversary 49 years) I want to have prime rib for the two of us but just so expensive. I might just do a small turkey for us the way you do it in the post. Thanks honey bunny. We all love you and your posts!! Happy Christmas keep decorating

  854. 854

    We will be vacationing in Puerto Morelos, MEXICO and will spend Christmas day going for a beach walk, a swim in the Caribbean and a fish taco for dinner. Thanks for your inspiration, Kevin! Cheers * * *

  855. 855

    Here in Sydney Australia my partner and I will have breakfast on the balcony then I’ll prepare the bird and vegetables to roast later on. I’m rostered for volunteering in the afternoon at our local Emergency Dept. in a large hospital so we will be having our traditional Christmas dinner in the evening. In ED I’ll wear my Christmas earrings and Santa apron as many of the staff will be sporting some kind of festive wear. In the evening our table will be set on the balcony which overlooks a golf course and we’ll have a glass or two of a crisp rosé with our Christmas dinner. As it is summer here and we have daylight saving it should be very pleasant with the expected temperature to be 24 c (75f), (which is much cooler than most of our Christmases here).
    Best wishes from Downunder to you and yours and to all your readers throughout this wonderful world. Cue, Louis Armstrong singing “What a wonderful world”.

  856. 856

    We’ll be having three favorite soups and a variety of homemade breads so there is always something simple, warm and welcoming for whenever folks drop by. Pax et bonum!

  857. 857

    We will spend Christmas together as a family, hopefully celebrating my husband’s return to health. Every year my son and I cook a small feast for family and friends–recently a goose one year, duck the next, and last year a rib roast. Who knows what deliciousness this year holds?

  858. 858

    Waking up, getting the wood cook stove going in the kitchen, placing the the Danish Kringle (made the day before) into the cook stoves oven to warm as we see what are in our stockings. Then sipping tea/coffee with our akringle as we slowly open our gifts. Later, taking a walk in the snow.

  859. 859

    I will be hosting dinner for family and friends here in NY, and video chatting with CO and FL family.

  860. 860

    I will sleep late, stay in bed with my two Yorkies and binge read until my lovely neighbor calls me to come and eat.

  861. 861

    Christmas is all about family and food. Lots of gatherings to share good meals, relax, and enjoy family time.

  862. 862

    We will be cooking and eating a marvelous meal, probably some kind of beef or pork roast with all the fixings. Standing rib or prime rib roast have been done in the past. Our two sons and their girlfriends will also be here. This celebration will not be on Christmas Day and the actual day has not yet been decided upon. All are travelling to be with the girlfriends families on Christmas Day, both out of state. Gifts will also be exchanged.

  863. 863

    I’ll be having dinner with my family at my daughter’s house. In the evening, we will watch the Call the Midwife Christmas Special on PBS. Wishing you a glorious holiday. Thanks sooooo much for all your great recipes and gardening tips.

  864. 864

    Hoping to have snow prior to Christmas so driving is not a problem – then my children and families can arrive safely to celebrate together. I will opt for a more casual dinner – on the Christmas china for sure – no TV, or other technology – just lots of old-fashioned board games, dessert and coffee or tea later. Hopefully, some sledding or snowman building contest outdoors with the dogs… oh, did I mention sharing some gifts? We have simplified this a great deal – just enough. Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to everyone.

  865. 865

    Since becoming a single mom, Christmas Eve has been when I celebrated with my children, now grown. This year, 4 of my children and all 3 grands will be coming for Christmas Eve. Nice dinner and desserts and of course,frosted cutout cookies. Christmas Day my 2 single daughters will come over for brunch.

  867. 867

    God willing and the snow cooperates….I’ll be working…at a ski slope. Hubby and I will enjoy gifts and goodies as the shifts allow. Merry Christmas everyone!

  868. 868

    Hi Kevin, We will be having a Christmas brunch with the whole family and enjoying each others company . We open a few homemade gifts. It is wonderfully simple!

  870. 870

    brown turkey with all the fixens. iced tea to drink. pumpkin pie for dessert. yum, this is truly an old time thanks giving dinner by my wonderful wife. wow

  871. 871

    So far, no plans at all! But, hope springs eternal and I am sure something wonderful will come alone, even if it is just the two of us at home by the fire!

  872. 872

    I will be going to my sisters. I will eat everything in sight. trash her house. and go home. I will be a great time!

  874. 874

    I’ll be relaxing with my partner, Ken, and my beautiful American Eskimo rescue dog, Jette. Just being with them will make me happy. We may be with other friends too. We’ll all pitch in to make good food. I’ll miss those loved ones I’ve lost, so I’ll concentrate on those I have present.

  876. 876

    Christmas will be at our house this year with our son and his family. Will be opening presents, eating, eating again, etc and having a wonderful time.

  877. 877

    Following a month of medical attention for both of us, we hope to be with my siblings and their families, sharing foods, holding the babies, playing with the toddlers and enjoying some games for the grown-ups.

  878. 878

    Traveling 45 min north to my nieces house where the whole family, that constantly grows, will feast on a variety of foods that everyone brings. Then we snack and snack and snack on all the goodies while all open their gifts……..it gets pretty chaotic! Then I go home and CRASH!!!

  880. 880

    My son, Eirick the elkhound, our two cats and myself will have dinner; not turkey, something interesting, have a fire and watch the dog show/football. Not very exciting but comfortable.

  881. 881

    Christmas in Virginia can be sunny, or it can be cold, but we’ll be having a merry day with family. Trying to not overdo and keep the stress away. Cookies are on the must list and Christmas morning sweet rolls and mimosas. HoHoHo!

  882. 882

    If our children aren’t coming we have friends over for dinner who are are without family. usually have 8 – 16 depending on who have family visiting. I do a couple of meats and everyone brings something.

  884. 884

    Its going to be quiet and same as usual for me, feed chickens, cats, bunny and horses, probably shovel some poop and have not made up my mind what I will eat yet. Hope you have a fantastic Christmas.

  885. 885

    We should be there around 3:30 pm if that’s good for ya’ll. (heh heh)
    Alberto and I will be celebrating as usual with our two cats, Harry and Babette, our Jack Russell Coco, and our 5 chickens, Forsythia, Bianca, Clarita, Little Bit and Karla Marx.
    Happy Holidays Wonderful You!

  886. 886

    My kids visit their Dad in the morning and then come to my house where we have brunch and Christmas cookies before exchanging gifts.

  887. 887

    Spending the day with family here in the Australian outback. Prawns and salads will be on the menu, meanwhile, we will swim in the pool to keep cool! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas Kevin.

  888. 888

    We will spend Christmas Day cooking for family and friends. I have a favorite appliance now after watching you make the apple Tatin recipe. The funny looking apple peeler you recommended is fabulous!
    Hope you enjoy all the holidays ahead!
    Thanks for the recommendation and allyour great recipes !

  889. 889

    Will be spending time with my husband, daughter, grandkids and great grandkids-especially enjoying the greats opening toys!

  890. 890

    I’ll be bringing my 11yo twin daughters (and a bunch of desserts) over to grandma’s to see the whole extended family.

  891. 891

    My husband and myself plan to stay at home and will treat ourselves to special foods and dessert. We prefer this day to be one of grace and gratitude for all that we have been given in this life.

  894. 894

    Christmas 2018 will be spent with my family (3 generations worth). We are fortunate to be able to spend this time together and also blessed to share this tradition with a new grand baby just born in November.

  897. 897

    A simple quiet day will include our son, three cats, and 8 sheep. Sheep are easy, they only eat hay, but those cats are gonna have to share our barbecue steak with us I suppose….
    Merry Christmas!

  898. 898

    Probably just enjoying a relaxing day. If weather is o.k. will have already spent time with some family.

  900. 900

    Hosting our kids and grandkids at home. Dinner is now buffet – eat when you get here – instead of a full turkey dinner , which I used to have. SO much easier and more relaxed 🙂

  901. 901

    Christmas Day will be spent drinking mimosas while cooking brunch with the kids, then hitting the beach!

  902. 902

    Cinnamon rolls with my twin grandaughter’s help frosting will start the day off with much love and stickiness! Then gifts all around for our family of 10, a yummy dinner of short rib cabernet stew over gouda mashed potatoes (cooked the day before) , carol singing round the piano, a wee nativity play by the children to remember the reason we gather to celebrate Christmas finishes the afternoon off right, and finally port and dessert over a competitive game of Pictionary.

  903. 903

    I will be singing beautiful Christmas music in the choir at St Lawrence Orthodox Christian Church as we celebrate God become flesh at the birth of Christ. Then we will go home to feast and exchange gifts with family and friends.

  904. 904

    My husband and I will host our family for a (hopefully) relaxed dinner. For us it’s a much more low-key holiday than Thanksgiving. I hope your Christmas holiday is lovely, Kevin. Thank you for all the wonderful information and tips you have given all of us over these last few years.

  905. 905

    We have a large gathering Christmas Eve and then just close family the next day. Going to go vegetarian this year since so many of our kids have made that change. Happy holidays to all!

  907. 907

    Spending Christmas Day with my son, his wife, and their 2 and 3 year old boys, our grandsons, who live next door. Our daughter will join us there as well.

  908. 908

    My son’s house is where I will be. Him & his wife do a nice job of gathering us all together while they have two young kids who believe in the magic of Christmas.

  910. 910

    We are very fortunate this year to have daughters home as well as friends. We were evacuated but did not sustain any real damage from the Woolsey fire, but have many friends who lost all. We lost friends in the mass shooting just the day before. This Thanksgiving and Christmas we celebrate the blessings we have, and know God walks with us in good times and bad. We often say « Why did this bad thing happen? ». But there are no answers, but knowing our hope is in Christ, and celebrate He birth, can give us something to cling to. New life , hope and Peace. We will reach out and as we can, help those who are hurting. Thank you for your beautiful receipes, blog and joy. Peace is fleeting when looking around, so keep our eyes focused above to see the light of a new day, new beginings and genuine touching others in love. Merry Christmas

  912. 912

    Hi. I will be cooking dinner at my parents home for our family. I usually have Christmas at our house but this year we are in the middle of a renovation.

  914. 914

    Christmas morning my husband and I will have a casual brunch which we’ve done for years but this year the kids are grown and gone so it will be just the 2 of us. Christmas evening our daughter and son-in-law will come over for a casual ham dinner. We will open presents with them afterwards. It will be a quiet family day.

  915. 915

    Hi Kevin! We hosted a huge group of 20 for Thanksgiving, which gets us off the hook for hosting at Christmas. As we all get older we are more likely to stay home than travel, and we often get together the weekend before or after the holiday with my parents and brother. So we’ll likely cook fresh seafood on Christmas Eve, perhaps attend mass at Holy Hill, and open stockings or a few gifts that night too. Christmas morning we usually sit around in our pjs and eat stollen, drink coffee, and open gifts. I am hoping our stepdaughter is with us this year, but at 17 she’s busy. If the weather is nice and bright after gifts, we usually take a walk with the dogs across our property, maybe some ice skating or a movie if we feel ambitious. We usually have a relaxing and lazy day playing with our new gifts. I’ll cook a nice dinner in the afternoon, either turkey or ham. I can’t wait!! Merry Christmas to you and the silver fox.

  917. 917

    Not for sure yet, but will be with our daughter, Susan and sig. other Nick, either in St Louis, MO or here in Springfield,IL . Being an RN at a local hospital, I will be working 7pm to 7:30am Christmas Eve. Where ever I am, I will be with family that I love.

  918. 918

    Traveling to Pittsburgh PA to start new holiday traditions with my daughter, son-in-law and in-laws.

  919. 919

    Since our youngest grandchild is almost 3, we will meet at their home to enjoy family time and gifts together. Dear daughter-in-law will provide most of the meal, with daughter and I adding to the mix. It’s more fun when we all help out and share the load!

    BTW, Kevin, I had to buy a replacement dishwasher and got another Bosch. I just love the dishwasher, and particularly the top shelf! I keep finding new things to put up there.

  920. 920

    I will be going to my son and daughter-in-laws for a wonderful dinner,
    Since all my grandsons are grown and living out of state, it will be a quite
    time. I am 85 so my winning prize will be given as a gift to a needy family.

  921. 921

    I’m not 100% positive, but more likely than not, I’ll be cooking for our family of 9 and my husand’s grandmother~ Better for her to be with us than alone! <3

  924. 924

    I will be working and then shovelling snow if there has been any new. My adult son and I will celebrate Christmas on Dec. 28 with a traditional dinner, opening presents and Christmas movies.

  925. 925

    I will be with my lovely 87 year old mother, my husband and our extended family counting our blessings as we celebrate together!

  926. 926

    I will be hosting Christmas for the 37 time. My grandchildren love being together as they all live away from each other. We start dinner with ‘shrubs’, ginger ale with sherbert. It was a favorite when I was growing up. Merry Christmas to you and your readers!

  928. 928

    We’re flying to the UK, spending time with family over there (and dealing with a complete lack of functional cooking space….) Have a great Christmas yourself, Kevin!

  929. 929

    Dinner a deux, and a walk along the beach – after a lifetime of cooking large family meals on Christmas Day.

  931. 931

    Christmas Day, 2018…Here in Western PA, we are hoping for a “White Christmas!” We will get up, not too early (because we went to our beautiful Orthodox Nativity service on Christmas Eve and enjoyed our first Christmas feast of the year that night), and watch each other open presents from under the Christmas tree decorated with ornaments from the last 30 plus years and several countries. Even though our girls are older (teen and young adult), it will be wonderful to see their suprised/not so surprised reactions as they open their gifts. Afterwards, we will have eat our second Christmas feast of Greenberg smoked turkey (from Tyler, Texas), mashed potatoes, Greek salad, and other side dishes. After desert of pecan pie, we’ll all watch my favorite movie, White Christmas in our matching Christmas pajamas. We love the wonderful music and fabulous dancing! Hope you and your readers all have a blessed Christmas!

  932. 932

    My husband and I are having Filet Mignon, German potato salad, creamed onions, artichokes, a couple of bottles of Mark West Pinot Noir, and pecan pie at home, with each other for the best company in the world. We will probably watch some Christmas movies and just do nothing all day. Can’t wait!

  934. 934

    I’ll be checking your blog for delish. recipes! Also, dinner at my sister-in-laws and working (boo hoo)

  936. 936

    We’ll be spending Christmas Day with my sister and her family, just enjoying the day together.

  937. 937

    The family will arrive around 1:00 p.m. for a late lunch, gifts and the all famous reindeer games.

  939. 939

    I will be hosting my family. We have given up on the sharing of presents for adults. We just enjoy each other’s company on this special day. If any children are present they will get their presents. Merry Christmas!

  940. 940

    Christmas day we have immediate family come for late brunch, open Christmas stockings. We have 17 grandchildren that live within two blocks of us and another 6 in town.. We my married children and spouse, grandchildren it is a very full and happy household.

  941. 941

    Enjoying the winning homemade dinner vote and watching family movies and listening to Christmas music with my husband and sons and cats, and eating the chocolate we give each other!

  942. 942

    I will be eating delicious chow, drinking fine wine, watching great movies and hanging out with family!

  943. 943

    My daughter has requested a spaghetti dinner with sausages, nice salad and garlic bread and so it will be. I have added some chianti wine to the menu! We might start the day off visiting the (Fort Lauderdale) beach and enjoying the tremendous ocean. Then we will return home for breakfast and to open presents.

  944. 944

    I am very excited to be having all my children and grandchildren together at our home this Christmas.

  945. 945

    Christmas Day just may be our day for recovering and eating leftovers! We will be hosting two Christmas gatherings (one on Christmas Eve) which include dinner; we have a total of 15 grandchildren; since our families total 30 people, including two 90+ year-old-parents, it is more relaxing to split our celebrations into two events! : )

  946. 946

    Christmas day I’ll host daughter #1 with her husband and my toddler granddaughter, and daughter #2 with her new fiance. I would love for Santa Kevin to send me that beautiful mixer to make homemade goodies for them!

  947. 947

    We will have completed our Hanukkah Celebration and will be holding our newly born 5th grandchild (due December 7th) in our arms. Happy Hanukkah & Merry Christmas to all! ♥♥♥