My wife is 1/2 Russian, the women in her family gather in Vermont every November and have a Pirogi party. This last time around they made around 150 dozen.
Hey that is fabulous!
I guess they freeze them? Or did you eat them all?
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I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
"while you will have lovely gifts to show off to the world, we will be making memories. You may get an iPod or a toaster, but I will get to gloat over winning a board game. You may receive a bottle of perfume, but I will be getting my toenails painted by my baby girl...
And I will be happy to trade the presents under the tree for the "presence "of my children."
I didn't realize you wrote that! I read it a couple of weeks ago? Thought it was really good!
My youngest asked that we not buy her a lot of "things" this year. We bought a flock of chickens in her name through heifer international to go to a family in a third world country. I think she's going to love it!
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We already had our family get together. My husband and I and all our children and grandchildren. Plus my brother and his wife, my sister, my husband's brother, sister, nephew, and cousin. The only one not attending was our baby girl. She had to work, will probably not see her until after Christmas. Christmas day will just be me and my husband sitting around the house.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
Well, since we now live five and a half hours away from my family, they are all coming here this year! To our small rented house! Yikes! They will get here late, late Wednesday evening and then we'll all go shopping on Christmas Eve (family tradition) and then we'll be in on Christmas Eve night...the girls will open their Christmas pj's and we are just having soup, sandwiches and lots of appetizers and desserts this year! I'm actually having to cook...scary thought if you know me!!! Then we'll get up on Christmas morning and we'll have a bigger breakfast and then munch on all the leftovers...all day long! Yeah for Christmas!!
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I have to work Thursday that's when my inlaws have their Christmas gathering.
Then friday we are to going to spend Christmas day with my mother.
Also too,my kids open their presents on Christmas eve after I get off work.
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There they can find plenty of fault.
I didn't realize you wrote that! I read it a couple of weeks ago? Thought it was really good!
My youngest asked that we not buy her a lot of "things" this year. We bought a flock of chickens in her name through heifer international to go to a family in a third world country. I think she's going to love it!
Thank Ya!
I think that is an awesome idea! We have several of those catalogs come to our house every year.
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My family gets together on Christmas Eve- around 4 pm they will gather at my house. I am fixing stuffed mushrooms, homemade hummos dip, pigs in a blanket and another dip for appetizers. Then we will eat Shrimp gumbo- a Christmas tradition- Then open presents- Then the kids will fire off fireworks under supervision of the adults. We go to visit some aunts that do not have children sometime that night to wish them a Merry Christmas. Christmas day we will chill until the afternoon. We will go to eat with my step son's family and exchange gifts with them.
We will have Christmas Eve here. My son and his girlfriend of three years will be with us. She wants a ring. He asked me what should he do? I said, "You're man enough to make your own decisions." That was easy!
We will have roast with carrots, mashed potatoes and gravy, uppity green beans (LOL) and angel biscuits and iced tea.
I will also be making my son's favorite dessert - Tri-level brownies. Doing sugar cookies with Royal icing and sprinkled with Wilton's white sparkly sugar.. I can't stand making sugar cookies but, I'm in the mood this year.
We will probably play Pictionary - girls against the guys! It's our favorite game when we get together.
I will have Christmas music playing and The Christmas Shoes movie, muted.
Christmas morning we will be driving to Austin for several days. My husband will be preparing the brisket on Thursday to take with us. I will bring a pot of pinto beans and Potatoes O'Brien. We always have BBQ on Christmas Day - Elgin sausage. Bringing leftover dessert since no one here eats much of it. I just make it for decoration. LOL!
It's our favorite game when we get together. 
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