My Thanksgiving boycott was very peaceful

[Siwsan]

I watched some film noir, played with the kid cats and puttered around. Took out the trash, just as it was getting dark so that counts as being productive, too.

My nephew in North Carolina called. I'm guessing he talked with his sister and brother and they told him I wasn't feeling up to a party. My brother stopped by with some apple pie, made by my niece, and Lumpia (kind of like a Filipina egg roll) made by another niece.

My un-thanksgiving feast was fish and chips and a mug of lovely hard cider. I don't know - somehow it just seemed appropriate for my mood.

Being able to skip out on Christmas would be wonderful but I think that's pushing things. Besides, I'm the only one who knows how to make the traditional Christmas soup from my mom's side of the family. At least it will be at my house so if I start feeling twitchy, I can just hide in my bedroom until the feeling passes.

[Polly Hennessey]

1. You will be home and that makes it better.

Besides you will be able to make your mom’s soup. 🥣 Just make sure Merlin doesn’t do his cupboard trick.

[FirstLight]

2. Glad you made the best of it

Lumpia! mmmmm... my kid's bestie was Philipino and they's often send her home with a tupperware of lumpia and vercet (chicken and veg and rice noodle?) soooo good

I watched some funny movies to try and get outta the slump. I wish I could "run away" for the holidays, but really I can't run from my own issues, lol

Having the dinner at your place will give you the chance to have it more "your way" and I hope the family supports you in making it special :hugs:

[usonian]

3. I had some store-cooked chicken breast and a slice of key lime pie.

Our family is spread all over the map and we have some birthdays around the holidays, so we move the holidays rather than the holidays moving us.

Since you mentioned traditional Christmas soup, as a kid I attended Italian family feasts each holiday, including the vigil of Christmas, the "Feast of Seven Fishes"

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AND I know how to make all this stuff, including the struffoli.

So, living by myself in the woods, when people "forget" to invite me or come visit (other than my daughter, that's two in nine years) they are missing out.

And today or tomorrow is perfect for making my Mom's home-style tomato gravy with meatballs, sausages and braciole. It's actually REAL EASY, and makes every can or jar of store-bought tomato sauce taste like wet cardboard with oregano sprinkled on it.

Just enjoy.

P.S. I know how to make two kinds of struffoli, the fat ones and the little seed-sized ones.