2012 Good Morning Gloucester FOB Christmas Meal Post
Send In Your Christmas Meal Pics And I’ll Post ‘Em
send them to goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com
Gloucester native Geordie Keefe had brussels sprout for Christmas.!
Toby Pett
No dreidel, no Festivus Pole, and most of all NO RUBBER DUCKS…just leg of lamb, fine wine and Shirley’s blueberry pie…good wishes to all..
Ann Kennedy-
"PJs and Paper Plates", our very laid-back Christmas brunch; lots of music, twice-baked potatoes, eggs, bacon and cookies. Also do home-made dog treats for pet friends.
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Community Photos 12/26/12
Hi Joey,
I stopped on the Boulevard Friday 12/21/12 around 3 p.m. to admire the cloud
formations over the harbor. The wind suddenly picked up and the surf
suddenly started to crash over the sea wall.
Mary Barker
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Update II : 2012 Good Morning Gloucester FOB Christmas Tree Post
Send in pics of your Christmas Tree and I’ll Post em
send in your Christmas tree pics to goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com
De Primio Christmas Tree
Hi Joey,
This is our Christmas Tree. Post it if you can!
Merry Christmas!
Doug and Gloria Parsons
Marty Morgan and Mark Lindsay Christmas Tree
Tree decorated by a sailor, Mark Lindsay, who loves trains. My wife, Marty
Morgan bought a hand blown glass ball each year and we now have an entire
tree full.
Loved your tree. Here is mine ! Lots of Swedish things from Jul Fair in ROCKPORT. Merry Christmas ! Alice Gardner
Oh Christmas Tree From Solange Baumann
From GMG’s Florida fans, Merry Christmas! The St Clair-Kings 
Craig Kimberley and Hanna Christmas Tree-
Dear Joey and GMG:About 30 years ago we lived in a tiny house that had no room for a Christmas tree. We were given an old wrought iron gate which fit perfectly in a picture window. Since then that’s always been our Christmas tree. Holds beaucoup ornaments, fits against a wall, and never drops needles on the floor!Merry Christmas to all!
Joy and Tom Halsted
Hey Joey,
Hope you are having a great Chirstmas day! Here is our tree decorated with the "Lobstar"!
Best, Bex
A very happy and memorable Christmas in the home of Cammygrammy. Camdyn has a 3 1/2 month old brother, the most blessed gift of all. Wishing peace and health in the New Year and thanks to GMG for keeping us all connected.
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Community Stuff 12/26/12
Merry Christmas from Savour Wine and Cheese
Our holiday hours are:
Wednesday, Dec. 26 – closed
Monday, Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve) 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 (New Year’s Day) – closed
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 – closed
We are now open Sundays, and will be from April – December of 2013, but will close Sundays, after the 1st of the New Year, from January – March.
Thank you for your support. And take some time to enjoy this magical place at this very special time of year. (I took the photo above from the deck off my dining room)! So, whether a brisk walk around Gloucester Harbour or a romp with the dog on Good Harbour beach, have a happy holiday season on beautiful Cape Ann!
Sincerely,
Kathleen Erickson and Robert Morgan
Savour Wine and Cheese
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Glosta Joe’s Barely Keeping Up With Outrageous Demand For Their Coffee
Get Yours At Mamie’s Kitchen or The Cave Downtown Gloucester or Online at www.GlostaJoes.com
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Video- Seriously Santa?
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Tony Gross’ 2012 Swedish Coffee Bread and Past Years Incarnations
2012
2011
Tony Gross Comes Through With The Annual Swedish Coffee Bread!
Posted on December 24, 2011 by Joey C
2010-
Tony Gross Comes Through Again With His Famous Swedish Coffee Bread
Posted on December 24, 2010 by Joey C
Every year Tony makes Frank and I a loaf of his much sought after Swedish coffee bread. I’m afraid to open it because once you eat the first bite i can’t stop til that whole sucker is gone. (I’m not sure if he puts heroin in it, the stuff is so damn addicting).
Tony Gross 2009 Swedish Coffee Bread
Tony Gross’ Swedish Coffee Bread
Posted on December 21, 2009 by Joey C
Every Christmastime Tony Gross, the skipper of the lobsterboat F/V Sandollar makes a ridiculous number of Swedish Coffee Bread loaves and gives them out to friends. I made the mistake and called it Nisu but because the recipe comes from an elder in Tony’s family he insists it be called Swedish Coffee Bread.
It’s delicious and best eaten within a day of cooking. I sure am glad I’m on the list of those who get one every year!
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Foggy and Flooded
Kent’s Landing
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Enjoy your day everyone
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Christmas Day Brussels Sprout
First word plural, second, not. I looked it up. Plenty left over for New Year’s Day post Rocky Neck, Oak Grove Beach plunge. Fingers are numb from snapping these off. Too cold for even the Rubber Duck to come out to harvest. (Her joints stiffen up.) Sirloin Roast, mashed potatoes, brussels sprout. New Christmas tradition at RD’s house.
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Live In NH. Toby Pett Checks In
No dreidel, no Festivus Pole, and most of all NO RUBBER DUCKS…just leg of lamb, fine wine and Shirley’s blueberry pie…good wishes to all..
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
“O Holy Night”
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Wishing You Peace and Love and Joy in the New Year
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Dominick the Donkey
Merry Christmas to All!
Today we have several Holiday Songs of the Day. The first song I heard for the first time this morning, Dominick the Donkey, and a rockin Ciaramitaro rendition can be seen here. Thank you Felicia and Dee for sharing!
The second song is for Donna and Kathy.
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Parents of Lost Fishermen Write A Note Of Thanks
Wally and Carol Gray of Deer Isle, Maine write-
I wanted to take a moment to thank each and everyone who attended the vigil for the lost fisherman, and of course the special attention paid to the two recent fishermen lost at sea from Deer Isle. Wallace “Chubby” Gray II, our baby boy, and Wayne Young, a devoted family man and husband. Again, thank you very much everyone for your support and loving words. God Bless.
Wally and Carol Gray
Deer Isle, Maine
Our Marty Luster captured the vigil-
Vigil for Captain and Crew Member of Foxy Lady II
Posted on December 23, 2012 by Marty Luster
The families of Captain Wally Gray, Jr. and crew member Wayne Young, of F.V. Foxy Lady II along with dozens of friends and supporters from Maine and Gloucester gathered at the Fisherman’s Memorial to pay their respects to the two men who were declared lost at sea this week.
All photos © Marty Luster 2012
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Polar Plunge off Magnolia Pier 12/24/2012
Will Submits-
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Steve Martin Christmas Wish
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Merry Christmas From Ann Kennedy
Was so excited when the mailman brought the latest Yankee today! A great spread on your fair town.
Merry Christmas to all and a big thank you to all GMG contributors for another year of terrific coverage of all things Cape Ann!
Grace and Peace to Gloucester,
Ann Kennedy
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Merry Christmas! – Gloucester holiday slideshow
Merry Christmas to all! May God bless you and give you joy, whatever your religious tradition and personal approach to the holiday season.
Remember: Christmas is just beginning! Traditionally, the Christmas season lasts for more than a week (for Catholics, until the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, which falls on Jan 13 this year). So, don’t rush to throw out those Christmas decorations! You can still enjoy them for a while yet – at least for the famous “12 Days of Christmas” until Jan. 6!
Gloucester is a great place to spend Advent and Christmas. Besides all the services, pageants and festivities in the religious context, there are lots of decorations and fun activities downtown. Click on the photos below to see a slideshow of images taken during “Family and Friends’ Night” and “Men’s Night” on Main Street.
I’ll be blogging from home in Connecticut for the next few days.
– Fr. Matthew Green
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Representing GMG X 4
Yesterday, four siblings came into the gallery. They are (l-r) Alex (Boston), Anthony (Bronx), Sarah (Boston), and Elizabeth (Raleigh, NC). They were looking for a present for their Mom, Joanne Leary, who teaches Yoga at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center and at the Glosta YMCA. They bought three maps from my MAP collection: Nahant, Peabody, and Gloucester, all from 1872. Why? Because their mother, Joanne, has lived in all three towns, and settled here. Welcome Joanne and your beautiful children! Merry Christmas and God Bless.
Good Morning Gloucester 