Fruit Salad Saga: A Christmas Story

Posted on by Pat D

It was me. The “loser” assigned to bring fruit salad to the Christmas party. Many of you were engaged in this discussion so I thought I should follow up on how it went. First of all, I ordered a fruit platter from Jeff’s Variety and it couldn’t have been easier. It weighed a ton when we picked it up just prior to our trip to Long Island NY.

Upon arrival to Jim’s family, I confessed the shame I was supposedly under by being assigned fruit salad for Christmas dinner. Everyone enjoyed the joke AND the fruit….thank you very much! It was served with dessert. Although enjoyed by several, there was still plenty left over for my sister-in-law to share yet again for Christmas Eve.

The videos are entertaining but not high quality (there may have been some merriment occurring). As you can clearly see in these unrehearsed endorsements, fruit is universally appealing. However, they aptly prove the point that fruit is indeed welcome for Christmas! Merry Christmas to you all and thank you for following so faithfully. We enjoy meeting you and hope it will continue throughout 2024.

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Christmas Eve 1923

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Did you know the Sawyer Free Library has expanded its digital collection of the Gloucester Daily Times to reach further back into our history? You can access the Daily Times from 1888 – 1965 as well as from 2009-2019. I reached back to Christmas Eve 1923 to get a taste of life a century ago for purposes of this post, but it did not take long for me to wander off into other areas of interest. Next thing I knew, more than an hour had gone by and I’d found some great additions for my family history collection to make our story even richer with details of life back in the day. Enjoy your own families and share stories over these holidays!

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Holiday Version “This Or That”

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I’ve put together a fun holiday version of a “This or That” questionnaire in case you find you need a distraction or conversation starter when the family is visiting. As most of you know, my dad grew up here in an Irish Catholic family but I grew up in rural western New York surrounded by (mostly) Irish Catholics. So, this little game comes from that background and you are free to share your own defining questions based on your backgrounds!

This or That Holiday Version

Frankincense or myrrh?

Naughty or nice?

Mariah Carey or Bing Crosby?

Rum punch or rum balls?

Elf on the Shelf or all the Whos in Whoville?

Gift wrapping or gift bags?

Candy canes or gingerbread men?

Star or angel?

Gift cards or cash?

Hot cocoa or hot toddy?

Rudolph or Frosty?

Light the Lamp or Light the Rat?

Little Drummer Boy or Cindy Lou Who?

Grinch or Ebenezer Scrooge?

Ghost of Christmas Past of Yet to Come?

White lights or colored lights?

Steady or blinking?

Real or artificial?

Ugly sweater or matching PJs?

Die Hard or White Christmas?