~~Dec 16th~

 

Some cards are just so pretty they become ornaments..my adorable neighbour sends me the yearly  family pic..I love it..I think I show you every yr..)My daughters do too..they end up on the tree:)

I even have a Jewish friend..Arlene..who sends me a special Christmas card every year..

Don't tell me they don't brighten a day..♥

The first one is from Diana an IG friend:)A lovely lovely lady..

All that glitters IS gold;)

I make pets de soeurs  aka nun's farts w/ my leftover tourtières dough..

A hit very year..

Really all you do is roll out the dough..you can butter it up and press brown sugar all over it then roll up like cinnamon rolls..slice and bake..Or just pat in the brown sugar..roll up ..slice and dot with butter..

Bake until caramelized..and dough is cooked.

I made the most beautiful quiche!But as Mary Berry says...it had a soggy bottom..no problem..I can now make it w/ my eyes closed..it is a Ricardo recipe..and usually spot on..but..it wasn't.. will vary the recipe w/ dear Pol Martin's and blind bake way longer.

Maybe for next next Christmas morn here God willing.

The cake is from last yr..had to look at it again:)

And the Ikea lantern living room is also from last yr..I wanted to see some of last yr's comforts..

Speaking of last year..I made 3 fruit cakes..one to have and to hold Christmas morning on my table..and one to give and one to eat maybe during the yr..

Forgot about the one to eat yet each time I opened our basement fridge the metal festive container kept winking.

I decided to peek..let me tell you that anything soaked in a ton of rum wrapped in cheesecloth..then foil,,then a tin..

Is fab one yr later.

If you like fruitcake..

This is Pierrette's recipe ..a girl ..well woman..I worked with who was an excellent cook and I wonder how she is.

Anyway..it should be iced ..she liked to ice hers..but I had just made J a choco cake..so it's staying like this.

By the way Jacques is shy of 6 ft w/ age..so 5ft 10 maybe..155 lbs and fit as a fiddle ..in case you think a slice of dessert is bad for him;)

He's far fitter than I endurance wise..

My gifts are wrapped except one..

Update on QC..from Dec 25th till Jan 11th all non essential stores are closed..unlike the past lockdown..stores like Walmart and Costco will NOT be able to sell anything but food and pharma.

This should have been during the first wave too I feel..It harmed so many stores.

Work will be from home as of this Thursday.For people that can..

School will get one extra week holiday Jan 4-11..with some being distanced schooled..like my daughter's K class.

No Christmas gatherings.However is someone is all alone..she may visit ONE bubble.

I hope that bubble has been safe.

And the list goes on..

I read something very moving in French..

A photo of an elderly woman in a hospital bed...clasping the bars ..

the caption below..

While one generation becomes extinct without even a hug..another generation's problems are Christmas dinner get togethers....

♥