You never know what day we're going to have our family Christmas celebration on. Every year it's different. One year we did an English camp on Christmas. One year we celebrated on Christmas Eve. But one thing is certain. No matter how or when we celebrate, we've started building great memories with those who are around us. It may be different people every year, but it's always the best. It's always the best because it's the people God has for us to be with. After all Christmas is about Him. It's not even really about our families (although that's nice too when He allows us all to be together). It's about Jesus coming to this earth so that He could live a sinless life and die on the cross for everyone's sins. And He didn't just stay there. He arose again after three days and three nights. Thank Him for His wonderful gift! We should be more focused on others than ourselves. It's a great time to serve and to share His love.
We found time this past Saturday morning to put on the feast. That meant I have to start the preparations earlier. The early preparations include making cornbread, boiling some chicken, and making marshmallows. I tried a new cake recipe as well. It was hard to let it sit over night without cutting into it.
Rusty suggested something with pumpkin so I made this pumpkin cake with cream cheese glaze. It turned out tasty, and we've been enjoying it with our coffee.
We had our traditional fare, but we added buffalo meat to the smoked/grilled meats and also a fruit salad. It wasn't a super huge meal, but we were so pressed for time it was just enough. Obviously we made a lot of what we did make because I've been eating on it every day for lunch since Saturday.
Our house at Christmas. We had other goodies besides the cake. We also had chocolate covered cherries, dipped oreos, and dipped ritz crackers with peanut butter. Too much! But we all had a great time.
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