Well that post touched my heart, Vermillion. Thank you for that. brings back fond memories of my Mother & Father and the turkey dinners, the plum pudding and looking for the quarters in it that my Mom had placed for us to find (My Brother almost swallowed one, so we stopped doing that eventually....).

And here I am today, cooking my famous Roast Prime Rib of Beef dinner for my family and my Brother's. Roasted & mashed potatoes, sweet carrots and my absolutely delicious beef gravy. Yes, strato can cook, was in the biz for about 15 years. So I'm getting ready to start peeling the taters....

And I'll be sure to leave out a few carrots tonight for Santa's reindeer. And of course, the coca cola classic and cookies for Santa.

Merry Christmas to everyone and a safe & happy holiday. And 2010 is the year we make contact !

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