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Upcoming Holidays Which Are Your Favorites?
Posted by Theresa111 • 8/14/11
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Below is a list of the remaining holidays between now and the end of 2011.
It's be a good idea to have this list so we all can refer to it when we plan our food shopping lists. Then we can already have a handle on those foods we will store up and of those particular ingredients we'll need ahead of time. Better to be prepared for any food event.
Which are your favorites, why do you look forward to them, and what are you thinking about cooking or baking this year?
I'm sure there are more special event days not on this list and if you know of them, please add them in a reply, beneath the first comment. Thanks!
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I lie Veterans Day (stepson's birthday also), then Thanksgiving and Christmas because I have an "excuse" to cook and bake. Our anniversary is October 29, so also a "holiday" for me as it is Mike (my husband) and I's day to do whatever. Vacation!!! -
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There is a holiday not on your list that is big in this part of the Southwest: All Soul's Day or Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in early November. Tucson has a huge celebration with a parade of thousands of people dressed up in costumes and dancing through the streets. www.allsoulsprocession.org/ -
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This may sound odd but two of my favorite holidays were Yom Kippur and Columbus Day. School was always closed on Monday and Tuesday and as a senior administrator, I could take off when ever I wanted. I always took off the Friday before, making it a five day weekend. Those holidays always coincided with the Newport, RI, boat show. As one who has sailed those waters for 40+ years, it was always something that I looked forward to.
On Friday morning my girlfriend, wife, whatever (at that time) would pack-out early to catch the 6 AM ferry out of Orient Point, NY. The entire day Saturday was spent at the boat show in Newport. Sunday morning we’d pack-out to one of my all-time favorite places, Mystic, CT: Where we’d spend the next 2-1/2 days. Tuesday afternoon, we’d have an early dinner at the Captain Daniel Packer Inn, then on to the 1900 hr. ferry out of New London, CT, headed for home. The following weekend was always the boat show in Norwalk, CT: Had to go to that one too. God, how I miss those days. -
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One more thing about Columbus Day weekend: It was the Columbus Day weekend, 1998, when my girlfriend at the time, who I am now married to, and I made a rather huge commitment. We signed the final papers for a brand new, custom built 32 ft. Nordic Tugs tugboat. We had decided to buy a boat together earlier that year. After all of our trips aboard my various sailboats, I had determined that she loved boating but just didn’t like life at an angle. I too was ready for something different. As any honest sailor will tell you, 75 percent of you time at sea is spent under the “Iron Jenny” (engine power). One of my biggest dilemmas was that earlier that year I had just bought a 3 year old 32 ft. Catalina in the hopes that she would like sailing a little bit more. That didn’t work. As I said, she just didn’t like life at an angle. Now I had to sell the sail boat and dig deep into my pockets, once again, for the new boat; which was a bit over $250K. I approached her in honesty and told her that I was tired of digging into MY pockets for people: How about we split it. She replied, “No problem.” Whoa! Stop the game show. Contestants… we have a winner! A real keeper! I finally got the grand prize!
It’s been somewhat of a tumultuous 11 years. Even though we lost everything on 09/11 and were forced from retirement, which officially started on 09/07/01, back to starting all over at the age of 49, I’m happy to say that Mary and I have been happily married since October 12, 2000. I can truly say that God has blessed us and has seen to our needs; not always our wants, but our needs. God bless.
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This year I want to try a variety of new recipes to add in with those traditionally made for each event. I have been scrolling through the HHM recipes and beginning my lists. I will try my best to purchase ingredients I can use in a number of recipes, so as not to be wasteful. I look forward to sharing ideas and dishes with you. Be sure to snap photographs during the process.
I already know we are going to W.J's (our dear friend) Birthday * Labor Day crab feast and cookout. Everyone brings a dish and this year I am thinking about taking some vegetarian dips and homemade crackers and ciabattas for a healthy side-dish. -
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My friends and I always cook together for Thanksgiving. Everyone cooks whatever they like and we sit around for hours eating and talking by candlelight.-
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Do you have themes for your dinners and then people choose what to bring?
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I love Halloween. It has always been my favorite holiday. I actually get very depressed here in Arizona each year because people are not very interested in Halloween. We get almost no Trick-or-Treaters and very few people seem to decorate. I miss my holiday back east when we'd have hundreds of people and they had to all but block off our street (we lived on Main Street in a historic district) for the night. Every house was decorated to the nines and everyone was dressed up!
I long for the day when I can get back east and enjoy Halloween again including the fall colors and crisp air. (Last year it was almost 90 here!)
That said, there is a holiday not on your list that is big in this part of the Southwest: All Soul's Day or Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in early November. Tucson has a huge celebration with a parade of thousands of people dressed up in costumes and dancing through the streets. www.allsoulsprocession.org/-
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Couldn't you and the family fly east for Halloween weekend this year? I know it's on a Monday but they'll probably celebrate on Sunday. (wishful dreams can come true) (waves magic wand furiously)
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Labor Day Weekend is fast approaching.
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