An Early Kwizmas

Since Grandma was gonna be doing some Salvation Army work on Kwizmas (Kwanzza, Christmas. Get it?) day and we were gonna go to a jam that day too, we had Kwizmas Day on Kwizmas Eve. Years ago, we were into the whole Christmas/Kwizmas thing but the novelty of it kinda wore off. I mean it’s a great holiday for uniting family’s for a day or two but since we’re all pretty close, Kwizmas is just good for the food. So, what’s my point? Oh yeah, we had Kwizmas Day a day early. We had the usual stuffing (this time, we didn’t get that Lower Sodium sawdust [I figure, if we have this twice a year, might as well enjoy it]), apple cider, biscuits and a delicious ham from Trader Joes. It was even pre-sliced which was nice. I once again over-ate and rolled over onto the kitchen floor. (since we sit on the floor and I had some long mats out, it wasn’t a hard fall) I had just one plate and thought I’d have a small plateful just to top it off but just when I started munching down on the second (small) helping, out came the pecan pie (homemade mind you). Wonderful timing on my part. Well, once I finished eating the main course, I was stuffed and then I hit the floor and took a little siesta for a few minutes. After I digested a bit, I went in for the pie. It was delicious. After that, I knew when to stop and I knew I shoulda stopped myself from topping it off with a small plate of stuffing and ham.

About an hour later, I was semi-comfortably full but Gema brought some egg nog so I had a glass while we all watched The Bounder (a funny Bri’ish comedy that’s similar to Fawlty Tower’s except the main character in The Bounder always comes out ahead where as the guy in Fawtly Towers always loses). Egg nog is good ’cause it’s something that’s more enjoyable when you sip it and savor it rather than gulp it like water or a carbonated beverage. Maybe ’cause egg nog is thick. I dunno. The taste and texture of Egg nog reminds me of a pureed cake which doesn’t taste bad mind you.