I have a pretty big christmas party every year, complete with invitations that I make up, print out on parchment, and seal with wax. This year, I couldn't help it. After a series of additions to a drawing I did on a dry erase board at work, the idea struck me, and what I came up with is this... Excuse the use of the "long s" in my writing. I use it as often as I possibly can because it's my favorite letter in calligraphy. My family and friends will get a kick out of it because they all know I'm in love with my Vista Cruiser. The caricature driving the wagon is of course, yours truly. Even though the copy isn't all that great, unfortunately, that rendition is even still instantly recognizable as it's subject. Ah well. Enjoy! And... Happy Holidays, friends!
Very nice invite. With all the folks looking at this you might want to block out the ph#. Or the calls will be pouring in from here alone. Have you rented a stadium?
Nope. Just my little 1300 square foot house and the half acre outside. Blocked out the address, but totally forgot about the phone number! Lol Ah well
Can't wait to join you and eat a plethora of food. We usually have turkey or ham instead! Be nice if we could get moved to Illinois on our new 1/2 acre and mooch off our kids. Guess we'll have to suffer in the warmth of Florida again.
Thanks for the invite. I regret that I will not be able to attend. Nice job on the Vista drawing and the calligraphy. What Christmas movie will be playing? I used to do big Christmas parties every year, then changed it to a Mopar Movie night party every winter as I couldn't get my act together in time to make the party happen before Christmas. I would send out invitations with drawings of the cars in the movies but didn't use calligraphy. Haven't done that in a while. Maybe I need to do it again this winter. Its a nice excuse to get all the car buddies together while the cars are in hibernation. We would put car movies on a tv in the living room and in the family room and factory promotional films and vintage tv commercials on a third tv set up in the dining room. Then everyone would crowd into the kitchen to talk and no one would watch any of the tvs. We would start mid afternoon for those who brought kids and had to leave early and go to past midnight for the night owls. But everyone would crowd into the kitchen to talk and no one would watch any of the tvs. Except when the chase scene from Bullitt came on. Then everyone would move to the living room, watch the chase scene, then watch the chase scene again frame by frame to count the hubcaps that come off the Charger, and to point out the blue paint under the black paint on the Charger.
I always cook a big old pot of my Grandma's beef stew- in her own pot! I also usually cook a pretty large pot of crawfish etouffee. One year, I spent 6 hours cooking a delicious turtle soup after watching an episode of Justin Wilson. Lol. I like to play Muppet's Family Christmas and then different versions of A Christmas Carol, of which Scrooge is my favorite. My dad usually gets on the piano and people usually join in singing carols. I have a room in my house I call my study that is decorated for 1900 to kind of remind me of Sherlock Holmes' apartment at 221B. This room is lit exclusively by lamp and candlelight and I decorate it like I think people at the turn of the century would have decorated. I also have a fire pit outside that I keep lit all day. No shortage of wood around here, really. And inside the fireplace is kept blazing and cozy. Lol, even if it happens to be warm outside (which happens down here often in Dec), in which case, I turn on the AC full blast. And.... people usually bring their own beer anyway, but I also have a kegerator. this year, I'll have Sam Adams winter lager i think. Last year, I actually had Sam Adams Old Fezziwig ale and it was awesome because out of the ONLY 4 kegs that were shipped to our distributor down here, I got one! Too bad it was only a 1/6 barrel keg and we ran out pretty quickly.
That sounds like a really great time. Good luck this year. I miss our old family holidays back in Illinois. We always met at each grandparent's with lots of relatives and kids. I remember the old Christmas tree glass bubble candle lites.
Ah.....Christmas celebrations and customs........ Had a pretty large family growing up and into our early marriage years. All my siblings/wifes/kids etc would gather on Christmas eve at my parents house to have a buffet, then exchange gifts. Dad would try to sing the '12 days of Christmas' and get everybody involved - but he was usually at least 2 sheets to the wind by that time and forgetting what gift went with what day....... Once in a while my folks would throw a Christmas party for friends, neighbors, family, and even a customer or two of my dads. Ed Asner and his wife showed up one year. And Buz, thanks for the invite, but I'll have to decline. Kind of a fer drive....... Marshall
Crawfish étouffée - I may have to head your way for some of that. Enjoy your holiday! Merry Christmas!
