With a week until Christmas, our dinner meals will be less complicated
since we are having 2 large Christmas meals this year at home, at least
one large meal at relatives, and a tentative large meal that I'd rather
like to get out of going to.

Dinner tonight - hot buttered broad egg noodles topped with beef and
onions cooked in mushroom sauce, tossed salad

Christmas Day meal - smoked ham, scalloped potatoes, carrots, green
beans, sourdough bread, pickle tray of a variety of homemade pickles,
port wine jelly or peach chutney as ham condiments. I'll stud the ham
with whole cloves and add a glaze. I'm debating the desert issue
leaning towards French vanilla ice cream topped with a little rumtopf.

Boxing Day meal - I'll be doing at least two meals. I'm planning on
making a fritatta for breakfast. Snacking will include - cookies,
chocolate fountain thingy with fruits for dipping into, crab & stone
ground cracker tray, kibby, and whatever else the adorable loved ones
can find to get into. Dinner - turkey, stuffing, cranberries, mashed
potatoes, corn, gravy, pickle & olive tray, lemon meringue pie.

Between Christmas and New Year - we should be stuffed enough not to have
to eat