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I get worn out reading about all the crafts and cookies and huge dinners being planned and prepared all over the bloggityville. I don’t have the patience for too many projects and none of mine can be very involved. Short and sweet, thank you very much.
So, we have a simple Christmas Dinner of Chili and Tamales. Oooh, my Very Dear Hubby ordered 5 dozen homemade Tamales for us. If you have never had homemade Tamales, (hi Karen!) you should just get on a bus headed for San Antonio and come pick some up. They’re the best!
The craft for this season is crocheted hats. These are so simple that I have memorized the pattern. And I can work one up, start to finish, in about an hour.
The treat is such fun to make, and I had helpers a-plenty. With this treat, the younger the helpers, the better. Smaller children tend to try to sling the excess chocolate from the pretzels, there-by causing all of the participants to become chocolate coated too. This is a good thing! Remember, I said it’s chocolate! We ALL licked our fingers and hands and elbows, ok, we licked each others elbows, but you get the idea.
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Oooohhh, lovely hats.
I have never had a tamale, homemade or not.
I love the idea of a simple meal like Chili and tamales!! We order them from a family my mom used to work with -mmm!! And you’re hats are great, I crochet also and can do the hats in a jiffy, so easy!
YUM! We have to compromise a bit here in the winter (use waxed paper and steam them in a steamer) but they’re still WAYbetter than canned!
Oh, I laughed out loud at the tamales…thanks for the picture. They’re GORGEOUS. While I can’t hop a bus to come and taste ‘em myself (would if I could!), I am sure you’ll enjoy them immensely.
As for us, we have a wonderful leg o’ lamb waiting to be roasted…if we still have power on Christmas! It’s a-blizzarding here!
Great pictures…thanks for sharing!
I’m with you 100% on the “short and sweet”. I don’t see how people get all these very involved meals and projects done. I am barely keeping my ship afloat!
Yummmmmm! I miss home made tamales for Christmas! Now i have to go find some!
The crochet hats are so cute. I love it! That looks neat but I don’t know how to crochet…oh well.