Now I know that many of you take offense by the phrase Holiday Season and not Christmas Season......
For our family, The Holiday Season is not just Christmas.........
The 2018 Holidays Season for us started on November 18th, when Joe and I continued our Christmas Tradition of seeing Trans Siberian Orchestra in concert at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, 5 minutes from our home!!!!
On December 5th, Joe and our oldest son Joe, attended a concert at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes Barre...
On December 7th, we celebrated our son Jim's 35th Birthday and I forgot to take pictures!!!!!
On December 16th, Joe had the pleasure of going to a Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins Hockey game ( we have Season tickets) with our nephew John and his family!!!
I am never good at remembering to take photos at a party!!!
Caitlin and Carly......
We had a little luncheon for, what I call, our St. Maria Goretti Friends!!!!
These are the friends we made through our church who were always there to lend a helping hand when Joe and I ran our Church's Flea Market and Craft Fair......
Barb and I.......
As a Mom of 2 sons, I have never seen a production of The Nutcracker.........
Joe and I were thrilled to attend the production of the Nutcracker put on by The Conservatory of Dance, which my Great Niece Caitlin is a student of ballet......
Caitlin is in front of the Tree......
I would have never been able to do that at the age of 13 years old!!!!
We then celebrated Christmas Eve at home with a semi-Traditional Polish Holy Supper......
Pierogies, shrimp, scallops, whole potatoes and mushrooms......
On Christmas Day, I woke up with a fever of 102 and feeling like crap but I could not let my family down so I still managed to make kielbasi, ham and a 10 pound turkey breast of Christmas dinner along with sausage stuffing and mashed potatoes.....
Again, I forgot to take photos even though I did feel a bit better as the day went on......
Here is everyone having fun scratching off Lottery tickets that Santa gifted to everyone!!
My son Jim was also sick with a fever of 102!!
Unfortunately, I was forced to cancel a visit with my good friend Anne Marie and also our traditional New Year's Eve and New Year's Day family dinners.......
We did manage to celebrate my oldest son Joe's 37th Birthday a few days after his actual Birthday!
I am finally feeling better and will be returning to work this weekend.
So up until the time when I got sick, we had had quite a great Holiday Season.....
Next week, I will start to take down my Christmas decorations and start to decorate for Winter and Valentine's Day.....
I am now posting back over on my regular Blog, Debbie-Dabble Blog...
Click HERE if you missed my post on My One Little Word for 2019 and find out why 2018 became the year of "Unexpected Occurrences"......
So I hope you will visit me over on my regular Blog, Debbie-Dabble Blog!!!
And thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!
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Hugs,
Debbie
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It looks like a wonderful holiday season. I hope you are completely well. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this post and the last one, you seem to have a really nice family and friends. I’m Catholic too. I didn’t know that Polish Christmas Eve tradition, it looks yum.
ReplyDeleteIt is a coincidence, that I started looking for nutcracker ballet Christmas decorations after I got over Christmas/New Year. I want to decorate with that theme next Christmas. I wanted to use up some white tulle that was trimmed off the hem of my daughter’s debut dress (coming up in March.) So far havn’t found any Nutcracker ballet ornaments in Australia but there is still time! Love Cath
Loved all the family pictures,especially the sweet ones of
ReplyDeleteThe Nutcracker (such a precious memory!) and those with your friends.
Plus learning about your Christmas Eve tradition was so interesting. (I even googled it!) Thanks so much for sharing!
Linda,
DeleteThanks so much for stopping by and for your sweet comment!! Traditionally, The Christmas gifts are opened on Christmas Eve and my parents did it that way when I was a kid. We opened gifts on Christmas Day morning when the boys were young but when they got older, we went back to opening gifts on Christmas Eve....
Hugs,
Debbie
Looks like you had an awesome holiday celebration ~ except for the illness. You have a beautiful family and I love seeing your home decorations throughout the year. Thank you for sharing.
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DeleteThanks so much for stopping by and for your sweet comments!!! Happy New Year!!
Hugs,
Debbie
Looks like you had a good holiday season, well except for getting sick, glad that you are feeling better
ReplyDeleteYou had a very beautiful December time. No doubt the nutcracker show was spectacular.
ReplyDeleteThanks Debbie for sharing a recap of your holidays. I do hope you are feeling better and off to a good start for 2019. Thanks for sharing at Cooking and Crafting with J&J
ReplyDeleteIt's always such fun to look back. Such a great year for you and your lovely family. So glad you're feeling better too!
ReplyDeleteHi Debbie, So very sorry you've been sick ! I thoroughly enjoyed "spending Christmas" with your friends and family. And, how nice of you to invite us to the wedding ! Congratulations to all of you ! I love your blog and always enjoy your decorations - from January to December. Feel better soon. Happiest of New Year's to you and Joe. Martha
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DeleteThanks so much for stopping by ad for your kind words!! I am finally starting to feel more like myself again. I can not remember being so sick before.....Happy Healthy New Year to you!!
Hugs,
Debbie
Good morning Debbie. I love seeing your family and friends enjoying your lovely home. I decided I was going to leave a comment on the blogger's post who posted right before in the parties. How lucky for me you posted right before me. Happy New Year, Kippi #kippiathome
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year. Your tablescape is beautiful. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing family get together, it is wonderful to see you all together and to remember your son's wedding with his love for the past ten years.
ReplyDeleteYour table is lovely and I wish I had been there, but having you as a blog close friend I feel "almost" there, lol..
Thank you for enlightening me about Epiphany in Russia and how wonderful a celeb it is. Thanks for popping in to see me this new year.
I wish you a terrific, healthy and happy year dear friend.
Fabby
It's so nice to be able to watch your family make such lovely memories! And it's so nice to see you so happy! I'm thrilled that you had such a wonderful holiday season with your family. Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm. xo Kathleen
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed seeing all the festivities you and family and friends have enjoyed. Congratulations to your son and his wife. How great. So sorry to hear you got so sick and on Christmas day! And then your son! Bless your heart. Glad you are better. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
ReplyDeleteEven though you became sick on Christmas, most of the season was filled with family celebrations and spending time with them and friends which was wonderful. It also looks like you kept traditions and maybe added some new ones! I always have pierogi and no meat on Christmas eve too. xoxo Su
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