"May God be praised for bringing us all together again on Christmas Day. My gratitude knows no bounds.
"Let us feast together as friends and brothers."
I wonder what a feast on a blog would look like? Feasts here are generally potluck, so maybe each of us would add a story or a song or a reflection or a poem? The Christmas feast is 12 days long, so 12 days of dining on delicious words and songs, I suppose.
One day it would be great if all the regulars here could meet up somewhere for a feast of food and drink and conversation.
On my 40th birthday I held a firelit Ceilidh where everyone told jokes or stories, or sang songs, as we went around the fire over and over. It was a good time.
Twelve days of anything is a long time, though. I’m not sure I’m social enough for a feast so long.
My parish does this. For each of the 12 days, a different family hosts a feast, generally providing the main dish. Everyone who comes brings something -- drinks, side dishes, desserts. I'm not social enough to go to all 12, and I'm not sure anyone is. But making 2 or 3 keeps the season joyful.
It would be a fascinating mix of tales, songs, and dishes, that much I would be willing to wager on. The topics and flavors would be as wide-ranging as the denizens of the Hall, one suspects.
Christ is born!
ReplyDeleteI'm thankful we all have another Christmas feast.
Ours all come after Christmas but I understand the sentiment well.
ReplyDeleteTaking Grim's comment in the literal sense:
ReplyDelete"May God be praised for bringing us all together again on Christmas Day. My gratitude knows no bounds.
"Let us feast together as friends and brothers."
I wonder what a feast on a blog would look like? Feasts here are generally potluck, so maybe each of us would add a story or a song or a reflection or a poem? The Christmas feast is 12 days long, so 12 days of dining on delicious words and songs, I suppose.
One day it would be great if all the regulars here could meet up somewhere for a feast of food and drink and conversation.
On my 40th birthday I held a firelit Ceilidh where everyone told jokes or stories, or sang songs, as we went around the fire over and over. It was a good time.
DeleteTwelve days of anything is a long time, though. I’m not sure I’m social enough for a feast so long.
Yes, it could be long.
DeleteMy parish does this. For each of the 12 days, a different family hosts a feast, generally providing the main dish. Everyone who comes brings something -- drinks, side dishes, desserts. I'm not social enough to go to all 12, and I'm not sure anyone is. But making 2 or 3 keeps the season joyful.
Twelve days of anything is a long time, though. I’m not sure I’m social enough for a feast so long.
ReplyDeleteWell, if the hours seem like days, maybe folks as asocial as you and me could survive.
Eric Hines
It would be a fascinating mix of tales, songs, and dishes, that much I would be willing to wager on. The topics and flavors would be as wide-ranging as the denizens of the Hall, one suspects.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, and Happy Hanukkah.
LittleRed1
I think it would!
DeleteI hope your Christmas was joyful.
ReplyDelete"Aper" ("Boar") I recognized from Latin translations of Asterix (wild boar being the favorite food of Obelix son of Obeliscoidix).
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