COMensarations
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Christmas Day Live Blogging
Blow by blow of the day’s activities.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
2:40 am: The Episcopalian church down the block greeted the day with a tumult of bells. And I, lying in bed afterwards realized that if I wanted to have some extra time to prepare the days feast, I should start the ham at 2 am instead of 3. So I stayed up and now, the pig is in the oven at 450°F for 30 minutes. When that is done, I’ll turn down the heat to 325°F and go back to bed. That should be in another 5 minutes.
It should cook at the lower temp for another 7.5 hours. That’ll have it ready around 11:00 am. This will give me an hour to do the gravey and finish the side dishes.
The folks are due over around 9 am. We’ll open gifts, talk, eat and drink and enjoy ourselves. They’ll continue to do that with the distaff while I bury myself in the kitchen again.