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December 24, 2021

Advent 2021: Christmas Eve Checklist

Christmas Eve Checklist 2021


□ Take the dog for a long morning walk!

□ Drink hot chocolate or morning hot toddies

□ Make place-cards for the dinner table

□ Top up the Christmas cookies, if necessary

□ Prepare the pasta sauce [for the squid ink pasta] with anchovies, smoked mussels, and clams

□ Make shrimp cocktail

□ Sing carols

□ Flowers from Green Mountain

□ Set the table

□ Ready the charcuterie board

□ Take a long winter’s nap

□ Dress up a little and have a session cocktail

□ Tune in to Jon Solomon’s  25-HOUR LIVE-FROM-HOME HOLIDAY RADIO SHOW.
[5pm December 24 TO 6pm December 25 on WPRB 103.3 FM PRINCETON, NJ, USA]

□ Charcuterie board and aperitifs

□ Feast of the Seven Fishes in as few dishes as possible: shrimp cocktail, grilled calamari, squid ink pasta with 3-fish sauce, kick-ass garlic bread [with sardines for those who want them]

□ Enjoy the Rehrücken Bûche de Noël

□ Leave cookies, milk, & carrots for Santa and the beasts

□ Christmas Eve siblings campout in the basement with Star Wars: A New Hope
[Still going strong into the adult years!]

□ Late night smoked cocktails and more radio!

Filed Under: Advent Calendar, Christmas, Holiday, Living, Special Tagged With: Advent Calendar, Advent Calendar 2021

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