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(Week 2,
level 2, part 2)
by mrs.
patsi @ A Working Pantry
Wagon
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(Reminder: in our imaginary scenario what you have is what you're working with and whatever your weather is, is the weather in the scenario.
One more thing, for those just popping in, this is an imaginary scenario that's part of a class we are doing and not real life.)
We’re on day 47 and it’s
14 days until Christmas! In our scenario
with the grid still down and everyone on edge, how are you going to celebrate
the holiday … or are you?
Are you going to be able to have any special ‘holiday’ foods?
What about gifts, will
there be any gift giving?
Are you going to sit
everyone down and basically cancel Christmas?
You, as the women of your households, are the wagon wheels, a.k.a the hearts of your homes. You hold everything together for your families, especially during difficult times. The kind of Christmas you'll have during this hard season will depend on your attitude and efforts. With these thoughts in mind ...
How are you going to
handle this holiday season?
For us, Christmas would
continue as I work on obtaining/making Christmas gifts all year and while the
food might be different than previous holiday meals, I think I could still come
up with something special for Christmas dinner.
Okay, your turn, what are you going to do about Christmas?
mrs. patsi @ A Working Pantry
She looketh well to the ways of her household … Proverbs
31:27
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I would like to think that we'd still have our traditional Christmas Eve and Christmas Day gatherings. I would definitely make it a priority to get to Christmas Mass. Christmas Eve is typically spent with friends who live about 6 blocks away. If they are still hosting, I'd make every effort to attend and provide whatever I could to contribute to the event. These people fed my soul and body after I lost my husband, and I'd do whatever I could for them. Christmas Day would likely be hosted at my daughter and son-in-law's house. Provided automobile fuel was available, I'd make the hour's drive and spend the day (or maybe the weekend) with them. If I were on my game, gift-wise, they'd receive presents; if I hadn't finished shopping, each would receive a heartfelt handwritten message and a promise of a gift at some future date. While I can crochet, I'm still not very good at it, and although I have plenty of yarn, I wouldn't have access to patterns I could use to make something as a gift. (Note to self: look for mitten and hat patterns online and print them out for my survival notebook.)
ReplyDeleteLori, paper patterns/instructions would be like 'gold' in a situation like this! Your grid down Christmas sounds lovely!
DeleteWith a situation like this one we would tell our adult children and families to please stay home and we will get together later.
ReplyDeleteHubby and I have not exchanged gifts for any occasion for many years so gifts are not an issue. We could wait on our extended family for easier times or perhaps electronically transfer money to each family. Christmas is not about the gifts or the food for us so we can still celebrate no matter what we can come up with but I am sure we could come up with something special. At present we have a lovely tin of butter cookies in the pantry we have been saving for a treat so that would be our sweet treat. We also have hot chocolate packets that can be made with only water to go with our butter cookies .Decorations could be very easy by getting our big nativity set out of the attic and setting it up to enjoy. We do have a string of tiny LED lights that are battery powered if we want some twinkle. Sometimes the unusual celebrations are the best and most memorable.
Lana, the battery powered LED lights would be so festive! Yes, sometime the unusual celebrations are the best and most memorable. It really all depends on our attitude!
DeleteChristmas eve we spend with Aunt , cousin & friends within ealking distance, 5km but do we want to leave our house? Christmas Day is at our house, friends we call family visit, people come & go all day.
ReplyDeleteI had already bought presents & non perishable supplies. Tinned ham who knew we would need it. ! It is also husband birthday Christmas Day, cake needs to be made depending on eggs.
Have twinkle lights.
People coming will all depend on fuel supplies & availability of someone guarding houses. Also hard to be grey man if lots of people turn up & joyful merriment coming from our house.
So maybe will be us & neighbours only.
Anonymous, the question that is ever uppermost in our minds in this scenario, do we want to leave our house! Another good point, it's hard to be the grey man if lots of people are at your house with joyful merriment happening there. Good comment!
DeleteThis would take a lot of thought. Creative thinking. My children are young adults. So that helps. They would completely understand. I would try to pull something together. Iam also not my normal organized self, this year. Which doesn’t help matters. Gifts would be later. Might be able to do some baking on the would stove. Somehow. You really got me thinking on this one. Thought about a small chicken that is in the freezer, till I realized by now would have been eaten. With this still going on. I would be pretty tired of it. We all would be. So looking forward to something would be a welcome. Tina
ReplyDeleteTina, by now yes, everyone is good and tired of this!
DeleteWe have lots of Christmas decorations to hand, so would put them up as usual. The Christmas tree wouldn't have its usual sparkly lights on, but that is about the only difference. If the grid was still down I am assuming that all public transport would have ground to a halt, which means that my daughter would not be travelling across country to come home, which would be sad, but unavoidable. We already have some Christmas foods (cake etc) prepared and never go mad on buying presents. I would be quite happy to make some things for gifts. We have an open invitation from neighbours to join them for board games etc, so with fewer distractions available to my menfolk they might well be more inclined to join me in taking up offers like that and hosting in return.
ReplyDeleteTracy, it seems that community interaction would be a celebration in itself for the holidays. Maybe a community 'stone soup' kind of thing. (For those who aren't familiar with the phrase 'stone soup,' it's a children's book titled "Stone Soup," in which everyone brings what they can to make a big community pot of soup, complete with the stone ... that's what I'm referring to when I say 'stone soup' kind of thing.)
DeleteFor me it would be no different. I make gifts or buy all year. We would have the same meal we always have since we eat from our stores all winter. To be honest, Christmas isn’t the full on event here anymore. I pull out a few decorations and that is about it. I don’t even put up a tree anymore. I have a potted Norfolk Island pine that I hang a few ornaments on and call it done. The hardest thing would be is that my family is far away and, possibly, we would have no way to communicate. That would shatter me…. Otherwise, it would be business as usual…..
ReplyDeleteMatty, not being able to communicate with family far away would be hard on many, us included!
DeleteWe would be with family if at all possible. Gifts are not necessary, but food…we’d be sharing some sort of meal. My kids are out of state. One of them would stay put. My hope is the other would be with family by this time, whomever he could make it to. It’s a hope anyway. Blessings for the season. Mel in Co.
ReplyDeleteMel, I have the same concern for my children who don't live nearby.
DeleteWe have not celebrated the holidays on the actual days as most of our family worked holidays. Firefighters, police, medical don't always get those days off. We give cash so they can do what they want with it when we had it, homemade gag gifts when we didn't. With over 30 some kids, grandkids, great grand kids it can get expensive. We talk to all during the holiday MONTH. As for meals... IF we already have a roast we do that, but many times when we were struggling it was stew or soup. Couple times the kids wanted popcorn with lots of butter and tea if we didn't have money for soda.
ReplyDeleteChef Owings, I love the simplicity of the way you celebrate the holidays and yes, there have been times when we weren't able to celebrate Christmas on Christmas day either, we just made it work!
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