Unless Christmas Day actually falls on a Sunday, there is always one Sunday left before the New Year begins. I believe Catholics call this Holy Family Sunday and Anglicans refer to it as first Sunday of Christmas. As a very nonconformist Baptist, I am designating it Leftovers Sunday.
Christmas cake crumbs tossed in butter, strewn over ice cream, panettone bread&butter pudding...so many ways to use up the treats and avoid food waste.
But I am preaching at church today [Pastor Nick away with family]
So I am focusing on leftover bits of the Christmas story which often get missed out. Like the "slaughter of the innocents" and "the flight into Egypt" [please avoid the old joke about Pontius the Pilot]
We will sing Bumping Up And Down On A Camel [just because i like it!] And Bob and I will do a brief drama. [Read script HERE] And we will pray for those who may be leftover or left out at this time, especially refugees, and the bereaved, and those who grieve for their children.
Has anything been leftover or left out for you this Christmas? How will you deal with that?
Serious answers, and interesting recipes will both be welcome!
Nice try but it's the first Sunday of Christmas for the C of E!
ReplyDeleteThank you. The C of E website I looked at misinformed me!
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DeleteGreat post Angela. Very neatly done. As ever lovely to hear about cooking chez Almond. The birth of Jesus always makes me think of refugees. Tragically the world is still in turmoil.
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DeleteI do have leftovers from both my almsgiving and from the Christmas dinner my friend sent me, but, so far, we've just warmed up the leftovers and eaten them as they are.
ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to hear more about the leftover parts of the Christmas story.
There is also the story of Mary and Joseph taking baby Jesus to the Temple
DeleteBumping up and down is a new one for me - sounds as if it should have actions!
ReplyDeleteGeneral purpose camel riding!
DeleteI have slept in to an unheard of 9am!
ReplyDeleteWe're nearly through the Christmas day leftovers. Sausages and turkey gravy for lunch will see the last of them; cold turkey and baked potatoes and homemade coleslaw was boxing day, mega bubble and squeak was yesterday with all the veg plus chopped up turkey and a fried egg.
Tasty
DeleteI deliberately cooked double potatoes and veg on Christmas Day to make Boxing Day easy almost no cooking day. I chopped potatoes, carrots, parsnips and sprouts roughly with the heavy knife and made a giant bubble and squeak patty in our heavy pan using olive oil for frying. We had it with turkey and Norrie also added some mushrooms to his. Think the last of the turkey will become coronation turkey for tonight’s meal with the veg that are left in the fridge. Hope your sermon is well received. Catriona
ReplyDeleteOh I love doing "double potatoes" just to see how Bob will pimp them up the next day
DeleteVery thought provoking drama. I think a lot of people will have forgotten that Jesus was actually a refugee instead of just a traveller. I’ve not come across ‘Bumping up and down’, I can see why you chose it.
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DeleteTech issues for me mean less commenting but I’m still enjoying your blog everyday.
ReplyDeleteTurkey soup for us today .
Alison in Devon x
Hope tech issues sorted soon
DeleteMy Nanna took in some Polish refugees after WW11, and we ended up being included in family weddings, christenings, funerals. We always have Boxing Day soup, basically leftovers whizzed up, with bits of cheese melted into it. Today we've got fried up veg topped with an egg. Yesterday we got an invite to Stepbrother's, so had a choice of chilli or butter chicken. Xx
ReplyDeleteThat sounds good. I had Polish friends who always had fish (carp?) On Christmas Eve
DeleteNo leftovers here except for the delicious veg soup we ate yesterday afternoon which was left from 23rd December. Today we are roast potatoes, carrots, parsnips and sprouts with kale e and Broccoli as that's all we had in the fridge to cook with. They were yummy!!
ReplyDeleteI have veg in the fridge waiting to become soup 🥔🥕🍠🫑🍅🥕🥔🍵
DeleteI have veg in the fridge waiting to become soup 🥔🥕🍠🫑🍅🥕🥔🍵
DeleteI love leftovers. DS made us all turkey fried rice
ReplyDeleteyesterday, and after they all left, we still had some turkey, etc. to enjoy. Today we celebrated the Holy Family but as you mentioned, the Holy Innocents were also remembered, being 28th December. It is so important to remember the humble beginnings of our Lord, the birth in a hastily found location and the subsequent escaping in the night without time to prepare. How many people have undergone that experience since! Although I was actually born in a nursing home, my mother, while visibly pregnant, walked the city knocking on doors to find somewhere to stay, so as to be near my father who was in the barracks. Another young pregnant mum-to-be whose husband was in the forces, took her in!
What kindness, on the part of that other young woman.
DeleteChristmas dinner pie is a favourite in this house! This year, all plans having gone wrong, we had all the leftovers smothered in a cheese sauce and topped with mash, so no need for making pastry. It was just as good!
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DeleteI'm afraid there are no leftovers apart from a few scraps of gammon, which made a top sandwich with more mayo than is healthy for anyone. In fact, we have been to Lidl this morning to stock up on nuts, seeds and fruit so we can get back on the normal eating horse. How boring is that? (Mind you - we intend to have steak and chips for tea on New Year's Eve.)
ReplyDeleteNot boring at all. I went out and bought lots of fresh veg this morning. Btw, thankyou for recommending The Man Who Invented Christmas. Excellent, greatly enjoyed it.
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