Thanksgiving around here has been pretty relaxing. I brined our turkey last night and roasted it up today and it was delicious! I made a couple of pies that turned out so-so, and Jen and I whipped up some side dishes. Matt prefers instant dressing rather than homemade and canned cranberry sauce to real berries, so that makes things a lot easier (though next year we will have homemade stuff, too.) I had a butternut squash that I had planned to use for some amazingly delicious butternut squash soup, but thought it might make a nice side dish instead. I made some carmelized butternut squash and it was okay, but no one else really liked it and I didn’t love it. I should have just gone with the soup! Rhino enjoyed his meal and tried almost everything, but really just wanted to eat cranberry sauce.

We decorated for Christmas after our meal. We have an artificial, pre-lit tree, stockings, an advent calendar, a nativity, and some other small decorations. We put up all the special ornaments I had as a kid and that we’ve collected since we’ve been married. We didn’t have a tree topper, so we went out to the mall to browse their disappointing selection. We found an acceptable plastic blue and silver star, gave it to Rhino, and he topped our tree. We put on some Christmas music and are starting to get into the spirit. Now we just need some snow!

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