An imperfect holiday recipe.

I love to cook. I think it’s the creative in me that’s drawn to it. Bringing a bunch of different ingredients together to create something delicious, or something you hope everyone will enjoy.?(Or?at least try) It’s not really about the recipe, after all I’m not very good with directions. No, it’s about the rough outline or process that takes a little bit of this, a pinch of that, and a dash of something else, bringing them all together to create something special.?

The holidays, just like cooking, are all about throwing things together and hoping for the best. A little chaos, some family and friends, a lot of food, maybe some liquid traditions stirred in for good measure. Sure, there’s a recipe we try to stick to, but if we’re being honest, it’s more of a rough suggestion.

In my opinion, the beauty of cooking—and the holidays—isn’t in adhering to a strict recipe or trying to control an outcome; it’s in the ingredients that get haphazardly thrown together along the way.?

1 very dodgy Christmas tree?(Charlie?Brown style) ?

A full house?1 half-assed light display

12 cups feeding kids and friends again!

34 tbsps of doing laundry again!

14 more trips to the grocery store

1 Christmas Eve Holy Laser Tag tradition?(yes?it’s real and very holy)

4 gifts arriving after the holidays

1 airing of grievances?

2 very grateful and full hearts

It’s never perfect. The turkey might be dry,?(save?the neck for me), half the lights I put up don’t work, and I think we’re all allergic to that dodgy Christmas tree. But that’s the good stuff. The burnt edges, the improvised moments we laugh about later.

"How could things get worse? Take a look around, Ellen. We're at the threshold of hell." Clark Griswold

That’s what makes this recipe?real.?So here’s to embracing the mess, and enjoying the process. The holidays are about savoring the chaos, the laughs, and those perfectly imperfect moments that make the recipe so delicious.

“Sh*tter is Full”?and so is my heart!

Happy Christmas, Holidays, and New Year.?

Sláinte, ?????

Eric

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