The Real Meat of Christmas

If you read last week's blog on our exotic Christmas meat contest, you're probably waiting with bated breath to learn the winner.  Let me first tell you the entries.  There were three appetizers:  wild boar sausage with dijon mustard, rabbit/rattlesnake sausage with Sriracha, and teriyaki marinated bison skewers.   For the main course we enjoyed yak meatballs, seared reindeer with cherry sauce, and a dry ham I had overcooked, but not overlooked for the non-exotic eater types.  In the end, everyone tasted everything and laughter reigned!  The vote was cast and the American Bison won by a landslide.  ("Oh, give me a home where the bison roam" would be more correct words to the song, since buffalo are only Asian and African.)  Perhaps it wasn't as exotic as the others, but the taste far surpassed the offbeat taste of the rarer forms of meat.  Certainly rattlesnake and rabbit are exotic as well as common.  Coming in a distant second was reindeer.  It must be a sin to eat Rudolph on Christmas!

The best moment of the day came, however, when my twelve-year-old grandson with a voice like an angel sang Happy Birthday, Jesus (by Carol Cymbala) as our prayer before dinner.    A Happy and Healthy New Year to you all!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS.

I'M SO GLAD IT'S CHRISTMAS.

ALL THE TINSEL AND LIGHTS AND

THE PRESENTS ARE NICE

BUT THE REAL GIFT IS YOU.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS.

I'M SO GLAD IT'S CHRISTMAS.

ALL THE CAROLS AND BELLS

MAKE THE HOLIDAYS SWELL

AND IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS;  JESUS, I LOVE YOU.