Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas! Hope you are happy, healthy, and safe.

Merry Christmas from Bonnie Reads and Writes. The image shows a red ornament and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year is in writing next to it on a red background.

Christmas update

Merry Christmas, and have a wonderful holiday season! What are you all having for Christmas dinner? I made a lasagna! Why not? We had turkey at Thanksgiving.

I decided on mini apple pies for dessert. If you like Walker’s Shortbread, they also make mini mince pies, and I found some at Fresh Market in Johnson City when we had to go out there a couple of weeks ago. I know mince pie is not for everyone.

I hope you all had a wonderful year and that next year will be blessed.

If you get to take time off, enjoy! If you are working, may your load be light and your pay plentiful.

I just finished a new Christmas book by Debbie Macomber. My review is coming today. My traditional Jodi Taylor Christmas story just arrived on my Kindle so I’ll be reading that today.

As we speak, I’m attempting (once again) to make orange rolls for breakfast. I’m trying for a homemade version that is not full of chemicals like the Pillsbury ones. It looks like I might be successful this time. We’ll see. It’s sometimes a lot of trial and error for me. I have had to practice a lot sometimes to get it right, especially on old-fashioned fudge, which took years to get right, and I’m still working on pie crust.

When Doug gets up we’ll open presents and hopefully have delicious orange rolls. (Fingers crossed).

As an aside, If anyone would like to follow the Facebook page for Bonnie Reads and Writes, the link is here. I haven’t built up many followers there. I will also follow you back.

How are you spending the holiday today?

ANOTHER UPDATE: The orange rolls turned out great! Best I’ve ever made.

Picture of delicious orange rolls with cream cheese frosting sitting in a jadeite square pan.

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I love to read and write book reviews in my free time. I review advance review copies of books on Netgalley for various publishers. I am also a reviewer for Historical Novels Review Magazine, the magazine of the Historical Novel Society. I review books from publishers of all size, large to small. I have a special place in my heart for indie authors. I will sometimes post a little writing that I might dabble in occasionally. I also am lucky enough to live in the Smoky Mountains, so I'll be sharing photos of the beauty around me from time to time.

24 thoughts on “Merry Christmas”

  3. Good luck with the orange rolls. I’m spending Christmas with hubby, younger son and his wife on the Azores in Portugal. We are very blessed. Merry Christmas to you and yours. 🎄🎁🎉

  5. Sounds like a great day! I’m cooking, listening to Christmas music, and watching my pups enjoy their Christmas treats. All good. I love Christmas at home. Have a super day!

  9. Merry Christmas Bonnie. I hope you had a marvelous day. Your lemon rolls look yummy. We did brunch where I made a hashbrown, sausage, egg and cheese casserole. Everyone loved it except the youngest, who wouldn’t even try it. Stockings and presents were a hit, naps this afternoon after watching Home Alone 2. Ham, scalloped potatoes, crescent rolls, salad, pistachio fluff for dinner and dessert is cookies and squares.

  10. I’m glad you had a good Christmas, Bonnie! I made lasagna and took a shortcut with store-bought sauce. Bad idea. I’ll stick with the original recipe next year.

  11. I hope you had a very Merry Christmas Bonnie. We had turkey and ham, mac and cheese, rolls, broccoli and cheese casserole, potato salad, dressing and gravy, green bean casserole sweet potato pie, a pumpkin roll and an old school walnut cake.

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