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That IS a beautiful picture.

I've been a vegetarian for a long time and don't know anything about cooking a ham. Maybe Mory could help. If you want a good recipe for pumpkin pie made from scratch I can give you one.

There's still snow on the ground. It looks like a good day for listening to Christmas carols, drinking hot chocolate, and making a snowman! Smile
Is your ham cured? There are so many kind...fresh, honey cured, salt cured, sugar cured. If it is a honey or sugar cured ham, I don't boil it first. I score the top and stick it with lots of clove, bake at 350 F. for about 15 minutes per pound. The last twenty minutes I glaze it with brown sugar, 1/2 stick butter, and a tablespoon water that has been brought to a slow boil and turned into a syrup consistancy. Then place several pinapple rings on top and marchino cherries if you like. Bake for an additional twenty minutes.
I have a list of friends I know, all written in a book,
And every year at Christmas time I go and take a look;
And that is when I realise that these names are a part
Not of the book there written in,m but deep within my heart.

For each name stands for someone who has passed my path sometime,
And in that meeting they become the ryythem and the rhyme
And while it sounds fantastic for me to make this claim,
I really feel I am composed of each and every name

And while you may not be aware of this special link,
Just meeting you has shaped my life far more than you can think:
for once you've met somebody, the years cannot erase
The memory of a pleasant word or of a frinedly face

So never think that Christmas cards are just a mere routine
Of names upon a Christmas list, forgotten in between
For when I send a Christmas card which is addressed to you,
You know you're on the list if folks that I am grateful to.

For you are part of all the folks I'm glad that I have met,
And you are one of those dear ones I'd rather not forget
So. whether I have known you for many years or few,
In some way you have had a part in shaping things I do.

And every year when Christmas comes I realise anew
The biggest gift that life can give is meeting friends like you.
So may the Christmas spirit continue to impart
It's richest blessings always to keep within your heart.

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