The Ghost is wearing:
Sparkly gold top-K Mart
Vintage hat-Hand-Me-Ups
TuTu- Target (in the fat kid's department)
Shoes-Hand-Me-Ups
Vera Bradley handbag-Goodwill
Faux lamb jacket-Hand-Me-Ups
Necklaces-Both Hand-Me-Ups
Brooch on coat-Goodwill
Brooch on sweater-Antique shop in Boston
Earrings-Hand-Me-Ups
Gold plastic bangle-Goodwill
Rings-K Mart
Fragrance-Vintage perfume concentration Crepe de Chine
Scrooge bought a case of Christmas oranges. It is so cold here, they're wearing hats and ear muffs.
Oh shit, here comes the Ghost of Christmas Future!
Hi. I'm the Ghost of Christmas Hookah Hygge Future. In the future we'll all be lighting candles, wearing Scandinavian knit cardigans, and eating Pulla. Oh, do I detect cardamom in the coffee?
I'm here to warn you about the tainted lingonberries, and to warn Lars that he's going to have an unfortunate wood chopping accident if he doesn't stop helping himself to your mum's pitcher of Bloody Marys.
The Ghost is Wearing:
Vintage wool skirt-Goodwill
90's bodysuit-Limited
90's cotton cardigan-Goodwill
Knit headband-K Mart
Vera Bradley handbag-Goodwill
Brooch on bag-Can't remember
Belt-Goodwill
Earrings-K Mart
Fragrance-Worth Pour Homme (because it smells like an evergreen in the woods)
Today's Cocktail (not a Bloody Mary)
Christmas Glug
16 oz. brandy 16 oz. red wine
16 oz. port
1 tablespoon chopped orange peel
1/4 pound cube sugar
1/4 pound raisins
5 cardamom pods
1 stick cinnamon
5 cloves
1/4 pound blanched almonds
Combine red wine and port in a saucepan over low heat. Add orange, cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves tied in a cheesecloth. Simmer 20 minutes, then remove spice bag. Place cubes of sugar in a metal strainer atop saucepan. Set brandy aflame and pour over sugar to carmelise. Serve in heated mugs. The recipe didn't mention when to add the almonds, so perhaps you're just expected to eat them?
Goody will be back after she finishes baking the Stollen. Now, go do something nice for a change so I don't have to come wake you in the middle of the night to deliver a heavy handed lecture on not being an asshole.
8 comments:
Goody, you are a hoot! Christmas Past is brilliant and I love her outfit; wonderful accessories. I like her attitude!
Christmas Present is rather cool. Her Scandi cardi is fabulous.
That last cocktail sounds like it would last a party all night...
Who need a Krampus when we have Goody! (Actually, there's nothing funny about the outfits -- they're worthy of envy, one and all -- but the commentaries, snigger, bespeak the strength of Goody's Glug, as the recipe shall henceforth be filed.)
My Swedish grandparents made their glogg in an old Mr. Coffee. Since they passed, my brother does the job each Christmas. That stuff could take the chrome off a bumper.
I had a shit day, but your post cheered me up so much. I'm still laughing! Must say that the ghosts are very stylish! I've never seen oranges wearing hats and earmuffs, but then again, it's not quite as cold here in Belgium. xxx
@Veronica
Just making the best of the bad light this time of year.
@Beth
The bit about the Tabasco might be true.
@Propagatrix
That sounds like a good way to brew it. I love that the recipe called it, "Glug" like it sounds going down.
@Ann
I'm sorry you had a bad day, but I'm glad I could help cheer you. I think this year they are making frozen orange juice right on the tree!
I usually just make mulled wine, but that glug recipe looks excellent. I like Propagatrix's idea of keeping it warm in a coffee pot, though I'm not sure what the husbeast will think if he finds his pot full of spirits. (WAHEY! probably.)
I can get behind visits from these ghosts. Much better than Dickens described them. Much funnier.
I'd like to hang out with Xmas Past (the best place for it) she seems my kind of friend. x
@Mim
I keep hoping I'll discover a Christmas beer I like, but it hasn't happened. I went with egg nog this year, spiked with plenty of rum.
@Vix
Christmas Past would like to hang out with you for an all-day pub session with some vintage shopping thrown in. Someday.
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