2023 52 Card Project: Week 1: Turn
Jan. 6th, 2023 12:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrHappy 2023! This card is meant to celebrate the New Year.
My family (my parents, brother and sisters, and their spouses and kids) has been celebrating New Year's Eve together for over 35 years (aside from a couple of years when we couldn't meet due to the pandemic). We actually get together in the evenings all week between Christmas and New Year's. We eat tons of hors d'oeuvres, eat Chinese food, drink cocktails, play games, and talk about all sorts of things. Some people have passed on (Dad and Rob), but we are adding new sweeties of the nieces and nephews, and after all these years, we still do hugely enjoy each other's company. I do love this ritual very much.
However, this card is supposed to be about the turn of the new year rather than the ending of the old. Eric drove me home that night and we did a quick toast to the new year, and I went to bed before midnight (with my sleep disorder, I had no choice).
The next day, New Year's Day, was quiet. I lit ice candles when darkness fell. As dessert after my dinner, I took out the small plum pudding that I'd purchased for a reasonable price from an upscale grocery store, and I lit it on fire with brandy.
Jennifer Cutting released a beautiful song that I discovered this past week: The Turning Year: A New Year's Toast. About this song she wrote:
Background: A double row of lit ice candles line a sidewalk in the snow. Lower center: a man's hand and a woman's hand tilt champagne glasses toward each other in a toast. Center: a woman's hand holding a ladle with ignited brandy pours it over a small plum pudding on a green plate.
Turn
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My family (my parents, brother and sisters, and their spouses and kids) has been celebrating New Year's Eve together for over 35 years (aside from a couple of years when we couldn't meet due to the pandemic). We actually get together in the evenings all week between Christmas and New Year's. We eat tons of hors d'oeuvres, eat Chinese food, drink cocktails, play games, and talk about all sorts of things. Some people have passed on (Dad and Rob), but we are adding new sweeties of the nieces and nephews, and after all these years, we still do hugely enjoy each other's company. I do love this ritual very much.
However, this card is supposed to be about the turn of the new year rather than the ending of the old. Eric drove me home that night and we did a quick toast to the new year, and I went to bed before midnight (with my sleep disorder, I had no choice).
The next day, New Year's Day, was quiet. I lit ice candles when darkness fell. As dessert after my dinner, I took out the small plum pudding that I'd purchased for a reasonable price from an upscale grocery store, and I lit it on fire with brandy.
Jennifer Cutting released a beautiful song that I discovered this past week: The Turning Year: A New Year's Toast. About this song she wrote:
Dear Friends... I wrote this song specifically for New Year's Eve, as an acknowledgment of what we've lived through for the past 3 years, an ode to our resilience, and a wish for joy, health, and peace in the New Year. I hope you can hear and feel my loving wishes for all of you!
Background: A double row of lit ice candles line a sidewalk in the snow. Lower center: a man's hand and a woman's hand tilt champagne glasses toward each other in a toast. Center: a woman's hand holding a ladle with ignited brandy pours it over a small plum pudding on a green plate.
Click here to see the 2023 52 Card Project gallery.
Click here to see the 2022 52 Card Project gallery.
Click here to see the 2021 52 Card Project gallery.
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Date: 2023-01-06 09:42 pm (UTC)Your family tradition sounds splendid.
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Date: 2023-01-09 09:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2023-01-10 04:24 am (UTC)