[mairdie]

I keep every Christmas ornaments out all year on shelves in the hallway. No prep. We used to have big house parties for Christmas, with people coming from around the country. Nowadays it’s just us and Lyn and her husband and we alternate homes for dinner. Getting to the point where Christmas, too, will have to be at restaurants.

I’ve just started a new project. I’m going through the hundreds of menus I’ve collected over the decades and I’ll put up some from closed restaurants. Do you remember Charda’s, a Hungarian restaurant in Brookline with the BEST chilled cherry soup?

[Mears]

I’m not familiar with Charda’s but we used to go frequently to Café Budapest in the Copley square area——long gone,I’m afraid.

Chilled cherry soup sounda delicious.

I’m now going to have some leftover turkey,stuffing,and gravy———(I’m always given a doggy bag).

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