tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post1693743951039604515..comments2023-10-04T09:50:08.070-05:00Comments on Logismoi: 'Ceremony Doffed His Pride'—Christmas SolemnityAaron Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-58489693897939563492010-01-11T09:50:47.506-06:002010-01-11T09:50:47.506-06:00Isaac> Thank you, sir, I'm glad you enjoyed...Isaac> Thank you, sir, I'm glad you enjoyed that. Regarding the beouf bourgignon, it's Norman but intriguing. I need to talk the missus into making that someday. I read the calendar post--sounds good to me! I'll post a comment over there.<br /><br />Rubricarius> Thank you from mildly chilly Oklahoma. Our feast was wonderful indeed. The menu, which I should perhaps have included in the post, is:<br /><br />Gloucester cheese soup<br />Carrot Puree w/Browned Butter & Ginger<br />Blue Cheese Yorkshire Puddings<br />Prime Rib w/Horseradish Cream<br />& Chocolate Bread Pudding<br /><br />These are accompanied with wassail, Armenian brandy served in a sword-shaped bottle, and a large assortment of seasonal brews.Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-62974567206691863952010-01-11T08:50:37.833-06:002010-01-11T08:50:37.833-06:00A most blessed Nativity afterfeast to you from col...A most blessed Nativity afterfeast to you from cold and snow-ridden England.<br /><br />I trust your splendid solempne feast of English fare was enjoyable.<br /><br />For over a decade now I have made the very deliberate choice not to decorate my home or even think in new calendar terms of the Nativity. There is a real joy in setting up and dressing a Christmas Tree (I suppose it really should be a Yule Log but..) on the real Vigil of the Nativity and a sense of communion with all those Christians who were one in the celebration of the Liturgical Year before the rupture introduced in 1582.<br /><br />I trust you enjoyed steamed Christmas Pudding!Rubricariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-84310605677849980082010-01-11T08:21:02.942-06:002010-01-11T08:21:02.942-06:00Wanted to tell you that your Betjemann post the ot...Wanted to tell you that your Betjemann post the other day was so good I had to share its contents with another friend of mine. I've got a GREAT recipe for bread pudding with currants and raisins that we love to make this time of year. Our Christmas feast this year, I regret to say, was probably more Norman than anything else: beouf bourgignon. <br /><br />Also, would love to get your thoughts on something I've written over at my blog about the Church calendar. The entry is entitled: Thoughts about Calendars from a Former Liturgical Time-Traveler.Isaachttp://www.thecrabtree.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-25241558637828187052010-01-10T08:50:39.838-06:002010-01-10T08:50:39.838-06:00I encourage people to bring pretty much anything t...I encourage people to bring pretty much anything that fosters the <i>solempne</i> spirit I talked about in the post. I myself read Milton's 'Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity' one year, and Washington Irving's <i>Sketchbook</i> chapter on 'Old Christmas'. I've also read Lewis's 'Turn of the Tide'. One year I chanted some Nativity stichera Vatopaidi-style, and a friend & I sang 'Masters in the Hall'.Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-90172666385817145752010-01-10T00:32:38.450-06:002010-01-10T00:32:38.450-06:00Your new tradition sounds really delightful. What ...Your new tradition sounds really delightful. What kind of poems and songs do you usually bring?kylenoreply@blogger.com