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“The first region to celebrate the New Year is Kiritimati in Oceania. The small island, also known as Christmas Island, inhabits a time zone 14 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).”
CHRISTMAS ISLAND – A NATURAL WONDER
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That looks like a nice place to visit! It might be a different Christmas Island, though, as Kiritimati is an atoll; and videos show it as a lot more barren:
CHRISTMAS ISLAND or KIRITIMATI (pronounced Kiri-si-mass)
Christmas Island is the worldβs largest coral atoll and part of the Republic of Kiribati. This sparsely populated island of 5000 lies 1200 miles south of Hawaii and 110 miles north of the equator in the center of the Pacific Ocean.
https://skinny-waters.com/about-christmas-island/
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LOL! I found a bunch of photos of Kiritimati that showed volcanic rocks all over the place and I rejected them because they were so ugly. Didn’t have a clue there were several areas of the world called Christmas Island.
It’d be great if this is my last mistake of 2023 but there are still almost 12 hours left in the day!
Life is nothing if not a learning experience.
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Today we learned there is more than one Christmas Island. Like Main Street or Park Avenue, I guess.
Lucille ~ for the sheer volumn of wonderful posts, you are allowed many MANY more ‘mistakes!’ Your presence on this site is a joy!! π π
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Thank you so much, weather!
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44 Retro Party Appetizers We’ll Never, Ever Stop Making
By Kaitlyn Yarborough
https://www.southernliving.com/food/appetizers/classic-finger-food-recipes?
Lots of wonderful appetizers I could munch on during a New Year’s Eve party.
This one is a must…yummy-yum….
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Slow-Cooker Grape Jelly Meatballs
https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/grape-jelly-meatballs
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These make an excellent appetizer as well Lucille, if you cut them in quarters and serve with a creamy mustard sauce, made with, what else here in the South, a roux and cream.
I mostly followed this recipe last night, but I smoked mine, and brushed them with a watered down sauce because I intended a few for breakfast too.
Happy New Yearβs Eve. Look forward to checking out the recipes. BTW, scotch eggs are excellent made in an air fryer too. If you use pork rind panko instead of flour and breadcrumbs, they are low carb.
The trick is peeling a soft boiled egg for me!
https://lovefoodies.com/scotch-eggs/
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Hi, Menagerie! I’m game to try everything.
When I peel any boiled egg it looks cratered and pathetic…LOL!
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Good morning, Lucille. Another cocktail meatball that I have often made is cooked on a sheet tray in the oven, and served with a mix of cranberry sauce, Heinz chili sauce, lemon juice and brown sugar. Never have had leftovers!
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Good day, Stella! Sounds delicious!
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Afternoon Lucille!
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Good afternoon, Miz Wee!
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Early Morning, New Year’s 1942….
“What Is This Thing Called Love?” (1942) Tommy Dorsey live from the Hollywood Palladium
Built in 1940, the Palladium is still standing on Sunset Boulevard and a New Year’s Eve show and party is being held there tonight. The structure was restored in 2008….
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Sometimes I wish I could go back in time and visit some of the beautiful cities of America. Maybe during the late 40s or early 50s. I love beautiful old architecture and especially admire the stunning millwork from times past, the windows and doors and trim.
Strangely enough, from the pictures Iβve seen, the first city on my list would have been Detroit, especially to see the Art Deco buildings, some of the grand old mansions, and of course, many of the beautiful churches there.
Back in the late 90s, I spent a week in Dearborn (in February, brr,) at a Home Depot class. Of course, that was when it was still inhabited by American working class citizens.
Anyhow, I thought the average homes, mostly brick in the neighborhoods I went through, were beautiful old homes, so lovingly maintained and enjoyed by families. And since I was there on Fat Tuesday, I got a genuine pΔ czki!
Unfortunately, the church closest to my hotel was a boxy, modern building, and they didnβt even have kneelers. I sure wish Iβd been able to go to Ash Wednesday services at one of the old churches.
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Detroit was once known as the Paris of the Midwest. Hard to believe it now. There are still some beautiful churches, including the one where my daughter was married, Nativity of our Lord. It is still there, right in the middle of a blown-out ghetto neighborhood on Detroit’s East side. Not one of the oldest, but a beauty nonetheless.
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https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/michigan/detroit/churches-detroit-dt/
#10, Fort Street Presbyterian, is where my parents were married on Christmas Eve, 1941.
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Those are really beautiful, Stella!
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Just found out that Nativity has a YouTube channel. Who knew that was a thing?
https://www.youtube.com/@NativityofOurLord-cm8we
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Every era has its upside and downside, of course. Even in the successful upside years of cities like Detroit, leadership of both industry and government sowed the seeds of their destruction without even knowing it.
If they could have foreseen the future, would they have dismissed the vision as inaccurate? In order to accept such visions, a person has to admit mistakes and make every effort to change course. We all know this isn’t easy. And because of the difficulty, it most often is simply laid aside. Leaders hate to be a part of a cautionary tale.
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Mornin’ kids!
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Mornin’, Miss Wee! Yeah, right cupcake! That decision being based on the law was about as accurate as me building a spaceship to Pluto. I give all politicians credit for being able to lie with a straight face, but the libs are really good at it! Coffee’s on the way!
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Mornin’ T!
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Mornin’ Wee!
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Mornin’ Stella!
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Well, WeeWeed, how absurd this female is. Some folks haven’t the slightest idea they’re showing the world how brainwashed they are.
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Juanita is throwing down one of the rhetorical questions, right? Throw Huntley & Brinkley in there, Ed Murrow, and dozens of others into that soup.
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Mornin, kids! Happy New Years Eve! Coffee’s brewing and will be going all day and through the evening. We are gonna need a lot of it heading into next year! Come grab a cup.
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Indeed – we’ll all need it badly all next year!
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Most of those are good things. I’m on the fence right now about “socially acceptable behavior”. That may be overrated! π
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Good morning, Tex! Love that strong coffee.
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Good mornin’, Miss Stella! I think we’re gonna need the high-test for awhile! π
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Yup!
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Our Favorite Sunday Columnist takes a look back at the happenings of the past year or so, and her take is that the scales are slowly falling from the eyes of the brai-dead general public. She feels a bit of optimism that the pendulum might just be swinging back to the right, ever so slowly. Top off your coffee and enjoy the read.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/12/happy_new_year_anyway.html
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Regarding Collins of the NIH and his lame “apology”, you might find this interesting.
I like this guy. He’s a doctor in San Francisco, of all places.
ADD: He is a professor at the University of California Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. I think he knows what he is talking about.
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One comment he made early on about “scientists and masking” is technically true, but Collins, Fauci, et al were politicians first with a science and medical backgrounds.
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I saw this the other day regarding Cali offering “healthcare” to over 700,00 illegals. When you get down to the fine print it notes that this will be done via their Medicaid program, which, being an income-based program,, will cover most of them. The other thing about Medicaid is that across the board, Federal funds cover a great deal of that cost, so, once again our tax dollars are paying for these people to get care ahead of you and me. Typically, a state puts in $.25 – $.35 on the dollar, so it will probably explode that $68B deficit and point it towards a nice round $100B very quickly. Which will in turn necessitate a request from Hair-Gel for more of our tax money. Awesome!
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/california-offer-illegal-immigrants-free-healthcare-deficit-soars-population-shrinks
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I hope that some who are running our military read this article. It’s about the commoditization of the cost of war. How someone like the Houthi’s can create a shipping blockade without a navy, is one example. How Hamas can create problems for Israel with $300 – $400 drones and RPG’s. The bad guys don’t need billions of dollars and sophisticated machinery to take down a Country. What we used to call ingenuity is being turned against the good guys. There’s a lesson here for those who deal with these things.
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/shrinking-cost-war-threatens-western-militaries-208177
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This about covers it.
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‘Bout right!!
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Good Afternoon All! π
Dear Hubby, after finding out he had cancer, was looking on the internet for happy, funny things. He sent this to me and I have been waiting for months to share it with you. I know Lucille you posted something a few days ago similar, and hope you will also enjoy this. I hope it posts right. It’s been so long since I posted a picture.
I’ll always love you forever my Beloved Dear Hubby & now Guardian Angel. I miss you every hour of every day.
Thank you Stella, and all those who add such lovely, comforting, and happy posts to this website. You have been a comfort to me and I’m sure many, many others. I hope everyone has a joyful, peaceful, healthy New Year. May God bless you all & keep you in the palm of His hand.
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Afternoon G&C! It’s so great to “see” you here again!
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Hello Wee,
Thank you! It’s good to see you too. I always enjoy your witty posts.
I hope to start posting nice artsy pictures again. Before the house construction & Dear Hubby’s illness started I had a complete set of pics of antique jewelry which is now lost somewhere. However, it will be a nice respite to find new pretty pics to post.
God Bless
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It is good to “see” you, G&C, but I am sorry to know that you have lost your dear companion. You will always have friends here, and I hope that you find warmth and comfort.
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Thank You so much Stella, not only for your kind and much appreciated reply, but also all the time consuming work it must take to run this site.
I most definitely do find warmth and comfort here. Thank you. As I’m sure everyone here knows, going through the stages of grief and the hectic things that need to be done after someone dies (and Dear Hubby refused to even talk about death – forget about preparing for it) every minute of the day is busily filled. I finally realized I need to take the time, even a few minutes, to find something nice and completely different to do to take my mind off the tremendous list of things I really must do. It is like the vent on my tea kettle releasing steam.
I have thought for a while I must get back to posting even one nice thing a few times a week here. I really do enjoy posting a series of things. I just need to not get overwhelmed and do it.
God bless & keep you
PS: Things have changed. They took away my cute round face and gave me an angry one π¦ I’m not an angry person. Someday I’ll have to take the time to figure out how to change that. π
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One of my very favorite paintings of the season: Star of Bethlehem. Does anyone know who painted it?
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Whoever painted it, G&C, it is beautiful. Thanks!
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I think it’s so cute how all the little cherubic angels are stretching and turning to peek at the baby Jesus π
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Thank you, GodandCountry! Your wonderful posts have been missed. My sincere condolences for the physical loss of your dear husband. Thank God for the many good memories to get you through. May He continue to give you strength for each day and comforting hope for the future.
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Thank you Lucille.
Your posts have always been a joy & comfort. I know that God is the one giving me strength, and my Dear Hubby said he would be my guardian angel until we are together again.
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God bless you too, G&C. Cannot even imagine…!
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Thank you Weather!
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I sorry for your loss. I want you to know that I have been praying for you.
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Thank you so much for your thoughtful prayers ‘mom’. I really appreciate that.
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I just started a pot of bean soup for supper – sort of a Polish/Italian mix. Borlotti (Cranberry) beans that I soaked over night, a can of San Marzano tomatoes, onion, garlic and leftover Kielbasa (with lots of garlic!) It sure smells good.
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Every Christmas one of my nieces-in-law sends me a daily calendar. The following is the quote from this last day of 2023….
“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and His glory appears over you.” – Isaiah 60:1-2
As we finish off the old year with a celebration at midnight to welcome the new, let us remember what Jesus told his followers….
God bless and keep us all, this merry little band of friends and conservatives!
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Amen, Lucille! Amen!!
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Not everyone at Harvard thinks the cheater should stay. This from a student on the Honor Council who submitted an op-ed to the school paper. They highlight the double-standard not afforded to students who do the same thing that Sliced Bread did on her way to the top.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harvard-honor-council-student-says-claudine-gay-lower-standard-plagiarism-case-should-resign
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National Champagne Day
Make Up Your Mind Day
Leap Second Adjustment Day
Universal Hour of Peacei
New Yearβs Eve
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Peace not peaci
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I am definitely working on the National Champagne Day. Yum! I haven’t decided on the Make Up Your Mind Day. I am not sure I know what the Leap Second Adjustment Day is. But, New Year’s Eve is here. Yeah, I would like to get an Hour of Peace.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE.
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