Before the party on Christmas Eve, one thing after another went wrong, starting with some rotten cucumbers.
A bottle of good wine shattered in spectacular fashion. Fortunately it happened in the garage and not on any carpets.
I had an ambitious baking plan that involved lots of cookies from my favorite Christmas cookbook, like these elegant Swiss meringues.
They turned out looking ... different from the photo. Maybe if our guests had been flies, we could have served them at the party.
A whole string of cookie disasters followed. Some were burned, some refused to cook at all, and some overflowed and turned into one giant blob that had to be cut apart into pieces.
Somehow, though -- almost entirely through Temporary Librarian's efforts -- we managed to set out a beautiful table at the party, and we even had enough cookies to pass this platter around on Christmas Day.
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