November Rudy Day - with a bit of a Hanukkah spin. Hanukkah starts on Thursday, December 10 and continus for 8 days.
Movie- My favorite Christmas movie is Trading Places with Eddie Murphy, Dan Ackroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis (love Jamie Lee Curtis). It takes place during the holiday season.
If you’re more in the mood for a Hallmark movie try Double Holiday which premiered last year. It shows both Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations.
Book – I think it’s time to reread A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens before things get really busy.
Food – dip some Oreos into candy melts, either chocolate or vanilla, and sprinkle them with colored “jimmies” – red and green for Christmas and blue and white for Hanukkah. Give them to friends and family or eat them all yourself!
Make latkes (potato pancakes) – this is a good basic recipe. Shred the potatoes and onion in your food processor and make sure to drain the potatoes before you fry them in the oil. Serve with homemade applesauce. Yum.
Latkes (potato pancakes)
4-5 large potatoes, peeled
1 medium onion
2 eggs
Kosher salt
Pepper
¼ cup matzoh meal
Oil for frying
Grate the potatoes and onions on the large hole of a box grater or do it all in the food processor. Add eggs, salt, pepper and matzoh meal. You’ll notice that water accumulates in the mix as you cook. Make sure you drain the water off before you fry the potato mixture in the oil.
Drop by the tablespoon into hot oil. Use enough oil to almost cover the pancakes and add more as needed
Drain on paper towels. Can be kept warm in the oven.
Serve with homemade or store bought applesauce; some people eat them with sour cream.
For dessert have jelly doughnuts (sufganiyot in Hebrew), the traditional Hanukkah dessert.
Crafts – The Navage Patch is a blog that I have been following. It’s interesting in that it is written by a guy and is kind of snarky.
This is a link to the Christmas Gnomes craft: https://www.thenavagepatch.com/diy-christmas-gnomes/
Their site has a lot of Christmas DIY’s and many of them are made with $ store items.
If you’re into making ornaments I recommend the Ornament Girl at www.theornamentgirl.com. I think this was mentioned in a previous Rudy Day post. I’ve made a few and they're pretty easy.
Also, it's time to finish up your holiday shopping, mail your holiday cards, finalize your menus and start wrappin gifts!
Movie- My favorite Christmas movie is Trading Places with Eddie Murphy, Dan Ackroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis (love Jamie Lee Curtis). It takes place during the holiday season.
If you’re more in the mood for a Hallmark movie try Double Holiday which premiered last year. It shows both Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations.
Book – I think it’s time to reread A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens before things get really busy.
Food – dip some Oreos into candy melts, either chocolate or vanilla, and sprinkle them with colored “jimmies” – red and green for Christmas and blue and white for Hanukkah. Give them to friends and family or eat them all yourself!
Make latkes (potato pancakes) – this is a good basic recipe. Shred the potatoes and onion in your food processor and make sure to drain the potatoes before you fry them in the oil. Serve with homemade applesauce. Yum.
Latkes (potato pancakes)
4-5 large potatoes, peeled
1 medium onion
2 eggs
Kosher salt
Pepper
¼ cup matzoh meal
Oil for frying
Grate the potatoes and onions on the large hole of a box grater or do it all in the food processor. Add eggs, salt, pepper and matzoh meal. You’ll notice that water accumulates in the mix as you cook. Make sure you drain the water off before you fry the potato mixture in the oil.
Drop by the tablespoon into hot oil. Use enough oil to almost cover the pancakes and add more as needed
Drain on paper towels. Can be kept warm in the oven.
Serve with homemade or store bought applesauce; some people eat them with sour cream.
For dessert have jelly doughnuts (sufganiyot in Hebrew), the traditional Hanukkah dessert.
Crafts – The Navage Patch is a blog that I have been following. It’s interesting in that it is written by a guy and is kind of snarky.
This is a link to the Christmas Gnomes craft: https://www.thenavagepatch.com/diy-christmas-gnomes/
Their site has a lot of Christmas DIY’s and many of them are made with $ store items.
If you’re into making ornaments I recommend the Ornament Girl at www.theornamentgirl.com. I think this was mentioned in a previous Rudy Day post. I’ve made a few and they're pretty easy.
Also, it's time to finish up your holiday shopping, mail your holiday cards, finalize your menus and start wrappin gifts!