Holidays with Grandma

Some of the best memories of growing up were holidays with grandma!

Holidays really didn't kick-off at our house until our grandparents arrived, especially grandma! What is it about grandmas anyway that they evoke such love and warm memories in their grandchildren's hearts.

I've written some about my grandma Julia Nagy as she has inspired me to be what I am today. Thank you grandma! I'm thinking of you now that the holiday season is here ... sadly it is now holidays without grandma.

Wish you were HERE!

Jaguar Julie and Grandma Julia Nagy -- Holidays with Grandma

Holidays with grandma -- which is YOUR favorite?

If you could pick your favorite holidays with grandma, which one would you pick?

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Thanksgiving -- turkey, stuffing, cranberry dressing, pumpkin pie!

CoolFoto says:

Thanksgiving. We always went cross town to grandma's house for turkey dinner. My mother's brother and his 2 sons were there too.

Posted November 23, 2008

stargazer00 says:

I'll have to go with the traditional turkey dinner. Lots of memories. I wouldn't mind trying the cabbage rolls another time!

Posted November 09, 2008

Susan52 says:

Do I have to choose?? I'll say Thanksgiving simply because of a memory of sitting in the kitchen of my grandparents' old house with frost on the kitchen window. I've always thought that memory was from Thanksgiving; guess my memory smells turkey!

Posted November 09, 2008

Christmas -- stuffed cabbage rolls, mashed potatoes, ham, apple pie!

Nara says:

Christmas, I can remember the great food and love in the house. Always had fun helping ing Gandma cook.

Posted December 23, 2008

csibesz says:

Turkey is for Thanksgiving only!

Posted December 09, 2008

scss says:

Christmas! I still smell the cinnamon when making Christmas biscuits/cookies with her.

Posted November 24, 2008

A grandma is a grand person!

The use of the prefix "grand-" dates from the early 13th century, from Anglo-French graund.

A Grandparent is a special person ...

Grandparents are the father or mother of a person's own father or mother. Everyone has a maximum of four genetic grandparents, eight genetic great-grandparents, sixteen genetic great-great-grandparents, etc. Sometimes these numbers are lower and in the case of having only two or three grandparents sibling or half-sibling incest would be incorporated.

In cases where the parents are unwilling or unable to provide adequate care for their children, in cases of death or other, grandparents often take on the role of primary caregivers. Even when this is not the case, grandparents often participate in the raising of children.

In traditional cultures, grandparents often had a direct and clear role in relation to the care and nurture of children.

One can also be a step-grandparent. A step-grandparent can be your parent's stepparent or your stepparent's parent. A stepparent's stepparent is called a step-step-grandparent, etc.

The various words for grandparents at times may also be used to refer to any elderly person, especially the terms gramps, granny, grandfather, grandmother and even more types that most families make up themselves.

Two individuals who have grandparents in common, but are not siblings, are called first cousins. The parents of a person's first cousins are his or her uncles and aunts.

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When I think of holidays with grandma, I think of her in the kitchen ...

She was famous for her Hungarian cooking!

Butter Horns -- Traditional Hungarian Pastry

Holidays were always THE time of year that my grandmother baked the most of her famous Hungarian Butter Horns. She could make hundreds of these at a time, with several different fillings -- usually nuts, apricots, and prune. I l...

Poppy Seed Roll -- Traditional Hungarian Pastry

The Poppy Seed Roll is a Hungarian traditional pastry that is a sweet bread known as Beigli. It is often prepared for the holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. Beigli [pronounced BAY-glee] is literally a Hungarian sweet bread with special fill...

Stuffed Cabbage *

One of my fondest food memories growing up is watching my grandmother make Stuffed Cabbage ... and then, of course, eating it! She had a "secret ingredient" that made her stuffed cabbage rolls the best I've ever had! I'll let yo...

Hungarian Goulash

Do you remember having stew as a child? I hope you liked it! It sure seems like I used to have lots of stew when I was younger. Think of this as stew, Hungarian style--that's Hungarian Goulash. Goulash--Gulyás in Hungari...

Nut Roll -- Traditional Hungarian Pastry

The Nut Roll is a Hungarian traditional pastry that is a sweet bread known as Beigli. Grandma made her beigli or nut roll usually during the holidays of Christmas and Thanksgiving. Beigli [pronounced BAY-glee] is really a Hungarian sweet bread with s...

Holidays with Grandma

Some of the best memories of growing up were holidays with grandma!

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Contents at a Glance

Holidays with grandma -- which is YOUR favorite?

If you could pick your favorite holidays with grandma, which one would you pick?

Thanksgiving -- turkey, stuffing, cranberry dressing, pumpkin pie!

CoolFoto says:

stargazer00 says:

Susan52 says:

Christmas -- stuffed cabbage rolls, mashed potatoes, ham, apple pie!

Nara says:

csibesz says:

scss says:

A grandma is a grand person!

A Grandparent is a special person ...

When I think of holidays with grandma, I think of her in the kitchen ...

She was famous for her Hungarian cooking!

Thinking of grandma during the holidays

What is your favorite grandma-ism?

Please add your grandma-ism and vote ...

1

If you keep crossing your eyes like that, they'll stay that way!

2

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything!

3

I'm gonna wash your mouth out with soap ...

4

Who do you think we are ... the Rockefellers?

5

Who taught you to talk like that anyway?

6

Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

7

Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

8

Don't say something you might be sorry about later.

9

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

10

And another one for the pot!

11

If you see a penny, pick it up for good luck.

12

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Holidays with Grandma :: Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving MP3s

It's just not Thanksgiving without grandma!

Thanksgiving is a favorite holiday

Grandma made the best stuffing!

Black embroidered aprons that only a grandma would love

Slightly opinionated ...

Famous grandmas remembered -- some favorite quotes

Which is your favorite?

1

A house needs a grandma in it. --Louisa May Alcott

2

It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace. --Christopher Morley

3

When a child is born, so are grandmothers. -- Judith Levy

4

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is. -- Ellen DeGeneres

5

If your baby is "beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time," you're the grandma. -- Teresa Bloomingdale

6

Never have children, only grandchildren. --Gore Vidal

7

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me. --Lord Chesterfield

8

My grandmother was a Jewish juggler: she used to worry about six things at once. --Richard Lewis

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Holidays with Grandma :: Christmas

Christmas MP3s

It's just not Christmas without grandma!

Christmas is my favorite holiday of all holidays

Grandma made the best stuffed cabbage rolls and apple pie!