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  My FIL and MIL host the neighborhood party for Rogue River Drive (Oregon) every year.  So we hosted that.  We do a steal-and-swap gift exchange, it's fun if sedate.
  I didn't cook anything, though.  My wife made Rosemary Shortbread, but my MIL was trying to clean out the freezer to make room for a 1/4 cow, and we found about 40lbs of frozen canapes so that's what we served (well, baked of course).
  Since today is New Year's Day, my wife/MIL/FIL did the classic blackeyed peas and ham hocks.  Since I'm not exactly into ham hocks, I dug out a Brazillian recipe for blackeyed peas and made a small portion for myself.  Oh, also, sauteed winter greens.
  Oh, and we had bagels & lox for breakfast.   As we did on Christmas day, in fact. 
					
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