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Justin Gibson's avatar

Merry Christmas to all those on The Downballot. We got two big NFL games today: Chiefs v. Steelers at 1PM ET/12PM CT and Ravens v. Texans at 4:30PM ET/3:30PM CT, both on Netflix and on CBS in the participating teams' primary markets.

A Christmas Story is currently being marathoned on both TBS and TNT.

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Jonathan's avatar

Merry Christmas everyone. !!

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michaelflutist's avatar

Also Happy Chanukah to whomever is celebrating. Tonight is the first night of Chanukah, which is rarely this late in the solar calendar.

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ArcticStones's avatar

Apparently this is only the fourth time since 1900 that Hanukkah and Christmas Day coincide. My wife made delicious duck for dinner.

Happy Hanukkah and Happy Christmas, all!

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michaelflutist's avatar

Yum, duck! How did you cook it?

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ArcticStones's avatar

The most amazing duck IтАЩve ever had was in Beijing in 2000, but last nightтАЩs dinner was, as you say, yummie! Here is the recipe Shelah followed.

https://mapleleaffarms.com/recipes/roasted-whole-duck-basic-recipe-for-crispy-skin

By the way, if youтАЩre interested, here is my wifeтАЩs artist page & Instagram:

https://www.shelah-horvitz-art.com/

https://www.instagram.com/shelah.horvitz/

An aside: As immigrants having eaten turkey for our first Thanksgiving in California, my parents and siblings and I held a family council before our second Thanksgiving. We unanimously decided turkey was off the menu. Thereafter, and for most years of my childhood and youth, we enjoyed stuffed Cornish game hen. Which as you probably know are tasty and nice and juicy тАУ but neither "Cornish" nor "game" nor "hen".

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michaelflutist's avatar

I thought Cornish hens were little chickens, no? When I was a kid, I thought they were gornisht game hens, because gornisht is Yiddish for "nothing." I always preferred normal-sized chickens. But what my family had in commons with yours is that we always preferred chicken to turkey, and after a while, we stopped making a turkey when we hosted Thanksgiving. We also had fantastic duck in Beijing!

Thanks for the links! Your wife's work looks interesting on my phone, but I think I need to look again on my largish external monitor after work today. :-)

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ArcticStones's avatar

Thanks for those details. Hilarious about "gornisht".

Another pastime of mine: contemplating the core points Martin Buber makes in his great work, "I and Thou".

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sacman701's avatar

The Texans were brutal today.

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Wolfpack Dem's avatar

Seriously. Best part of the day was the Kay Adams/Mina Kimes-led analyst panel. Such solid pros, both.

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Mike in MD's avatar

I was watching the Harry Potter marathon with my parents on USA. This was in Northern Virginia, where my dad was disappointed he couldn't see the Ravens-Texans game as they don't get Baltimore TV and don't have Netflix. He must have been pleased with the 31-2 result, as Lamar Jackson set a new record as NFL rushing quarterback. The Texans' MVP was in effect Beyonce, as her halftime show was the only thing that went right for them.

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Henrik's avatar

Lamar Jackson is one of the most absurd athletes in recent American history. What a talent

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