Good afternoon all.  Had to brave the crowds at Costco today.  I bought all the stuff for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinner.  Hard to believe it is only a week away.  Scotty is coming over tonight so we can build our gingerbread house.  If it is anything like last year, it won&#39;t look very good but it will be fun, and memories with the grandson are so important.  Sounds like all of you are busy with the holiday season.  Jackie, my family always had BBQ for Christmas - they would fire up the grill and the smoker and we would have ribs,brisket, weiners, pork chops and anything else they decided to throw on.  Now we have italian food - about 15 yrs. ago, I made lasagne and fettucini alfredo on Christmas Day and every year since, that is what the family has asked for.  We do &quot;finger food&quot; on Christmas Eve, so today at CostCo, I bought the little bitty quiches, Lil&#39; Smokies, crab for crab salad, ingredients for tortilla roll-ups, taquito&#39;s, quesadilla&#39;s, pigs in a blanket, chicken nuggets, shrimp and a few other things - can&#39;t remember what.  Well, I am off to start dinner - the whole family will be here tonight....