In about 1997 my father in law.... John Frank Sutton had his first notable heart attack. It was just before Christmas and he was scheduled to come out of the hospital the day before Christmas and he needed to be resting most of the time.
This meant that he would not be cooking the Christmas Turkey and Ham...my mother in law would help and so would we, but it would worry him that we all had to do so much.
So I stepped forward and suggested since we had all had our fair share of Turkey and Ham since Thanks Giving why not just have sandwiches for Christmas Dinner...
Being the OutLaw the room went quite...all heads turned to me with eyebrows raised high up on forehead and near the hair lines....
WAIT...WAIT I said I mean like deli sandwiches with different slices of meats and cheeses and a large variety of specialty breads....
I think the word cheese did the trick...since Cheese is certainly a Sutton family tradition no matter what time of year.
In any case it was a hit and we as a family decided to do just that and have continued to have specialty sandwiches each year for Christmas Dinner....
John Frank Sutton went on to be with the Lord in 1999.... but we have kept on the tradition of the Sandwiches for Christmas and I have carried his love for decorating Christmas Trees.
Oh and we have quite the sweet tooth....the kitchen table is heavy laden with pies, brownies, cookies of all types, candy and too much to type out here.
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