Good morning y’all. Shoutout to the wives for everything they do to bring Christmas cheer.

Commandment #3 – Be adaptable – stovetop, oven, grill, or open flame.

Ho ho ho, everybody ready to flip the calendar over to Christmas week? Santa is doing his final sleigh ride preparations, the delivery drivers are working overtime, and most of us are trudging through the snow between a Target exchange and a big work meeting that had to get scheduled before the New Year, as if the results of that meeting are going to get acted on before the ball drops in Times Square.

As you prepare to bring that Christmas cheer into your home next week, remember to cook yourself and somebody else some good food this week. Maybe some Chicken Tortilla Soup, or some Playoff Push Turkey Chili. After all, as Clark Griswold accurately states in Christmas Vacation, “We’re all in this together” and that means taking care of yourself as well as the gifts.

He also notes “”We’re gonna have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tapped danced with Danny Kaye!” as well as some other choice words. Take a watch, and have a laugh this holiday season folks. Merry Christmas, thanks for reading my newsletter each week. Y’all be good.

Playoff Push Turkey Chili – This is the time of year when champions are made on the gridiron, otherwise known as The “Playoff Push”. Cook this chili in your Cast Iron Dutch Oven will get ready to be the champion of your house this Christmas season.

Playoff Push Turkey Chili

Give someone (or yourself) the gift of a skillet this holiday season.

  1. Cook fresh, homemade food 🍔
  2. Be a healthy human – create food without the chemicals
  3. Make some new traditions for your folks around the table

Every week, I enjoy all of the photos I get each week of various cast iron creativity out there. This one is the Praise God Sweet Potato Pie pie I made a few weeks ago for Thanksgiving. If you need a dessert to bring to your holiday table, DM me and I’ll send you the recipe.

Send in your own photo of some cast iron magic from your home this week to be featured.

As always, thanks so much for subscribing to this page, it is truly appreciated. I hope it brings a little joy to your inbox and kitchen table each week.

Y’all be good. – Hendo


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One response to “Holidazed – December 19th 2025”

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    VAZZ 22

    Thanks Matt….Good Stuff!

    *”COLOSSIANS 3:17 “**And whatever YOU do, in word or in deed, do everything **in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to GOD the Father through HIM.” *

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