Have you ever actually had Figgy Pudding? I mean, that frickin' song demands it rather forcefully, but what exactly IS it? I mean, we won't go until we get some!
Let's Google: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/warm-sticky-figgy-pudding-recipe-1918585
And here's a visualization:
It sounds and LOOKS like a Christmas Pudding, with plenty of brandy poured over it and flames and smoke alarms going off. I've had it! WITH smoke alarms! It's great...yeah, gimme some figgy pudding already. A delightful, if lit, addition to the dessert cart! If you buy one, you'll see that it comes in little (usually 1 or 1.5 pound) "bombs", small but potent but rich but booze-soaked (if you do it right!). So a little goes a long way (if you do it right!).
Lit!
Which reminds me...here's the segway (or is it just "segue")...
Grammar Police: Segueway division!
...to Christmas Broadway. It's a small amount. Only 14 left in stock, so order now! Which is why I wait til the Sunday before the holiday to unwrap it. Which is why I pepper it with Christmas Hollywood AND Christmas ballads/comic relief/and jazz. There just isn't enough of it to "eat" for 2 hours. But what IS there is dense and caloric and yummy, okay? Like Figgy Pudding, a little can go a long way (if you do it right!).
So pull up a comfy chair, grab a bowl of warm steamy pudding (or the equivalent), toss another log on the fire/gas insert, and join me for the annual Holiday/Figgy Pudding Edition of 2 On The Aisle, this coming Sunday 12/20/20, and we will fah la la together!
Happy Holiday/Let Yourself Go (Jeffry Denman, Brian d'Arcy James, White Christmas)
Twelve Days To Christmas (Zachary Levi, Laura Benanti, Ensemble, She Loves Me)
We Need A Little Christmas (Angela Lansbury, Sab Shimono, Jane Connell, Frankie Michaels, Mame)
Five Pound Box Of Money (Pearl Bailey)
Cool Yule (John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Home For Christmas)
Talk Christmas/Cool Yule (Paul Binotto, David Engel, Michael Winther, Larry Raben, Holiday In Plaid)
Three Wishes For Christmas (Tony Yazbek, Gypsy)
Lovers On Christmas Eve (James Naughton, Joanna Gleason, I Love My Wife)
The Best Things Happen (Danny Kaye, White Christmas)
Sisters (Rosemary Clooney, Trudy Stevens, White Christmas)
Snow (Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, Trudy Stevens, Peggy Lee, White Christmas)
Count Your Blessings (Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, White Christmas)
White Christmas (Company, White Christmas)
The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas (Allan Sherman, For Swinging Livers Only)
(I'm Spending) Hanukkah In Santa Monica (Tom Lehrer, The Remains Of Tom Lehrer)
Twelve days Of Christmas (Bob and Doug McKenzie aka Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas)
Christmas Time Is Here (John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Home For Christmas)
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Karen Morrow, Jeffry Denman, Brian d'Arcy James, Meredith Patterson, White Christmas)
Ring Them Bells (Liza Minnelli, Liza With A Z)
Hello Mr. Kringle (Kay Kyser and His Kollege Of Musical Knowledge, Harry Babbitt, Ginny Smith, Sully Mason, Ish-Kabibble)
Happy Holidays (Bing Crosby, Holiday Inn)
Love You Didn't Do Right By Me (Rosemary Clooney, White Christmas)
Christmas Mem'ries (Barbara Streisand, Christmas Memories)
Hard Candy Christmas (Pamela Blair, Delores Hall, Ensemble, Best Little Whorehouse In Texas)
Christmas Day (Ensemble, Promises, Promises)
Winter Song (Leslie Odom, Jr., Simply Christmas)
Holiday Season (John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Home For Christmas)
Be A Santa (Sydney Chaplin, Subways Are For Sleeping)
Johnny It's Cold Outside (John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Home For Christmas)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Bernadette Peters, Sondheim Etc. Etc.)
I'll Be Home For Christmas (Leslie Odom, Jr., Simply Christmas)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland, Meet Me In St. Louis)
Santa Claus Is Back In Town (Elvis Presley)
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