I wish I could say that making real eggnog at Christmas time was a Nattress family tradition.  It was not. 

We had the Dairygold variety out of the box when I was a kid.  Oh sure, we grated a little extra nutmeg on the top of it and my parents added some booze, but it was pretty pedestrian stuff.  Then I married a Mayflower Princess and Fanny Farmer came into my life.  And once you have had Fanny’s nog, there is no going back.

We have our Nog Night every holiday season.  It’s was a pleasure to see the look on the faces of the folks who had never had real eggnog before.  “It is like drinking cake mix, but in a good way”…