Christmas Traditions | Christmas Traditions
Nov.26.2012
I'm embarking on a journey for the next twenty-odd days or so for which Mother Nature seems to have given some tacit approval. I woke up this morning to make my husband breakfast - at four in the morning - before he flew to Las Vegas for the week on a business conference. I looked outside while...
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Dec.18.2011
"It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before.
'What if Christmas,' he thought, 'doesn't come from a store?'
What if Christmas, perhaps,...
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Dec.14.2011
"Christmas makes me happy no matter what time of year it comes around.” ~ Bryan White
Before I get to Mom’s annual yuletide meltdown (which is pretty funny, and no one was harmed in any way — except an inanimate holiday decoration — year after year I might add) I wanted to...
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Dec.23.2010
Yesterday, I blogged about my great grandmother's sugar cookies, but they were only one aspect of out families Christmas food traditions. They were dessert, of course, but before the cookies on Christmas Eve came the cracked crab.
Yes, thee was a time in my life when the opening of the crab season...
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Dec.22.2010
"My goal ever since I could remember was making it to The Big Table in the dining room. It always seemed they were talking in secret code and laughing outrageously. It seemed all the food was on those "good plates" I had seen displayed in the glass case (that was locked). Seemed...
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Dec.03.2010
Driving home from Katherine’s on Sunday night, I took my preferred route—through the country roads rather than the highway. What to my wondering eyes should appear but the brilliant glow of the two houses on Cherry Valley Lane that celebrate Christmas with spectacular light displays. I only...
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Dec.15.2008
Another of my shiny shares. A Victorian friendship-treasure ball. And one of my prized family traditions.
I came across these many many years ago and have since given a few to special people in my life.
The idea behind the treasure ball dates from Victorian times. They were passed back n’...
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