tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511424180017175078.post9032284151157764322..comments2023-03-28T08:18:57.325-05:00Comments on A Million Universes: How to Have the Best Christmas Ever Unbusy-StyleEvangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03364960377582088174noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511424180017175078.post-20322262551257267772009-11-21T11:31:41.941-06:002009-11-21T11:31:41.941-06:00My Silver Palate Cookbook has a recipe for Linzer ...My Silver Palate Cookbook has a recipe for Linzer cookies that I am thinking about trying this year. My mom and grandmother made candy for christmas, chocolate & maple fudge, candied nuts, peanut brittle, divinity, and now I make Rocky Road Candy for christmas. I was eyeing your Gingerbread house from last year and decided that it would be more like hard labor for me than fun (yay for firstofmanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636901755973502583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511424180017175078.post-1949484575130347442009-11-20T17:45:07.372-06:002009-11-20T17:45:07.372-06:00Oh, I cheat with the cards. I go to a 3-hour works...Oh, I cheat with the cards. I go to a 3-hour workshop where the designs are picked and all the stock is cut, and all the supplies are ready at each station. I show up, I make about 15 or 20 cards, I leave. It's the only way to go. Otherwise--I hear ya--the idea of the hand-made cards would have long since been trashed.<br />-k.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511424180017175078.post-53516532352520474862009-11-20T09:15:37.694-06:002009-11-20T09:15:37.694-06:00@ Deb The little tacky, kid-made ornaments with po...@ Deb The little tacky, kid-made ornaments with poms poms and globs of glue and popsicle sticks etc. have also become my absolute favourites! The tree becomes like a family album of sorts over the years. Love it! Liam is already asking when we can put up the tree...<br /><br />@K And I LOVE getting your cards! I am not doing the handmade ones this year. It is one of the things getting simplified Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03364960377582088174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511424180017175078.post-82293930153203435832009-11-19T11:10:55.320-06:002009-11-19T11:10:55.320-06:00And btw, LOVE the Christmas pin-up postcard.
-KAnd btw, LOVE the Christmas pin-up postcard. <br />-KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511424180017175078.post-76050040085721387012009-11-19T11:09:27.883-06:002009-11-19T11:09:27.883-06:00Well, Christmas for me is all about the boozy hot ...Well, Christmas for me is all about the boozy hot chocolate. Yes. 4 ounces of booze in a big old candy cane striped mug with whipped cream on top. Christmas tunes turned up LOUD--decorating never was so fun. <br /><br />And the cards. Oh, how I love making Christmas cards. Sent with Christmas stamps. And festooned with stickers. Love it. Love taking time out to say 'yo, what's up' to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511424180017175078.post-13231194265155775762009-11-18T17:38:26.271-06:002009-11-18T17:38:26.271-06:00my favorite part of the holidays is the tree, befo...my favorite part of the holidays is the tree, before we had kids I did multiple themed trees, now we just have one, full of memories, all the ornaments the kids have made over the years all carefully preserved, I used to get mad that my tree had been overrun, but as they get older and leave I find I mind less, funny because pretty soon, they'll be gone again, and I'll have no one to debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08943411721370422914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511424180017175078.post-81062157669600142712009-11-18T12:37:16.353-06:002009-11-18T12:37:16.353-06:00Baileys and chai tea? Why, I nevah...but I should!...Baileys and chai tea? Why, I nevah...but I should!<br />Yes, time to stop, and just get all cozy and appreciative. Sounds blissful.<br /><br />and @Angie a gift for yourself, sounds like a nice idea. Of course, I tend to maybe gift myself too often throughout the year. I can say no to anything, except books and art supplies, no willpower there. ;)Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03364960377582088174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511424180017175078.post-71424569878882121402009-11-18T11:25:32.969-06:002009-11-18T11:25:32.969-06:00I have all my Christmas shopping done and out of t...I have all my Christmas shopping done and out of the way. I like to do it before Thanksgiving. Of course, the gift I get for myself I wait and wait until I find the perfect one.Angie Muresanhttp://www.angiemuresan.comnoreply@blogger.com