Create the best of both Holiday classics with Candy Cane Cookies
What You Need:
1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon red food color
1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy
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Archive for March, 2008
Organizing Tips
March 17, 2008Take a moment and just add one of these organizing tips to your routines. These are just small things that you can do to get things underway and ease a little stress for the upcoming Holiday celebrations.
Organize Your Wrapping Supplies
Get all of the supplies that you will need to wrap your gifts all [...]
History of Christmas Cards
March 12, 2008Leafing through the never ending deliveries of junk mail and bills that inhabit your mailbox you see just peaking over the edges just a slight bit of color. Could it be? Your eyes widen and your heart feels just a little bit lighter in your chest. You pull it out and open it up. Yes [...]
Ornaments
March 10, 2008Each ornament that hangs on the tree comes with its own history. As does the tradition of decorating the Christmas Tree. Rituals to obtaining these items are also represented in their meaning. Every household is different when it comes to decorating their evergreen.
Decorating an evergreen tree, or it’s clippings, has dated back to the ancient [...]
Santa Claus
March 6, 2008The tradition of a mythical man that comes bearing gifts to every boy and girl has become a world wide tradition. The American culture has depicted him as a jolly fat man wearing a red suit riding in a sleigh pulled by eight tiny reindeer (sometimes nine) visiting homes on Christmas Eve. The story that [...]
The Christmas Tree
March 3, 2008The centerpiece of many family memories is the Christmas Tree.
When asked to think of a particular memory from Christmas, many of us will picture our family sitting in our living rooms unwrapping gifts with a majestic evergreen tree adorned with lights and ornaments. Why is this tree here? How did it come [...]