The Holiday Thread

[kathyth]

I remember being a small child (so like 50 years ago) and going to my Grandmother's house for Christmas. I can still see the huge real tree they had set up in the front room and gifts under it, but I really don't remember opening them. All my mother's siblings and their families and my great aunts would come for the meal. There was a huge dining room table, but so many of us that the kids all ate in the kitchen. I remember sleeping under the table with their dog. lol I do remember one gift. It was a metal semi pulling a trailer loaded with plastic farm animals. I loved that set. I believe it's still boxed up somewhere around here.

I don't know if any memory can be so great, as being a child at Christmas and having the good fortune to come from a good family. The decorations, food, gatherings, presents, family, thoughts of Santa coming, watching Christmas movies, etc. As adults I would recapture this if I could!
I guess the good part is that we were able to experience Christma's like the one you mentioned, Jacqui. We are extremely lucky for these good memories.

 

[Prairie Mom]

Hello Sarah and everybody I'm eager to take some time and read through this whole thread. I am waist deep in Christmas as we speak. We've already celebrated the European holiday St. Nikolaus day and had a great time. Now, we are getting ready to celebrate full-blown Christmas EARLY-this Friday! We have to travel with the kids to our out of state children's hospital right around Christmas time, so we are doing our big celebration way early to allow the kids to enjoy their presents and relax a bit before we sweep them off for some minor torture I'm nearly there! I'm heading out to get goodies for Christmas stockings and supplies to send to school Christmas parties. Now, I have a few late nights of wrapping, preparation, and packing, but the kids are nearly ready to have a great and relaxing (early)Christmas. I am feeling very blessed this year! Our medical bills are half of what they were last year, our health is such a relief, and I love my faith and family so dearly.

Merry Early Christmas!!!


The kids on the morning of St. Nikolaus getting goodies out of their shoes...

 

[Tyanna]

Beautiful family, and what a great relief when bills are slowly getting smaller. Can't wait to start my own family and feel the joy you feel.

 

[Tyanna]

Just wanted to share this since I obviously love tortoises & turtles. This was a gift I bought for myself, it's my favorite animal & color & I work with primarily autistic individuals, that's what the puzzle pieces represent. Plus 10% of sales goes to Autism Speaks.
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Pandora?! Gosh I love my Pandora. I looooovee the idea of your charm, too.

 

[stojanovski92113]

Pandora?! Gosh I love my Pandora. I looooovee the idea of your charm, too.

This charm is from Zales. And then I was bad today and bought another awesome charm from Fred Meyers. Pandora only has one turtle charm.

 

[Jacqui]

Look at all those homemade ornaments above a couple of posts! Love them. Did you make them?

 

[Jacqui]

Something tells me I've posted this in the wrong thread???????

I wondered, but wasn't going to say a thing, because we both know it could have been me who was just getting mixed up.

 

[Jacqui]

This is my first Christmas out of the house, and my grandmother bought me my first ornament for my own tree.. It's a turtle.

How neat! Well congrats on your very first own tree.

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Hello Sarah and everybody I'm eager to take some time and read through this whole thread. I am waist deep in Christmas as we speak. We've already celebrated the European holiday St. Nikolaus day and had a great time. Now, we are getting ready to celebrate full-blown Christmas EARLY-this Friday! We have to travel with the kids to our out of state children's hospital right around Christmas time, so we are doing our big celebration way early to allow the kids to enjoy their presents and relax a bit before we sweep them off for some minor torture I'm nearly there! I'm heading out to get goodies for Christmas stockings and supplies to send to school Christmas parties. Now, I have a few late nights of wrapping, preparation, and packing, but the kids are nearly ready to have a great and relaxing (early)Christmas. I am feeling very blessed this year! Our medical bills are half of what they were last year, our health is such a relief, and I love my faith and family so dearly.

Merry Early Christmas!!!
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The kids on the morning of St. Nikolaus getting goodies out of their shoes...

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Hehe! My mom does that.

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Okay, folks! Today we started to make cookies.
Two if the doughs (butter/roll out and pinwheel cookies) are refrigerating, and one has been baked (press cookies)
I will be providing finished pics of the cookies themselves, and the recipes.
I have to go get pics of the press trees, but I just wanted to let you know

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Okay, folks! Today we started to make cookies.
Two if the doughs (butter/roll out and pinwheel cookies) are refrigerating, and one has been baked (press cookies)
I will be providing finished pics of the cookies themselves, and the recipes.
I have to go get pics of the press trees, but I just wanted to let you know

I should say that I ave this really weird phobia of dry things (like flour, dry rocks) and just thinking of (gosh!) of touching something dry and powdery, textureless is really terrible, so I do not actually mix any dough, I usually just bake and 'decorate'
Alrighty! Press cookie trees and recipe-
Product-


(munch munch munch...)
And recipe (sorry, bit blurry!)-


Vanilla, not almond extract, it's better that way...
-I must mention that to make these you've got to have something like this-

-(although ours is ANCIENT [seriously, goes back a few mothers] and its screw down, not just a handle)
Pinwheel and roll out cookies refrigerating!

 

[stojanovski92113]

I should say that I ave this really weird phobia of dry things (like flour, dry rocks) and just thinking of (gosh!) of touching something dry and powdery, textureless is really terrible, so I do not actually mix any dough, I usually just bake and 'decorate'
Alrighty! Press cookie trees and recipe-
Product-

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(munch munch munch...)
And recipe (sorry, bit blurry!)-

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Vanilla, not almond extract, it's better that way...
-I must mention that to make these you've got to have something like this-

-(although ours is ANCIENT [seriously, goes back a few mothers] and its screw down, not just a handle)
Pinwheel and roll out cookies refrigerating!

You have a tactile issue LOL!! I hate to touch chalk!! I haven't make or baked anything in forever...like deserts. I use to do cupcakes ALL the time & then I just stopped. Maybe I should surprise everyone & do it.

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

You have a tactile issue LOL!! I hate to touch chalk!! I haven't make or baked anything in forever...like deserts. I use to do cupcakes ALL the time & then I just stopped. Maybe I should surprise everyone & do it.

Weird. I never thought to look it up Try cookies! Press cookies are so easy... expect for the 9 cups of flour... (ghastly! )
And then you could enjoy the 'fruits of your hardwork', as they say

 

[stojanovski92113]

Weird. I never thought to look it up Try cookies! Press cookies are so easy... expect for the 9 cups of flour... (ghastly! )
And then you could enjoy the 'fruits of your hardwork', as they say

I'd love to get one of those snazzy cookie machine things

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

I'd love to get one of those snazzy cookie machine things

No idea where ours came from But you could probably find something similar at a place like BedBath&Beyond!

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Pinwheel cookies!
Product-

-so hallucinogenic
Recipe-


-again, sorry for the blurs!
These are the BEST cookies EVER.

 

[Abdulla6169]

Pinwheel cookies!
Product-
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-so hallucinogenic
Recipe-
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-again, sorry for the blurs!
These are the BEST cookies EVER.

Can you type the recipe, I can't see some of it.

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Can you type the recipe, I can't see some of it.

Sure! One momemto..

 

[Abdulla6169]

Sure! One momemto..

Thank you; I'll try to make it in the vacation.

 

[Yellow Turtle01]