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Post by Raven on Dec 1, 2012 11:20:27 GMT -5
Dec. 1st today!
Lets use this thread for those little stories - trivia - special moments that you can share, that means Christmas for you!
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Post by Raven on Dec 1, 2012 11:21:30 GMT -5
This is one if my favorite Xmas carols! Attachments:
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Post by Snibull on Dec 1, 2012 14:04:31 GMT -5
Raven - I'm going to enjoy reading the posts in this thread  Here is a website that will let you make a personalized video from Santa for an adult or child. It is really cute! www.portablenorthpole.com/homeSni |
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Post by Raven on Dec 1, 2012 14:24:32 GMT -5
So this is something I do all season long - have a small pot on the back of your stove - a cup of water in it (add more as needed) Throw in a cinnamon stick - a tablespoon of whole cloves - tablespoon of whole allspice - whatever you want really - Gently simmer it all day long adding water as needed - your house will smell like Christmas AND like you've been working in the kitchen all day One batch lasts a couple of days - then start over fresh! |
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Post by Amstel Bear Hugs on Dec 1, 2012 14:39:29 GMT -5
So this is something I do all season long - have a small pot on the back of your stove - a cup of water in it (add more as needed) Throw in a cinnamon stick - a tablespoon of whole cloves - tablespoon of whole allspice - whatever you want really - Gently simmer it all day long adding water as needed - your house will smell like Christmas AND like you've been working in the kitchen all day One batch lasts a couple of days - then start over fresh! That sounds wonderful!! Sni- Do Not attempt!!  |
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Post by Duke of DixonVille on Dec 1, 2012 14:51:03 GMT -5
So this is something I do all season long - have a small pot on the back of your stove - a cup of water in it (add more as needed) Throw in a cinnamon stick - a tablespoon of whole cloves - tablespoon of whole allspice - whatever you want really - Gently simmer it all day long adding water as needed - your house will smell like Christmas AND like you've been working in the kitchen all day One batch lasts a couple of days - then start over fresh! Love this I do it as we'll but I sometimes use apple cider and cut up oranges. You are so right Raven when people come to visit they think you have been cooking and your house smells fantastic. |
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Post by Raven on Dec 1, 2012 15:07:44 GMT -5
DofD:) will remember that! Thanks!
And I must admit to thinking of Sni! Be cuz I have simmered my pot dry on occasion! Sni - set a timer and only leave it on for short periods!!!! PLEASE!!!! Lol
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Post by Amstel Bear Hugs on Dec 1, 2012 15:10:58 GMT -5
DofD:) will remember that! Thanks! And I must admit to thinking if Sni! Be cuz I have simmer my pot dry on occasion! Sni - set a timer and only leave it on for short periods!!!! PLEASE!!!! Lol LOL I had visions!! and they were not good!! Poor Sni........... |
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Post by Snibull on Dec 1, 2012 16:03:36 GMT -5
OMG! I read this and thought hmmm, I will definitely forget about it being on the stove and then I thought about having to dig my cooking pot out of the cabinet. Either of those may end up scaring (add: or scarring) the children.
For scenting the home during the holidays, I fill the bottom of the fireplace (which we don't use) with cinnamon scented pine cones and buy those scented cinnamon brooms from the grocery store.
Sni
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Post by Raven on Dec 1, 2012 16:29:16 GMT -5
Lol! Thanks for reassuring us that we don't have to worry about you! |
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Post by Aw5678 on Dec 2, 2012 11:46:55 GMT -5
Red, silver and green wrapped package of Hershey's Kisses!! Somehow they taste better. ;D
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Post by Raven on Dec 5, 2012 14:26:26 GMT -5
From Pickwick Papers.
CHARLES DICKENS
And numerous indeed are the hearts to which Christmas brings a brief
season of happiness and enjoyment. How many families whose members have
been dispersed and scattered far and wide, in the restless struggles of
life, are then re-united, and meet once again in that happy state of
companionship and mutual good-will, which is a source of such pure and
unalloyed delight, and one so incompatible with the cares and sorrows of
the world, that the religious belief of the most civilized nations, and
the rude traditions of the roughest savages, alike number it among the
first joys of a future state of existence, provided for the blest and
happy! How many old recollections, and how many dormant sympathies, does
Christmas time awaken!
We write these words now, many miles distant from the spot at which,
year after year, we met on that day, a merry and joyous circle. Many of
the hearts that throb so gaily then, have ceased to beat; many of the
looks that shone so brightly then, have ceased to glow; the hands we
grasped, have grown cold; the eyes we sought, have hid their lustre in
the grave; and yet the old house, the room, the merry voices and smiling
faces, the jest, the laugh, the most minute and trivial circumstance
connected with those happy meetings, crowd upon our mind at each
recurrence of the season, as if the last assemblage had been but
yesterday. Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions
of our childish days, that can recall to the old man the pleasures of
his youth, and transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of
miles away, back to his own fireside and his quiet home!
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Post by catintex on Dec 5, 2012 17:14:42 GMT -5
Every Christmas since the movie came out, I make my kids watch the movie "Elf" with me! I love it!! I also like to go to a website where you can make a video of of those you love (or don't love) as dancing elves. I even add my dog as a face. www.jibjab.com/holidays |
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Post by Raven on Dec 6, 2012 9:58:32 GMT -5
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Post by Raven on Dec 6, 2012 13:30:02 GMT -5
Got this text today from 30 yr old son - just had to share  He just rec'd them in mail! "Mom, I don't care what month it is, its always Christmas with nuts and bolts around. I love you!!!" |
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Post by Snibull on Dec 6, 2012 18:52:04 GMT -5
The ecards are great Cat. Thanks for sharing the link!
Raven - nuts & bolts - that's too funny! And I'm really sappy living so far away from my family - that supposed to be happy video made me all teary-eyed!
Sni
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Post by Snibull on Dec 9, 2012 13:13:08 GMT -5
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Post by Raven on Dec 14, 2012 22:03:59 GMT -5
Ok - I know lots of you live in bigger towns and have beautiful christmas displays! So I have to set the scene for this picture You are driving north! Wayyyy north! For whatever reason not a lot of daylight hours so you have been driving in the dark for 4 hours - you only saw two sets of lights at small gas put stops - no other electricity at all - only dark - a "very" few other vehicles. Then out the darkness you reach "my" town!!!! And see these beautiful blue lights all strung up on our Main Street ( which is the Alaska Highway) it is soooo beautiful Attachments:
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Post by Raven on Dec 14, 2012 22:04:35 GMT -5
And another ! Attachments:
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Post by Amstel Bear Hugs on Dec 14, 2012 22:28:17 GMT -5
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He just rec'd them in mail! 
