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Advent Calendar – December 1 – The Christmas Tree

Ahh, the Christmas Tree.  The most widely recognized symbol of Christmas (aside from Santa, I guess).  One of the first images that comes to mind when I think of a Christmas Tree is the scene from...

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Advent Calendar – December 2 – Holiday Foods

As far as favorite holiday foods go, I’m not really sure what my ancestors did.  However, I do know what my living family did.  We baked.  A lot.  I’m sure there were feasts of turkey and fixin’s … but...

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Advent Calendar – December 4 – Christmas Cards

What I remember about Christmas cards is when I was growing up, we would get cards from friends and family.  A lot of cards.  My mom would hang them all up around the doorway between the kitchen and...

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Advent Calendar – December 8 – Christmas Cookies

When I think of holiday foods, I think of cookies.  My grandmother always used to make Horseshoe Cookies at Christmas.  It’s a recipe that I’ve made, but I’m not sure anyone can make them like my...

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Advent Calendar – December 9 – Grab Bag (An Ode to Lip Gloss)

This post is about gifts.  The gifts kids give their parents.  Actually, the gifts that parents give their kids money to get.  My mom used to pay to receive such gifts.  She would give my sister and me...

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Advent Calendar – December 10 – Christmas Gifts

When I was little, I used to love seeing all the gifts trickle in from out-of-town family and fill up the empty space under the tree.  All those presents, and most of them were for me and my sister....

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Advent Calendar – December 14 – Fruitcake – Friend or Foe?

I vote Foe!  Drunk fruitcake almost burned our house down! It all started when we got a fruitcake as a gift from a friend, relative, or neighbor … I can’t remember.  Obviously, it was someone who...

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Advent Calendar – December 18 – Christmas Stockings

When I was little, when we woke up Christmas morning and no one else was up (probably because it was around 4 a.m.), we weren’t allowed to open our gifts, but we WERE allowed to go through our...

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