Question of the Week - Christmas Tree Triming Party Traditions

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

With many of getting out Christmas Trees to put up, our question of the week

has to do with traditions you have for food that you like to enjoy when

putting up your Christmas Decorations.

 

Do you have family over to help or do you do it as a family all yourself?

 

Please share how you make Christmas decorating special in your home and any

special food you like to have at this time.

 

 

Looking forward to all of your responses.

Judy

[Guest guest]

-

wwjd

Undisclosed-Recipient:;

Monday, November 26, 2007 4:34 PM

Question of the Week - Christmas Tree Triming

Party Traditions

 

 

 

 

Hi All,

With many of getting out Christmas Trees to put up, our question of the week

has to do with traditions you have for food that you like to enjoy when

putting up your Christmas Decorations.

 

Do you have family over to help or do you do it as a family all yourself?

 

 

 

We do it with just my hubby, myself and our children. This year we put our big

tree up on Nov. 11. Outside decoration partially finished this past weekend and

will put up the other tree, our Christmas village, Nativity scene and amongst

many other decorations in every room of our home. My youngest has small village

that she also sets up on the dresser in her room and her own small Christmas

tree with lights and ornmaments. It is so much fun. We have hot water in the

teapot all day and make hot teas and hot chocolate as we want. I even have

packages of Hot Cider Mix. I make a big pot of Vegetable Soup and Cornbread

Muffins on one of the days, subs another day. We decorate for several days

inside and outside our home. We love Christmas decorations and how festive

everything looks with them. It helps make the season more joyful. Our

neighborhood has really gotten a lot of neighbors that tastefully decorate the

outside of their homes for the Christmas Holidays and that is fun to take a walk

at night and enjoy. We also enjoy driving thru other neighborhoods to see what

they have done.

 

Please share how you make Christmas decorating special in your home and any

special food you like to have at this time.

 

Looking forward to all of your responses.

Judy

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

When the kids were little, we would always decorate while playing Christmas

music or put videos in the player (these were the days before DVDs). Of course,

I would be baking cookies, especially chocolate chip and they would eat them

almost as fast as they came out of the oven . . . that's if I could keep them

out of the cookie dough bowl. They are all grown up and have homes of their own

now. So, DH and I put on holiday music and decorate all day, real slow. We

have really cut down on our decorating and everything is baby friendly for the

grandchildren. That way, everything out can be played with also. They just

adore all of the talking and music playing ones! Christmas, for us, is all

about the kids and grandkids, nieces and nephews. Any time spent with family is

special for us! We don't need a special reason to celebrate! I've decided to

cut way back on baking this year. I usually bake an obscene amount of cookies

at the kids request. This year, I am letting

my dear daughter-in-law and chef son-in-law do the baking. I'll probably make

pizzelle's (one of our favorites) and ok, one batch of chocolate chips. What

would Christmas be without the tollhouse cookies! And if the big kids are

around, I will be scolding them as they sneak the cookie dough!

 

Pamela

 

 

 

 

 

Never miss a thing. Make your homepage.

 

 

[Guest guest]

We put on a Christmas movie or music too. It sure does put you in the mood

doesn't it. Love the cookie idea. My girls are always baking up treats. I'll

have to send in the recipe for Cranberry Cheesecake Bars that my youngest made

yesterday. They were sooooooooo good.

 

Please send in that special pizzelle's recipe. Boy do we love chocolate chip

cookies here too. Especially with walnuts or pecans in them. Yummy.

 

I loved reading about your family traditions. Thanks Pamela for sharing. It

sounds so special.

Judy

-

Pamela Brehm

Monday, November 26, 2007 7:02 PM

Re: Question of the Week - Christmas Tree Triming

Party Traditions

 

 

When the kids were little, we would always decorate while playing Christmas

music or put videos in the player (these were the days before DVDs). Of course,

I would be baking cookies, especially chocolate chip and they would eat them

almost as fast as they came out of the oven . . . that's if I could keep them

out of the cookie dough bowl. They are all grown up and have homes of their own

now. So, DH and I put on holiday music and decorate all day, real slow. We have

really cut down on our decorating and everything is baby friendly for the

grandchildren. That way, everything out can be played with also. They just adore

all of the talking and music playing ones! Christmas, for us, is all about the

kids and grandkids, nieces and nephews. Any time spent with family is special

for us! We don't need a special reason to celebrate! I've decided to cut way

back on baking this year. I usually bake an obscene amount of cookies at the

kids request. This year, I am letting

my dear daughter-in-law and chef son-in-law do the baking. I'll probably make

pizzelle's (one of our favorites) and ok, one batch of chocolate chips. What

would Christmas be without the tollhouse cookies! And if the big kids are

around, I will be scolding them as they sneak the cookie dough!

 

Pamela

 

Never miss a thing. Make your homepage.

 

[Guest guest]

Well this year it will be fabulous and new..I,m going to Karratha (Western

Australia) I live in Queensland...and am going to decorate the tree with my two

grandchildren..Imogen 2 1/2 and Lilly 1.....OOhh I am so excited..my son says

immy is saying Oh Nanna B coming today Daddy..haha ...I have baked lots to take

with but have been asked to (if you don,t mind mum) baking traditional things

over there..Oh there sure is a god hey..Bron Brisbane Australia

 

 

 

 

 

Make the switch to the world's best email. Get the new 7 Mail now.