tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post6655546066938603351..comments2009-12-13T23:36:44.502-05:00natalie holbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698804808966036834noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-45617050110010738772009-12-13T23:36:44.502-05:002009-12-13T23:36:44.502-05:00I usually make plans to bake around Thanksgiving.<br />I start getting sweaty and in a panic that I haven&#39;t done it around December 19th. I cancel doing actual baking around the 20th. I go to Sees and send a big fat box with husband to work. I get little boxes of Sees to send with husband for individual workmates. I buy (insert shame) sugar cookie dough so my daughters will have something to frost and sprinkle. Then I feel much better about life in general. VT and HT people get a very nice bottle of French Lemonade. That&#39;s way better than baking right? I make plans to send cards. I end up writing everyone an email except for old people that don&#39;t do email and I break down and send them a card. My email is not cheezy at all though so it&#39;s not a weird Christmas letter that&#39;s all braggy. Good luck with your actual baking. I remember the years I made jam thumbprints. I always thought mine were awesome because my thumb is so big, thus more jam. Have fun!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638404610316415337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-58433135777926784682009-12-13T20:53:53.921-05:002009-12-13T20:53:53.921-05:00http://www.smithfield.com/recipes/recipe/chocolate-cookie-sandwiches-filled-with-peppermint-frosting<br /><br />I&#39;m not gonna lie, I completely failed at this recipe last year and I hold great animosity towards these cookies. However, when I have eaten ones done correctly, they are quite delicious. I have faith that you can pull them off way better than I. Me and cookies just don&#39;t mix. Happy holidays :)Ratatat-tathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210162583011232491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-79308523421461987522009-12-13T20:43:41.744-05:002009-12-13T20:43:41.744-05:00We have stockings for our dogs and we put the gifts in there...keeps the sniffing under the tree better.<br /><br />I felt the same as Kristi about white trees, but yours is pretty magnificant. <br /><br />Christmas cards are halfway done, waiting on the other (boys!) members of our family to sign them..next year I&#39;m considering pre-printed ones. I just thought it was nice to personalize them...ForeverRhondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825186760881892669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-5985263143280950212009-12-13T19:53:17.262-05:002009-12-13T19:53:17.262-05:00As a young poor New York person with not a ton of fancypants parties and/or time and/or money, my Christmas baking is limited. However, my Christmas candy making is high, and there will be cookies when I go home to Ohio. List is as follows:<br />Peanut Butter Blossoms (or Kiss Cookies)<br />Buckeyes (Ohio specialty...chocolate peanut butter again...theme much?)<br />Fried Cookies (as naughty as they sound)<br />Caramel Corn (homemade, baby, my specialty)<br /><br />Also, last year I sent cards as a grownup by myself, but I set the bar far too high, as now I am out of time basically, and (again) poor. So I made my mother add my name to her cards. I&#39;m living in the past.natalienoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12858888846476733315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-28657973710701111852009-12-13T17:26:01.838-05:002009-12-13T17:26:01.838-05:00Hi I just found your blog and I must say I LOVE IT! I love the white christmas tree and your cute puppies!! Sadly my hubbs demands a real tree and we have cats so its nice to see the other side! <br />I bake the same cookies but this year I&#39;m trying my hand at a real gingerbread house (not a kit!) And we send our Christmas cards a few days before Christmas because I usually forget to do them or mail them :)MommaSkyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11800463288339006172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-18990528270690481562009-12-13T16:43:16.312-05:002009-12-13T16:43:16.312-05:00My dog has found her gift before. Very hound dog of her even though she isn&#39;t a hound dog. I&#39;ve recently posted on my irritation with SOME Christmas letters. Not all Christmas letters, I&#39;m not that Scrougey.2busyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904475961832992495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-42716566172972832832009-12-13T06:54:41.644-05:002009-12-13T06:54:41.644-05:00Homemade Kit Kats! I don&#39;t joke about these things!<br /><br />http://gabbyshewrote.blogspot.com/2008/11/just-call-me-willy-wonka.htmlGabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073382283843185345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-25247664378419301832009-12-12T22:44:12.921-05:002009-12-12T22:44:12.921-05:00Natalie, I have a confession. I detested white Christmas trees -- until I saw yours! It&#39;s gorgeous and sparkly and not at all tacky, which is what I thought all white Christmas trees were until you got your hands on one. Now I want one, although I don&#39;t think I&#39;d be able to pull off one that looks that great! You have an eye, lady, a great eye!Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609131422822504044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-57590932918090823072009-12-12T21:32:25.577-05:002009-12-12T21:32:25.577-05:00Pumpkin Cream Cheese Truffles....mmmmm. We didn&#39;t do cards this year. So sad.Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08581596060612892308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-16981228075096364122009-12-12T20:59:12.717-05:002009-12-12T20:59:12.717-05:00Your post was plenty sparkly :+) Gets me all in motion to send *my* cards out.<br /><br />Little chewy molasses crinkles are the best...but nothing can touch little PUMPKIN CHEESECAKES made in little muffin wrappers for induvidualized portions. Yum!<br /><br />Christmas Cards: fair game once it&#39;s December, but usually 2 weeks in advance. I always include a personal mini letter on all that lovely white space on the left of the card (that&#39;s what it&#39;s for...you know...) Cheers for Christmas!!redgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467377107439876941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-88922490259073222882009-12-12T20:52:02.459-05:002009-12-12T20:52:02.459-05:00Wait, Gabby, homemade Kit Kats?NatTheFatRathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698804808966036834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-3507405000090474452009-12-12T20:51:43.559-05:002009-12-12T20:51:43.559-05:00Rachel, he is a Wire Fox Terrier. (Barnaby MacDuffle is a Scottie MacDuff.)NatTheFatRathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698804808966036834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-24509482866536433082009-12-12T20:01:10.202-05:002009-12-12T20:01:10.202-05:00I think baked goods are my love language. Seriously. I&#39;m about to start making homemade kit kat bars.Gabbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073382283843185345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-24453374110048438552009-12-12T17:57:17.686-05:002009-12-12T17:57:17.686-05:00I do my baking all year round, why save it just for Christmas? <br /><br />Cards, in the mail TODAY. <br /><br />get excitedKalli Kohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918042036874607310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-24033560881027506272009-12-12T16:16:05.903-05:002009-12-12T16:16:05.903-05:00Ginger bread cookies, and hot cocoa on a stick. Dip some pretzels, make some caramels and oreo truffle balls- wallah- Christmas treats and neighbor gifts ready to go. It is easier if you have some unpaid laborer to wrap the caramels, as it is a very tedious job.Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04232281608898358053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-90010556252073951582009-12-12T16:06:48.761-05:002009-12-12T16:06:48.761-05:00Candy Cane cookies!!Mrs. Biscuithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17910911837379605152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-68886723325305922752009-12-12T16:06:04.746-05:002009-12-12T16:06:04.746-05:00I would love to bake, but just can&#39;t afford the ingredients, so maybe next year. Instead, I&#39;ll send out cards. I should be working on them right now, instead of reading blogs, actually. They&#39;ll get done by Wednesday, tho, when I will mail them out en masse. : ) <br /><br />Oh, and your Peter, getting into his present! Today when I got home from a movie &amp; lunch w/ friends, it was to find my Angel had gotten into the Christmas presents. The bag was gone (gone!) and she was not my first suspect, tho she should have been! The bag was in the library, one present was under my bed, one was in the doorway to the bathroom, and the one for my boss was (broken) in the kitchen. Le Sigh. <br /><br />Kids &amp; pets. Gotta love em! : )carmar76http://www.blogger.com/profile/08748959131382797114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-47803084098056745632009-12-12T15:14:58.569-05:002009-12-12T15:14:58.569-05:00I &lt;3 PP. What kind of dog is he?Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14088823107687848759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-71396536836701749812009-12-12T12:52:18.782-05:002009-12-12T12:52:18.782-05:00U should make a pannetone, an italian kind of bread with fruits and nuts and that kinf of stuff. I know u will love it!!!<br /><br />Please check my blog for the latest music news and video premieres. Don&#39;t loose the Soul Awards. Tell me what u think!<br />http://musicisthedoortothesoul.blogspot.com/Mu$ic i$ the door to the $oulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15697194336579071720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-41823512799831483492009-12-12T11:49:33.051-05:002009-12-12T11:49:33.051-05:00You MUST make Oreo Truffles. To. Die. For.Paisley Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719874744151382283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-55473001881588397972009-12-12T10:59:20.803-05:002009-12-12T10:59:20.803-05:00ooh, I have have been baking since Halloween. My holiday secret weapon: pumpkin.<br /> I have devised pumkin bread,pumkin bars, pumpkin cake, pumpkin cookies, and -- the most divine-- a Chocolate Cake that uses pumkin in place of egss/butter/oil and all that. It is super moist, super sweet (espcially with the addition of chocoalte chips), and terribly decadent. I have also made choclate chip, pecan chocolate chip, and mint-choclate chip cookies. <br />And a pumpkin pie-- from scratch (even the crust)-- my very first ever!!!<br />This is my first Christmas with an oven of my own and my friends (and potential boyfirend? IT&#39;s that red lipstick I am beginning to wear...) are reaping the benifits!Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423661121266695979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-53295875391626215552009-12-12T10:55:15.895-05:002009-12-12T10:55:15.895-05:00First, I love that your rat is wearing a Santa hat, how darn cute! Not only that but Peter Pan is so cuddly looking I want to hug him. But that would be weird. <br /><br />I am making chocolate jubilees (http://siestacupcakes.blogspot.com), orange sables (Tuesdays with Dorie), and sugar cookies with the cutest snowflake stencils ever found at www.fancyflours.com.<br /><br />I haven&#39;t figured out how to package them for shipping yet. Surely, there must be a way?Kaloulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02568404264416463648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-16474181476144393162009-12-12T10:14:53.881-05:002009-12-12T10:14:53.881-05:00Chocolate Chip, Sugar, Snickerdoodle, and Chocolate Crinkle cookies are the traditions around here. but I came across this incredibly easy recioe from real simple and I think I may give them a whirl: http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/palmiers-10000001131116/ <br /><br />As for cards... I am making ours, in an attempt to save money, and hoping to have them out by next Saturday!<br /><br />Merry, Merry!!Maurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676148289825960336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-90104088652843910462009-12-12T05:18:50.252-05:002009-12-12T05:18:50.252-05:00and e-cards to those ungrateful relatives who never bother to send a christmas card to Italy because it&#39;s too expensive (or so they say).Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01394567545642628172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-60695904118779478622009-12-12T05:17:26.775-05:002009-12-12T05:17:26.775-05:00I&#39;m making puckle warts cookies this year.Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01394567545642628172noreply@blogger.com