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Dear Jenny,
Thank you for your patience. I have been awful with communication this past week.
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It always happens if I'm being a hag, it is just that time of the month. I never know why until my mother figures it out... :P
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SO, on to the Christmassy stuff of the day!
Mom & I made gingerbread dough last night, while listening to all the Christmas records. Speaking of that, I need to get an iTunes card & download my favourite versions of my favourite songs! Got some of the Christmas magazines out (we keep them every year). We're in one of them from a year or two ago - well Mom and my sister are. I didn't go to that event that year. My dad died on Christmas Eve, getting food ready for this event...I've had a couple times there that were good since, but I just can't face it always.
Today, my friend Marla has been sick (and her sister & sister's boyfriend is coming to visit tonight from Ontario!), so I stayed home and I got the Christmas things out! I'm watching 100 Years of the Santa Claus Parade DVD & later today the Santa Claus Parade is on! Big tradition. My mother grew up near Toronto, so she's seen it there. I'd love to see it once or more in person. We'll roll out & cut gingerbread people this afternoon. There were some monsters and unfortune candy placements that ended up looking phallic last year.... ^_^; Springerle is next, using a cookie press Dad bought Mom that is very, very nice. The design is a nutcracker's face. We have several plastic presses, but I'd like to get Mom another nice Christmas one. We do have some nice farm animals, they're adorable! There's a golden apple on my tree outside the window to my right. <3 How Narnian.
I hope to make the mocca balls this week. It's squares of pound cake covered on all sides by pastel icing (my Christmas growing up was all in pastels as far as sweets went AND the reindeer are the most important cookie shape) and rolled in coconut. So yum. Especially frozen. Then, coffee balls (including gluten-free for Sarah & friends), and thumbprint cookies, the white cookies, crescents, biscotti....
☆39 Days Until Christmas Eve☆