Posts Tagged ‘Christmas recipes’

Bake Christmas Treats With Your Kids

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Christmas is such a wonderful time of year. Children especially love the season and begin to get excited from the beginning of December, waiting for that special day. You can add to that excitement by letting your kids make special treats for the holiday season. They will be so excited about taking part in getting [...]

The Never Ending Christmas Recipe

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Celebrating the holidays starts at home. And not only there, but it also starts in the mind and hearts of those who want to continue yearly traditions for sentimental reasons. Xmas recipes, or Christmas recipes, are a great way to continue yearly traditions within your own family. In my family, we’ve taken recipes going back [...]

Christmas Recipes: Cakes & Tarts, No.6 of 7 – Chocolate & Orange Cake

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

Christmas recipe serves: 16 calories per serving: 495 preparation time: 25 minutes cooking time: 1 hour 40 minutes Suitable for freezing after step 5 Christmas recipe ingredients: oil for greasing white chocolate, 125 g (4 oz) milk chocolate, 125 g (4 oz) plain chocolate, 375 g (13 oz) softened butter, 175 g (6 oz) caster [...]

Christmas Recipes: Cakes & Tarts. No.1 of 7 – Mincemeat & Marzipan Tart

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Christmas recipe serves: 8 calories per serving: 780 preparation time: 1 hour and chilling cooking time: 45 minutes suitable for freezing after step 4 Christmas recipe ingredients:

Making New Christmas Dinner Menu Traditions

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

When I was a little girl I loved to be in the kitchen with my Mom Mom, especially when she was cooking Christmas dinner. I have lots of fond memories of Mom Mom in her hand embroidered apron standing over a stove top filled with pots and pans full of wonderful smells. The table was [...]

Five Christmas Myths

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

There are several myths about Christmas. Some of them are just really funny while others are quite spooky. On the other hand it has been discovered that some of them are actually true and not myths at all. For instance, it’s not a myth that Christmas is actually a combination of three different festivals, the [...]

Four Christmas Facts

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

It might surprise you to learn some facts about Christmas. On the other hand maybe it probably wouldn’t. Fact 1: Santa Claus may have originated as the Anglo Saxon god, WodenWell, yes. The Santa Claus we know today as the jolly old fat man who brings presents every Christmas eve is definitely a corruption of [...]

Last Christmas and This Christmas

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

You are forgiven if you thought I was referring to Christmas 2007 and Christmas 2008. What I actually had in mind were my two favourite Christmas songs. My two favourite Christmas songs are, ‘Last Christmas’ by Wham! and ‘This Christmas’ by… I don’t know. That song has been performed by various artistes. There is a [...]

Spare Someone a Thought This Christmas

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

It’s been about four years now since the remix of the Charity song performed by various artistes was UK’s Number one Christmas singles track. At that time very few people, if any, had any inkling about sub-prime mortgages and credit crunch. No one would ever have believed that the five biggest Investments banks in the [...]

Enjoying the Christmas Season With Your Family

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

No matter what activities are done during the festive Christmas season, the most important thing to consider is having fun and lasting memories with your family members. What is more enjoyable than Enjoying the Christmas Season with your family? After all, isn’t family what the holidays are all about? There are a lot of things [...]