My usual Christmas Cookie recipes are things like Bon Bon Cookies (Hershey kiss inside a ball and dunked in chocolate), butter (spritz) cookies, cutouts (have a really tasty "Jello Cookie" recipe for that one, Cinammon Twists, Kolaczki, Cherry Cookies, Candy Cane (shortbread) cookies.... and if you'll forgive the self-link, they're all online here on our food site: Food Follies Cookie Recipes. Oh yeah, and fudge - gotta make that fudge!!! Mmmmm.....
We live way out in the middle of nowhere, CA, in a 'town' of 200, with just one public building, the post office, which is twelve miles away from us. And we're about 1/2 hour drive from the nearest gas station. Occasionally, we get a little traffic noise from the rural route, but it's a couple thousand feet from the house. The closest human neighbor is about 2.5 miles away. HOWEVER... if you've ever heard a mama cow (neighbor's land next to us) yelling for her calf, then you know what noise is - LOL. An incessant and bellowing MOOOO that goes on and on and on and goes right through you until the calf finally gets to her. Oh, and I never knew that a bull on the prowl could sound like an amazingly loud pack of screaming girls - kind of chilling, actually. ;-)
I can still remember that, as a little kid, I KNEW that 'that guy' wasn't REALLY Santa. (Probably the same reason I hated clowns. *grin*) I only remember visiting "Santa" once in the mall, and I believe I wouldn't say anything and might have even started crying. Just like the little brother Randy in 'A Christmas Story' - heh - with a touch less screaming. Luckily, my parents weren't really in it for the photo so they never did it again.
My usual Christmas Cookie recipes are things like Bon Bon Cookies (Hershey kiss inside a ball and dunked in chocolate), butter (spritz) cookies, cutouts (have a really tasty "Jello Cookie" recipe for that one, Cinammon Twists, Kolaczki, Cherry Cookies, Candy Cane (shortbread) cookies.... and if you'll forgive the self-link, they're all online here on our food site: Food Follies Cookie Recipes. Oh yeah, and fudge - gotta make that fudge!!! Mmmmm.....
posted by foxvox 20 years ago
In "Curious George: Noisy neighborhood?"
We live way out in the middle of nowhere, CA, in a 'town' of 200, with just one public building, the post office, which is twelve miles away from us. And we're about 1/2 hour drive from the nearest gas station. Occasionally, we get a little traffic noise from the rural route, but it's a couple thousand feet from the house. The closest human neighbor is about 2.5 miles away. HOWEVER... if you've ever heard a mama cow (neighbor's land next to us) yelling for her calf, then you know what noise is - LOL. An incessant and bellowing MOOOO that goes on and on and on and goes right through you until the calf finally gets to her. Oh, and I never knew that a bull on the prowl could sound like an amazingly loud pack of screaming girls - kind of chilling, actually. ;-)
posted by foxvox 20 years ago
In "Tips for visiting Santa."
I can still remember that, as a little kid, I KNEW that 'that guy' wasn't REALLY Santa. (Probably the same reason I hated clowns. *grin*) I only remember visiting "Santa" once in the mall, and I believe I wouldn't say anything and might have even started crying. Just like the little brother Randy in 'A Christmas Story' - heh - with a touch less screaming. Luckily, my parents weren't really in it for the photo so they never did it again.
posted by foxvox 20 years ago
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