December 23, 2011

• Christmas Favorites Tag

  Favorite Movie
  
  I love "The Lemon Drop Kid"
    
  

  
  Favorite Photo
  

  Favorite memory
  When I was 7 I was standing on the corner of  '6th and Penn' in downtown Reading PA
  (pronounced Red-ding, it is the same Reading as the Reading Railroad in Monopoly)
  I was waiting to cross the street. Silver bells was playing over a PA System somewhere.
  It was beginning to snow and I remember looking at the stop light and listening to the song,
  

  Strings of street lights
  Even stop lights
  Blink a bright red and green
  As the shoppers rush
  home with their treasures.

  I could see the whole song all around me,people all bundled up, packages,
  kids hanging on to their Mom's coats and lights, all kinds of lights....
  " in the air there's a feeling of Christmas".
  I remember looking and looking and then nearly getting trampled to death
  when the light changed because I was so lost in the wonder of it all.
  

  Favorite cookie
  
  Raspberry Schnitten
  1/2 cup butter, softened
  1/3 cup sugar
  1 lg. egg
  2 cups flour
  1/3 cup seedless raspberry jam
  (I use strawberry or black raspberry)
  1/3 cup chopped walnuts(sometimes I forget to use these )
  1 cup chocolate chips(I use white chocolate instead of dark)
  Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg.
  Gradually stir in flour until blended. Divide dough in half.
  Wrap each half in plastic wrap and chill 1 hour, or until firm enough to roll.
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  Put each piece of dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper
  and roll to a 12-inch by 5-inch rectangle.
  Peel off top paper sheets, invert onto cookie sheet 2 inches apart.
  Peel off bottom paper. Fold long edges inward (1/2-inch), keeping borders even.
  Pat any cracks to seal.
  Spread jam to the folded edge (do not put jam on the folded edges).
  Sprinkle nuts over jam. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until edges are golden brown.
  Cool slightly, then cut each rectangle into 16 slices (I use a pizza cutter).
  Remove to rack to finish cooling.
  Once cooled completely, melt the chocolate chips in a small saucepan on low heat,
  stirring to prevent burning. Dip plain edges of cookies into chocolate
  and set on waxed paper to cool.
  Makes 32 cookies.
  
  Favorite ornament
  I collect Nativities and ugly old plastic "Jewel Brite" Ornaments.
  This set combined both of my loves.I just love tacky vintage ornaments.
    

  Favorite carol
  'O Holy Night'

  Favorite Christmas Recordings
  
  'Messiah'
  The Philadelphia Orchestra directed by Eugene Ormandy and
  The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
  it is the first record that I ever remember being played .

  
  Time-Life Music:Treasury of Christmas - 'Holiday Memories'
  Great variety of classics

  
  'Christmas Star'
  The Cambridge Singers and Orchestra
  directed by John Rutter
  This has the most beautiful classical carols.

  
  '3 Ships'
  Jon Anderson (from 'Yes')
  I love this CD.

  
  'Handel's Messiah; A Soulful Celebration'
  Quincy Jones put together this incredible group of people
  for one of the most uplifting Christmas recording that I know of.

  Favorite place to shop
  Flea Markets,all year long I collect odds and ends for Christmas Presents
  or Amazon

  Favorite present I gave
  It has been the things I have done that seem to mean the most.
  Like putting up someone's tree the year they are to sick to do it...
  and remembering to go take it down too.
  
  
  Favorite present I received
  An old Victorian Scrapbook...
  I went to an auction soon after I got married.
  It was late in the fall and we were freezing standing outside  bidding on things.
  There was an old scrapbook that some young Victorian girl had made that I wanted.
  I stood in the cold,waiting to bid on it.
  The bidding for the Scrapbook started. I took it up to $100 but I couldn't go higher,
  it sold for $110 to an antique dealer.
  When I got home I told my husband (Dave) all about my bidding war,
  he kindly listened and did not say
  "WHaaaa? You bid One hundred dollars for more junk?"
  Unbeknownst to me....he called the auctioneer and had the scrapbook tracked down,
  which took a few days,they had to go through all their sales tickets.
  Dave found out where it was and he went and bought the Victorian Scrapbook for me.
  It was the first Christmas present he gave me as my husband.           

     
  
  I hope you will do the tag and
  post some of your Christmas favorites?
  Movie
  Cookie
  Carol
  Recording or CD
  Gifts given and received
  Book/story
  Ornament
  Memory
  
  People who did the tag
  twiztidsilverskull
  threesilkstockings
  affinityinunderstanding
  Saintvi
  Comet555

   

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