tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post6572441187094861050..comments2023-10-22T11:45:23.103-04:00Comments on dead baby jokes: season's greetingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-9145293330351385222007-11-28T00:03:00.000-05:002007-11-28T00:03:00.000-05:00I want that recipe. Please, pretty please. I woul...I want that recipe. Please, pretty please. I would even be willing to trade a recipe of sorts.<BR/><BR/>I want to eat my computer screen right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-46251892723966604262007-11-26T14:28:00.000-05:002007-11-26T14:28:00.000-05:00I love the lights. Recipe for the jodekager?? Pl...I love the lights. <BR/><BR/>Recipe for the jodekager?? Please??<BR/><BR/>GretchenLawMommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772740759391002766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-35136652020204779402007-11-26T13:01:00.000-05:002007-11-26T13:01:00.000-05:00I love all the Christmas decorations and movies an...I love all the Christmas decorations and movies and the parties and paraphanalia, and shopping, as long as I do it ahead of time.<BR/><BR/>The only thing I don't like, is dealing with Mr.Cotta around the budget aspect. He seems to think buying presents should cost nothing, or better yet no presents at all. Every year he turns to me a couple of weeks before Christmas and says, "I think we should just agree not to give presents to each other this year." And I laugh....since I've already bought his presents months ago. I give him a list of things to buy for me, and he grumps endlessly.<BR/><BR/>Same with the kids. He really does keep too much Grinch in his back pocket somedays.<BR/><BR/>I've been working on him, slowly. He's getting better.Aureliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691032415028867902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-83445222989822286482007-11-26T11:50:00.000-05:002007-11-26T11:50:00.000-05:00funny -- I was just going to post that the christm...funny -- I was just going to post that the christmas lights in the city have finally been switched on. It appears late to me; probably because I remember christmas-y stuff in stores in Germany as early as September.<BR/>I love to find or make a nice gift for everyone (not so much if I cannot think of anything..) And the lights, with snow, I agree with Beruriah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-38732107923540276582007-11-26T10:13:00.000-05:002007-11-26T10:13:00.000-05:00Lights, absolutely. White lights downtown reflecti...Lights, absolutely. White lights downtown reflecting on snow, especially.Beruriahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171541078529309991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-34257408315063149562007-11-26T09:38:00.000-05:002007-11-26T09:38:00.000-05:00Must. eat. some. of those. The cruelty!Must. eat. some. of those. The cruelty!Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-52958198998751834532007-11-26T09:08:00.000-05:002007-11-26T09:08:00.000-05:00Egg nog, I'm with cate.Egg nog, I'm with cate.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-28981234872547955532007-11-26T09:07:00.000-05:002007-11-26T09:07:00.000-05:00"nonsectarian lights" cracked me up. Hope you don..."nonsectarian lights" cracked me up. Hope you don't mind if I borrow that.<BR/><BR/>I love the baking and decorating, hate the shopping/commercialism. This year I'm taking a pass out of pretty much everything (cards, shopping) with the exception of the neighborhood party which is held in my house, and I feel strangely libertated. That might come back to bite me in the ass.Tashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376651134993450207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-58473906908205985662007-11-26T08:19:00.000-05:002007-11-26T08:19:00.000-05:00When I have the time and energy, I enjoy shopping ...When I have the time and energy, I enjoy shopping for "the perfect gift" for loved ones, or knitting things.<BR/><BR/>When I don't have the time and energy (seems like that's been the last 8 years) I resent the feeling of obligation.E. Phantzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812948199658356521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-84688619125467617652007-11-26T06:20:00.000-05:002007-11-26T06:20:00.000-05:00i love christmas. i think it's because its when i ...i love christmas. i think it's because its when i get to be the most creative. and it's the only time of the year when i bake.christina(apronstrings)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11806155985753148490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-72134024946500191342007-11-26T05:17:00.000-05:002007-11-26T05:17:00.000-05:00Apparently they used to be sold in Jewish bakeries...Apparently they used to be sold in Jewish bakeries.Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210823139583056706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-71633589404899164802007-11-26T04:27:00.000-05:002007-11-26T04:27:00.000-05:00I both love and hate the music.I love the special ...I both love and hate the music.<BR/><BR/>I love the special times with family but wish that they weren't so far away.<BR/><BR/>I love the lights everywhere.BasilBeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16922682348740989545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-21364421460796201482007-11-26T00:17:00.000-05:002007-11-26T00:17:00.000-05:00I have never really been that into Christmas, what...I have never really been that into Christmas, what with my tiny and uber dysfunctional family. Now, I'm just pretending it doesn't exist. I like the "not feeling obligated to do anything thing" you have going. I'm going for zero responsibility this year. D is even doing all the shopping. And yes, I am a total grinch.willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572783269735273576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-14069275128236171442007-11-25T23:58:00.000-05:002007-11-25T23:58:00.000-05:00wow, those cookies were gorgous alreadymy favorite...wow, those cookies were gorgous already<BR/><BR/>my favorite parts? hard to say. The old hymns, the lights, the silence, the reflection, the PREPARATION - not of my home or the presents or of food, but of my heart. Preparing to meet God. That's my favorite part.painted maypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446625015003854710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-66807682303492218412007-11-25T23:14:00.000-05:002007-11-25T23:14:00.000-05:00I like the music, the movies I've seen a billion t...I like the music, the movies I've seen a billion times but still watch when they come on TV, buying for charity drives, cinnamon on everything...<BR/><BR/>I don't like getting a bunch of gifts from family that I don't need or want and having to find some place to store them until I feel a sufficient amount of time has passed that I can give them to a thrift store.Furrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617566957749784387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-4912459008911136302007-11-25T22:44:00.000-05:002007-11-25T22:44:00.000-05:00I do like a lot of the classical Christmas music. ...I do like a lot of the classical Christmas music. And I like the lights.thailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-39488957450724166072007-11-25T22:35:00.000-05:002007-11-25T22:35:00.000-05:00The decorations, the excitement, the gatherings. I...The decorations, the excitement, the gatherings. I hate all the shopping for people who don't need a thing so thank goodness my mother decided that we're not doing gifts in our family this year (except for the baby, of course). So it should be just about perfect!Antropólogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720065905801369495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-24531643654498576782007-11-25T22:28:00.001-05:002007-11-25T22:28:00.001-05:00Those are some delicious looking cookies! What do...Those are some delicious looking cookies! <BR/><BR/>What do I love about Christmas? EVERYTHING! I love the buying gifts, making and sending cards, wrapping presents, the music, the lights...and the fact that for just a moment in time people will go out of their way to be kind to someone else.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18010155174814652914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-81080024057169308422007-11-25T22:28:00.000-05:002007-11-25T22:28:00.000-05:00I hate everything about Christmas. Except for Egg ...I hate everything about Christmas. Except for Egg Nog. I love Egg Nog.Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033228273412280786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-36837147373085511402007-11-25T22:25:00.000-05:002007-11-25T22:25:00.000-05:00LOVE: the musicHATE: the expectation of gifts, b...LOVE: the music<BR/><BR/>HATE: the expectation of gifts, both buying and receiving. People ask what I want and I really don't know.<BR/><BR/>My perfect Christmas would just like it is but without present. Still lights, still music, still goodwill, still family time. Still good food. Still corny TV shows.<BR/><BR/>But no freaking shopping.Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-31877152164639260062007-11-25T22:22:00.000-05:002007-11-25T22:22:00.000-05:00Cookie decorating. Definitely. I love it - more ...Cookie decorating. Definitely. I love it - more than I can even convey. Truffle making is fun too. Honestly, any kind of holiday baking. I really want to get those 3D cookie cutters. Although I like to make cookies with someone else and I don't have anyone to do this with. My sister-in-law and I have done this together. Maybe when I get down to the farm in December. My brother's mother-in-law knows how much I love this - so usually she arranges this to occur when I'm there. Just like she always makes me my favorite down on the farm breakfast. So - cookie decorating and spending time with my bother and sister-in-law, and going to the farm, where I can sit in a jacuzzi tub every night. As far as what I don't like - I'm not even going to go there. I'm trying to focus on the positive.EmmaLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976963296705941968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-31139535436483491212007-11-25T22:19:00.000-05:002007-11-25T22:19:00.000-05:00Those cookies look fabulous!This Christmas I am lo...Those cookies look fabulous!<BR/><BR/>This Christmas I am looking forward to spending time with my family - the last 4 Christmases have been spent with the in laws, and whilst I do love them it's just not the same...Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433861868469484062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-43828542496959004722007-11-25T22:03:00.000-05:002007-11-25T22:03:00.000-05:00I love the decorations and the baking. I hate the...I love the decorations and the baking. I hate the sadness that the holiday brings for so many reasons. <BR/><BR/>And I would also like the cookie recipe. I will trade a cookie recipe for it. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-39399869105724180412007-11-25T21:26:00.000-05:002007-11-25T21:26:00.000-05:00My mom makes crescent-shaped cookies which, for so...My mom makes crescent-shaped cookies which, for some reason, are called Jewish shortbread. They have ground almonds and cinnamon in them in addition to butter, sugar and flour and are dusted with confectioner's sugar.<BR/>Get your blog friends to take you to the Harbord Bakery next time you're in Toronto.<BR/>Oh and Christmas? It doesn't exist this year...<BR/>I was thinking dim sum and a movie, instead.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02222598464601154747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-83718822500404290962007-11-25T21:13:00.000-05:002007-11-25T21:13:00.000-05:00I like giving. And wrapping. And cooking. And d...I like giving. And wrapping. And cooking. And decorating.<BR/><BR/>And I'd like the recipe please! Those cookies look wonderful.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.com