December is the time for baking in the kitchen, insulated against the cold weather by a festive fug of spices, brandy and rich dried fruit: cookies, mince pies, Christmas pudding, Christmas cake. The Christmas cake should be prepared well ahead of time so it has time to develop moistness and flavour. Usually I procrastinate and bake it only a week before Christmas but this year I was determined to do it right. So yesterday the kitchen exuded a gentle spicy aroma as the cake cooked extremely slowly for four and a half hours. Just one whiff is enough to conjure up Christmas.

It is just the sort of rich, damp, heavy fruit cake that Captain Hook put out to poison the Lost Boys in the original Peter Pan story. That detail seems to have been omitted in the updated versions, maybe these days it seems too old-fashioned to believe that rich cake is death to young stomachs! My kids aren’t really into the cake itself anyway, but they love the marzipan and icing, so will nibble meagrely at the cake in order to justify feasting on their icing and that of the adults as well, who Jack Sprat-like tend to prefer the cake and leave the excess sweet icing to the children.

Just before Christmas I usually get out the reliable old Delia Smith cook book to check out the cake recipe and quantities for the marzipan. Her recipes almost always work and are accurate if not always inspired. Now she is long supplanted by the younger, sexier Nigella, but her books are still at the back of my shelf for when I need to check details of some ordinary but useful dish.

Rich Fruit Cake Recipe

450g/1lb currants
175g/6oz sultanas
175g/6oz raisins
50g/2oz glace cherries(optional)
50g/2oz mixed candied peel chopped
3 tablespoons brandy
225g/8oz plain flour
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg
½ teaspoon mixed spice
225g/8oz unsalted butter
225g/8oz soft brown sugar
4 large eggs
50g/2oz chopped almonds
1 dessertspoon treacle
grated rind of 1 lemon
grated rind of 1 orange

The night before you want to make the cake, soak all the dried fruit and peel with the brandy. Leave it in a covered bowl over night or at least twelve hours.

Grease and line a 20cm/8 inch round cake tin or a 18cm/ 7 inch square one.

Sift together the flour, salt and spices. Cream the butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy (make sure you do this thoroughly). Beat eggs and add them a little at a time to the creamed mixture, beating well each time. Next fold in the flour and spices gently. Stir in the dried fruit and peel, treacle and the grated lemon and orange rind. Spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tin and spread it out evenly. Tie a band of brown paper round the outside of the tin and cover the top of the cake with a double layer of greaseproof paper (with a hole cut in the middle of it) Bake the cake at 140C/275F on the lower shelf of the oven for 4 ¼ - 4 ¾ hours. Don’t open the door to check until at least 4 hours have passed. Once the cake has cooled wrap it in a layer of greaseproof paper then foil. Delia recommends feeding it with brandy every week or so, by poking a couple of holes with a skewer then letting a few teaspoons of brandy soak in.

Our cake is now well wrapped in grease-proof paper and foil and stored on a shelf in the larder to steep in its own flavours. A week before Christmas I’ll make the marzipan to go on it. I’ll have a lot of help with that as the children vie to gather up any scraps that fall or are trimmed off. We’ve even converted marzipan haters in the family to our variety of almond paste, just by leaving out the almond essence, which gives the strong almost metallic taste to shop marzipan. Without it the real almond flavour gets a chance to shine through, more mellow and delicately nutty. (I’ll write up my recipe for the marzipan and royal icing in my next article.)

On top of the marzipan goes the top layer of royal icing, made with icing sugar and egg white, put on rough to resemble a snowy scene. When I was growing up we had a set of figures for a Nativity scene that always decorated the cake and it was my favourite job to arrange them with a few tiny pine trees for added effect. You can be creative with your decoration, go for elegant with a single artificial poinsettia flower or fun with plastic animals – a donkey and ox, or as I often do being in Africa, a zebra, elephant and giraffe - standing around in the snow. Silver balls could make a star or you could find a tiny angel decoration to stand atop the cake heralding Christmas.

Homemade Christmas ornaments may sound unprofessional and, well, home made. But if you’re interested in making your own Christmas ornaments, you’ll be surprised by how beautiful your ornaments can turn out. As a matter of fact, just changing the name of your homemade Christmas ornaments and calling them “handcrafted Christmas ornaments” already gives them a much more professional sound, doesn’t it?

And you’re limited only by your imagination. Imagine spending some time thinking of some unusual ideas for your ornaments - ideas that may be peculiar to your family, or incorporate your interests. And then spend a few afternoons or evenings putting those ideas into reality, and the homemade Christmas ornaments that will result will be the envy of all your friends.

There are many fancy homemade Christmas ornaments effects that you can only get from combining beaded Christmas ornaments and handcrafted Christmas ornaments.

Laser engraved Christmas ornaments, for example, can combine photographs with stunning glass etching. These can be commercially made, of course, but if you want your homemade Christmas ornaments to look like Christmas ornament crafts, you can take the time to look for and purchase unique Christmas ornaments that you can then find the perfect photo for, and either undertake the engraving yourself if you’re very craft-minded, or just supervise the engraving by a professional, but make sure the handcrafted Christmas ornaments turn out just as you want them.

And whether you prefer a homemade aesthetic or something more professionally done, consider incorporating photos in order to have really unique Christmas ornaments this year. Do you think your friends and family will be impressed by your handiwork? You bet they will!

Christmas would have the same meaning with holiday and celebration. People, including you would like to have a certain plan to celebrate the special event with spouse or family, whether just having a family gathering, or vacation somewhere in the country or going abroad.

But somehow, you don’t have enough budgets to do what you want, or don’t have the idea about where to go, what to do, etc. Actually it is not a problem, as the event itself should be taken as a chance to build your relationship closer, no matter where you go, what you do, as long as you enjoy and being together with your love ones, I think it’s what its count.

However, here’s some idea for you to celebrate your Christmas holiday:

1.Stay at home, renting nice VCD and DVD, then enjoy the films together with your love ones.

2. Exploring places of interest on your neighborhood, either it’s a lake, garden, forest garden maybe you could have a picnic there.

3. Going abroad to a new place you never went before. You could browse the internet to make the whole plan, as it very easy now to book everything (tickets, hotel, tours, and other accommodations) from the internet. And sometimes you would get special internet rate or a special early booking discount.

4. How about visiting your parents or grandparents that you hardly to visit on working days? I believe they would more than happy to have you there with them. Elderly people sometimes feel lonely and useless, make them feel precious, pamper them on this Christmas, be a blessing one another. They will be happy to see you and your family.

5. Have a traveling by car together with your best friends and their family, Friend is a jewel, you should take a good care of them. Sometimes when you need help on your hard days, do you remember who stands by you? Have a good time with them. You don’t get best friends everyday, you should appreciate what you have.

6. How about making your Christmas holiday productive? Actually you can re-arrange your home interior if you want. Or you can do some changes on your garden. It would be fun to have a new environment for the whole family. It will like have a new house without moving anywhere.

7. Want to earn money on Christmas? Why not? You can sell Christmas cake, help your neighbors taking care of their pet when they are on their trip, sell items for busy people that have no time to shop for their Christmas gifts. It’s plenty of things you can figure out.

8. How about make a difference on this Christmas? You could join the nearest church or other organization to be one of their volunteers. You will feel good if you could be part of the humanity, part of the neighborhood. Maybe you only doing a small action, but it mean a lot for they who need it. Maybe they will take you to nursing home and have a Christmas celebration there, but could you imagine how happy those elder people having all of you together on Christmas? You could make a difference on somebody else life if you want.

I believe besides all of that idea, there are still lots of things you can do on this Christmas. Let this Christmas be different, not only for you but also for your surrounding. Don’t only let your Christmas be a hip celebration, make it to be a meaningful and unforgettable Christmas for everybody, especially your loves ones.

Christmas songs have become a symbol of holidays for people living across the globe. Christmas being the time of fun and frolic, has made funny Christmas songs quite popular among kids as well as adults. The actual sentiment behind singing song is to commemorate the birth Of Lord Jesus Christ, who later in his life became the savior of mankind. For such a stupendous cause,the origin of funny Christmas songs in the ancient times is out of context. But, humor is the spice of life. Since contemporary generations added that fun element to it, ancient songs have got a new dimension to it.

The characteristic trait of funny Christmas songs is it’s joyous music and easy to remember lyrics. The song called Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer was never so popular since it’s funny version was released. Many parodies of religious carols can be seen on television and theater shows. Some of the timeless classic funny Christmas songs are here just for you.

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

The funny Christmas song has been written by Donald Gardner in 1944 and since then many singers released songs with musical variations in it.

Hang Up Your Stockin’

The CD of the kid’s favorite funny Christmas song was released by Capitol Records in 1963.

Jolly Old Nicholas

St. Nicholas is the official name of everyone darling Santa Clause. A beautiful jolly song dedicated to Santa uncle is on the lips of every child during this season.

Up On The House Top

A song by Alvin and Chipmunks is one of the most popular Christmas songs of all times.

It’s Christmas again, and you’re looking at the stacks of decorations you put away last January. It can seem like quite a challenge, especially if you don’t think you’re very good when it comes to decorating. But Christmas decor is something that will definitely get you in the Christmas spirit. With the tips below, you’ll be feeling Christmas cheer in no time.

First, take a good look around your house or apartment. There are a lot of places where a spot of Christmas decor will work wonders. There are the obvious places, like your fireplace mantal, and putting lights along your rooftop, but don’t forget about your stairs, your bathroom and yes, even the kitchen!

When you’re thinking about decorating your stairs, the first thought that probably comes to mind is winding a garland or a length of greenery around the bannister. To add a bit of flare, find a battery operated string of Christmas lights, and twine that in around your garland or greens. Another nice touch is to place small pots of poinsettias along the edge of alternating steps. (If you have animals, however, be wary about poinsettias, as they have poisonous parts.)

Putting a Christmas wreath on your front door is an easy festive touch, but don’t forget that wreaths look good inside your home, too. Mistletoe is lovely in doorways, and makes for great laughs when you’re holding your annual Christmas party. You can tie bows anywhere - the backs of chairs, on doorknobs, the corners of your tablecloth - and indoor Christmas lights don’t belong just on your tree or around your windows.

You probably put up your Christmas tree in your living room or family room. This season, keep your eye out while shopping for small Christmas trees, and consider putting these smaller trees in other rooms in your house. For example, if your front foyer is large enough, a small decorated tree there makes a perfect Christmas greeting for visitors. A small potted live Christmas tree in your downstairs bathroom will really brighten things up.

One wonderful thing about using smaller trees in other rooms in the house is that it allows you to play around with different color schemes suitable for different rooms - colors that you might not want to use on your main Christmas tree. Have you always pined for a tree decorated with blue and white ornaments only, but know that your kids would be very upset with that kind of “adult” look to the tree? Indulge yourself by buying a smaller tree for the den or the front room, and decorate it exactly the way you’ve always wanted!

It’s fun to decorate a house for Christmas. Keep this in mind and don’t try to make things too perfect. Enjoy the ritual of putting up your decorations, and when you’re done, turn off the living room lights, turn on the Christmas tree lights, make yourself a cup of hot chocolate or floral tea, and sink into your couch with your loved ones.

Christmas is coming up fast and before you know it, it will be time to deck the halls with festive Christmas decorations. While nothing looks more inviting than rooms of perfectly adorned holiday items most of us don’t have hours to spend creating them. If you love decorating for the holidays but time is precious here are some Christmas decorating ideas that are quick and easy to create.

Fragrance

The smell of cinnamon gets me in the holiday spirit as soon as I smell it. Just by placing a couple of air fresheners in the wall you will instantly have a “holiday” smell and that will help the ambiance of your home.

Plants

Poinsettias have long been a holiday favorite for adding a quick splash of Christmas color. Instead of just displaying one lone plant try using several plants together to make a beautiful floral arrangement. Place several Poinsettias together in the fireplace when it’s not in use or line the plants along a window sill for a row of holiday blooms.

These plants make cheap and easy Christmas decorations that can be moved and rearranged for a variety of different looks.

Candles Are Beautiful for Every Occasion

When it comes to quick and inexpensive Christmas decorations never underestimate the beauty of a candle. A grouping of dinner candles placed in gold or silver candle holders of varying lengths on a tray makes a great centerpiece for a dining or coffee table. Add some pine cones, cinnamon sticks or Christmas baubles on the tray for an added holiday touch. Love the look of flames but can’t be bothered to light a fire? Place a large arrangement of candles in your fireplace or on your hearth for no-hassle ambiance.

Everyday Items as Decorations

If non-traditional Christmas decorations are more to your liking try converting everyday items into quick and festive arrangements. Choose a sculpted bowl, glass or porcelain work great, and place it on a gold or silver tray. Fill with like colored fruits of different sizes. Great combinations are pomegranates and cranberries or a mixture of oranges, tangerines and kumquats. Soften the look with sprigs of holly or other festive greenery. Accent the tray with gold Christmas balls and you have a stunning centerpiece in minutes.

Traditional Christmas Decorations

Tradition is a big part of the holiday season and even the most modern decors will likely benefit from tried and true standards. Ribbon and bows are safe favorites that require very little effort on your part but using them in unexpected ways adds a unique twist on these Christmas decorations. Use bows, either handmade or store bought, and ribbon as festive tie backs for curtains. To quickly dress up your dining table why not turn the back of your chairs into Christmas gifts? Wrap one piece of ribbon horizontally around the back of the chair and another piece vertically. Have the pieces meet and overlap as you would on a boxed gift. Add a large bow where the two pieces meet to finish off the look.

Christmas Lights

Just by throwing a couple of strands of lights up makes a big difference. It will make you feel in the holiday spirit and lights do not have to be placed perfectly. When it gets dark and you turn your lights on they are guaranteed to look beautiful. A stand of lights can be bought for a buck or two. So throw out a couple strands and you will feel in the holiday spirit.

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It’s no surprise that winter sports are popular around Christmas time, with many areas of the country just minutes or hours from great skiing during this time of year. But what do you get the person in your life that’s crazy about skiing or snowboarding? Here are some excellent gift ideas that are sure to please the winter sports enthusiasts in your life:

It’s not easy to buy someone a new pair of skis, boots or even clothing since it’s difficult to know what size they wear. Instead of the types of gifts that require proper sizing, consider gifts that will surely be used and won’t be brought back to the store because they don’t fit. One excellent gift idea is a lift pass to their favorite ski area. All you need to do is find out where they ski. You’ll find most ski destinations offer ski or lift passes to purchase easily online. Ski goggles are also a gift that will surely be appreciated and used by the recipient. Ski goggles are an easy gift to size as well, since goggles are usually a “one size fits all” type of item. There’s a wide range of ski goggles, including sexy and sleek versions that will provide any skiier with a comfortable, clear and safe experience for their eyes while on the slopes. You may also consider a helmet, which is only available in small, medium and large sizes, so it’s quite easy to pick the right size, as long as you have an idea of the size of the recipients head. A helmet is a gift that you can feel great about, since it has the potential to keep your loved one safe and may even save their life.

Your loved one may enjoy listening to Beethoven while swooshing down the slopes, if so, then consider getting them one of the new wireless audio kits now available. These kits will work with their MP3 player and allow them to use wireless headphones that fit snugly inside of their helmet or cap. An iTunes gift certificate would go well with this gift, or even a new iPod.

More great and economical ideas for skiiers include gloves, ski caps and socks. Gloves are a good choice since they are generally available in set sizes like small, medium and large or men’s and women’s. Ski caps are a nice idea for skiiers who don’t wear helmets and they’re available in a huge range of styles, colors and fabrics. You’ll surely find one that fits the personality of the recipient. You don’t want to forget the socks. Yes, it may seem boring to some people, but thick, cozy winter socks are a practical gift for any skiier or snowboarder, that they’ll appreciate whether on the slopes or off.

Perfect Stocking Stuffers

Gift certificates to an outdoor or sporting goods store are a fantastic gift idea for anyone who is in need of some new gear. This way, they can get the perfect size. Gift cards also fit perfect in a card or stocking. Don’t forget accessories either. There are many small and low cost accessories that any skiier or snowboarder will be able to make use of. Consider ear warmers, earmuffs, scarves, headbands, ski wax, lanyards, GPS devices, weather radios, watches or sunglasses.

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Christmas quickly approaches and vacation time for children as well. We therefore wonder how we are going to entertain our children during the Christmas holidays.

Christmas holidays are the best moment to share activities between adults and children.

The first of these Christmas activities is to get back into the mood for the magic and the festive spirit of Christmas by visiting shopping malls organizing beautiful Christmas windows; which are an eternally renewed delight for the children and their parents.

Some shopping malls are also organizing Christmas stores consisting of a path to the lighting, Christmas decorations, displayed scenes from Christmas movies, train sets and toys simulating real situations; static or interactive decorations as a fire truck and fire fighters helping the victims of a fire or the express of the King’s Cross railway station platform 9-3/4 bringing Harry Potter and his friends at Hogwarts.

A little further on, after seeing Rudolph surrounded by elves and goblins relaxing on a fairy forest, we enter in the fantastic house of Barbie; which contains 35 rooms decorated for Christmas. Do not disturb her, she is hosting a Christmas party.

Another three steps and we will enter in the victorian area of this Christmas dream: hundreds of beautiful teddy bears are playing in a green grass area. Ten meters after them, we are approaching a bedroom where luxurious old fashioned porcelain dolls are sleeping in their cradle.

At the end of this path, we meet Santa Claus, sitting on a golden seat and waiting for our children to communicate their Christmas wish list to him.

A picture of Santa Claus holding our child on his laps closes this magical Christmas journey that reminds us the taste and the atmosphere of our own childhood. This fairy journey will also become our first Christmas memory of the year.

The second activity will be the Christmas decoration of our house and the Christmas tree. Is there a better Christmas activity than this one; which our children will remember when they will grow up and become parents? It will certainly give them the desire to perpetuate these traditions.

I remember the first time I decorated the Christmas tree with my mother and she told me to not to touch the flocking which simulated the snow because she thought that it would cut my fingers. I did not believe her… When my son helped me to decorate the Christmas tree for the first time, I told him not to touch the flocking and within one second, the taste and the atmosphere of my own childhood Christmas holidays came back to my memory.

When the tree and the house are decorated, we will install the crib that represents the Nativity scene. Children have not lost their primary instincts and the scene will usually be more secure than beautiful, as if they wanted to protect the baby Jesus twenty centuries after his birth. Let them install the Christmas crib while we supervise their work.

The scene of the nativity is also the opportunity to educate children about the birth of Jesus and the meaning of Christmas; and it is a fun way to learn history.

Another Christmas activity to share with our family is to walk on the streets to discover the gardens decorated with Santa Claus on his sleigh or climbing along the front of the houses, the lights on the municipal Christmas tree as well as participate in Christmas Events organized by the municipality.

After a long and tiring day, we will enjoy a warm evening by watching a Christmas movie with our children, drink hot chocolate and eat waffles or cookies.

These are some basic activities that will create, for us and our children, Christmas memories that will last for a lifetime.

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This is the recipe that my grandmother brought with her when she and her family left Russia in the early 1900″s.
As a child around 1920’s or so, while living on a farm in Pennsylvania which at that time there were a great amount of people who came from Europe, you needed to be able to do for yourself, she learned from her mother how to make a most delicious white fruit cake, a white fruitcake is a fruitcake that does not have any molasses, molasses which is very bitter, not having the molasses in the fruitcake gives it a lighter color, this gives it the name white fruitcake.

This fruitcake in the days in which my mother lived as a child with her parents this was only made during Christmas because the only time you could get walnuts, cherries, and some other ingredients was in the fall of the year, remember now they didn’t go to the store to buy what they needed, they had to grow them, raisins were dried by the people themselves, they even had to shell their own walnuts, and candy their own cherries, and such the pineapple and coconut I do believe they must have purchased.

To keep with tradition the only time of the year that I make or sell this fruitcake is during the Christmas holidays, and In my mind you cannot get a better fruitcake. Here we go now gather up your ingredients and set them on your table, all ingredients need to be at room temperature.

1 pound butter
12 eggs
1 lb. sugar
1 pound flour
1 pound white raisins
1 pound walnut meats
1 lb. red and green candied cherries
1 lb. bakers flaked coconut
1 lb. candies pineapple
1 tablespoon of baking soda dissolved in ¼ cup warm water
2 cups brandy–any brand

Soak the raisins, walnuts, cherries, coconut and pineapple with 2 cups brandy overnight in a stainless steel bowl.
In a 5 quart mixing bowl cream butter and sugar, then add eggs slowly, then add your flour and blend well, add the baking soda and water and mix a minute more, add all other ingredients and mix until well blended.
Now you are going to bake it in a 2 pound pan, or in the pan of your choice, foil or hard pan, line the pan with wax paper or baking paper or better yet a pan liner the size of the pan. For a 2 pound pan, Place 1 pound 12 ounces of the mixture in the pan and level it with a spoon, don’t bang it on the table. Bake it in a 350 degree preheated oven for 1 hour to 1 hour 20 minutes, depends on your oven and how brown you want it.
It’s done when a pick is placed in the center and it comes out clean. Let it cool on a rack for a while and then sprinkle it with 1 ounce of brandy and then another ounce when it is cool and then pack it away for about 3 days in your refrigerator and then “enjoy it”.

By: Andrew Krause

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It is a fact of life that all living creatures need to rest in order to stay healthy and happy. Sleep is one of the necessary tools of survival just like eating and drinking. In order for the body and mind to perform at their best, a regular sleep routine is needed.

When we sleep, it gives not only your body, but your mind a rest as well. It is thought that sleep allows you to prepare for the next day and gives your brain an opportunity to sort things out. Though scientists aren’t precisely sure what type of organizing our brain does when we sleep. It is believed that during sleep your brain stores and sorts data, solves problems and replaces any chemicals that the rest of the body may need.

Different Babies May Have Different Sleeping Habits

The amount of sleep that a baby needs will depend on the baby herself. Age plays a large factor in how much sleep is needed, but nature plays a large part too. A newborn will sleep anywhere from 10 to 22 hours per day. This amount of sleep will decrease as the child grows.

If you have a baby that sleeps well, consider yourself lucky. For those less fortunate, there are things you can do as a parent that can get your baby on the right track to get the proper amount of sleep that she needs. Some babies are more active than others and will require less sleep, others are more laid back and are ready for a nap anytime, anywhere. Only you can determine the sleep needs of your child by observing behavior during the day. A child that needs more sleep will be cranky, clumsy and whiny without the proper amount of rest, while a child who needs less sleep will be ready to face the day with a smile and energy from the moment they awaken.

Teaching Your Baby Good Sleeping Habits

Though we may think that sleeping is as natural as breathing, it isn’t. If you have poor sleeping habits, your child may inadvertently pick up your bad rest habits. Usually by the time a baby reaches about 3 months of age they have developed a sleeping pattern. Most babies at this age have stopped their night feeding and this is an ideal time to begin training your baby for sleep. You must keep in mind that all babies develop at a different rate. If your child doesn’t seem ready for sleep training at this particular time, put it on the back burner and try it again in a couple of weeks.

When we say a baby sleeps through the night, we usually mean they are sleeping at stretches of 5-6 hours at a time. Some babies will sleep longer, some shorter. Once a child has reached the age of 6 months and is still waking for a nighttime feeding, it may be time to start night weaning.

Some babies sleep well through the night and then begin to wake up again. Don’t be alarmed, your baby may be missing you or she may be trying hard to master new skills that spill over into her rest and awaken her.

The best way to start healthy sleep habits at this age is to establish a regular bedtime as well as scheduled naps and stick to that schedule. You will notice signs of your baby becoming tired such as rubbing her eyes or pulling at her ears. You can also plan for specific nap times such as a nap after lunch feeding and one before the dinner feeding. Some people put their babies down two hours or so after they have last woken up. As long as you give your baby the opportunity to sleep, any approach you use should be fine.

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