Christmas is my favourite time of the the year. So today I had a great time doing Christmasy things.
This morning I baked 3 loaves of Jack Daniel`s Classic Holiday Fruitcake . I like this recipe because it doesn`t have any candied cherries or pineapple. I love candied citrus peel but I have never been a fan of the cherries or pineapple.
And then this afternoon I made half a batch of my favourite rum ball recipe. You can find the recipe here. I love this recipe because it is so decadent. ;)
Tomorrow I hope to make a Christstollen. (Please note that although this is the recipe I use, I don`t put in any candied cherries. I just increase the amount of candied citron.) Next week my plan is to make some butter tart squares, molasses cookies and shortbread.
I also started pulling out my Nutcrackers to decorate for Christmas. It takes about a week for me to get them all out and in their place as well getting my trees decorated (I have 3 trees - the main tree in the living room, the Nutcracker tree in the den and the Shepherd`s Bush 2000 years Ago mini tree in the Dining Room.) I decorate almost every room in the house with Nutcrackers (even the bathrooms). The only room my DH can find refuge from them is the bedroom. :)
This is my Advent Nutcracker
and these three are the Phantom of the Opera, Maid Marion and a Tyrolean marking the last German Mark and the switchover to the Euro.
I even managed to find some to stitch on Daffycat`s Stocking Reindeer. I hoping to have this on done soon so I can start her Ribbon Reindeer. I have decided to keep the reindeer for myself. Which means I am going to have find a way to display. Hmmm..... perhaps another tree? (Pssst.....don't tell my DH!!!)
LAST CALL: YOU HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT (CST) TONIGHT TO ENTER MY MINI GIVEAWAY FOR THE 2010 PRAIRIE SCHOOLER SANTA. GO HERE FOR DETAILS.
Have a good evening and happy stitching!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh goodness, those rum balls, if I could reach through my screen and grab some, I would!! Great nutcrackers and stitches too!
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