So apart from decorations, there are a few other things that really make it feel like Christmas time for me. Can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em. He is the cuddliest, most loving, most mischievous and neurotic cat. Right now, I’m armed with a spray bottle, which he couldn’t care less about. I would love suggestions on keeping a cat out of a fake Christmas tree if you have any. He’s also 12 lbs.Īnd while the tree may have been able to withstand Penny’s tiny 6 lb kitten-like weight, a 12-lb cat leaves the tree with a nice gap of bent-down branches all the way around the tree at exactly the height of the back of the chair, which happens to be his entrance point. Penny is pretty respectful of the tree, but Pepper is a chewer and a climber. I was hoping since the cats are a year and a half old now they would be a little more relaxed than they were last year when they were kittens and kind of… leave the tree alone. We haven’t decorated it yet but it is gorgeous all on its own, there in the corner of the living room with its white lights glowing in the branches. Pre-lit, and since it’s new the lights actually work! It’s just beautiful. WELL! This year we got a big tree – 7 feet tall. I accidentally strung the green-corded ones up on the white porch trim, and I was NOT restringing both sets of lights! You could see the cord a mile away against that green tree. It looked pretty terrible, restrung with a strand of lights that had a white cord. Slowly but surely I’m breaking out the Christmas decorations - hopefully I’ll be able to really go at it today before I have another work week of never seeing the sun.īut I did put up a really cute table runner and a little treescape thingy in a dome on our dining room table.Īnd we finally replaced the $25 4-foot pre-lit tree I got about 5 years ago whose lights had burned out after the first year! If you don't have all the ground spices on hand, you can substitute two teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice along with the black pepper.Get in the holiday spirit with some spicy, chewy gingerbread cookies! They keep their shape when cut with cookie cutters and they stay soft and delicious! They’re the ultimate Christmas cookies. When combined with affordable sweeteners (like molasses or honey) and farmstead staples (such as butter and eggs), gingerbread could be made by home bakers when more expensive ingredients were not an option, which is why it became a wildly popular dessert.
Whole dried spices kept well and retained their flavor and aroma for months. Ginger from Asia and dried spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, and cloves arrived by ship into Southern ports and traveled inland because they were easy to transport and store. The practice of baking and sharing gingerbread originated in Europe several hundred years ago and then made its way to the colonial South as families immigrated to the region and brought their recipes and traditions with them. The taste of those holiday delights just can't compare to a slice of tender, richly spiced gingerbread cake.
We're not talking about the crisp cookies or the houses covered in icing and candy. Nothing makes a house smell more like Christmas than the sweet and spicy aroma of a freshly baked pan of gingerbread.
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