DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

The Naming Of The Town    In the late 1840s, a group of settlers—mostly of German descent—formed a small community in Spencer County in Southern Indiana. Although they no doubt had to deal with the day-to-day struggles of pioneer life, the weightiest problem that plagued them was the lack of a name for their town. In fact, the community became known as the "nameless town." The naming of the town of Santa Claus is such a charming story that it was featured on Christmas Eve, 1992, on renowned radio news commentator Paul Harvey’s "The Rest of the Story" program. Here is the story Mr. Harvey told to millions of listeners world-wide: THE REST OF THE STORY    Never in history did a town have so much trouble naming itself than the town of…well, that, see, that was the problem. The town didn’t have a name--not even an unofficial one. There were many suggestions, but every time somebody made a suggestion, it was discovered that some other t...

1. “White Christmas”  – While there are more than five Christmas carols written by Jewish songwriters, I thought I’d just cover my favorites, starting with not only the most famous Christmas song written in modern times, but according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the best-selling single of all-time. Written by:  Irving Berlin in 1940 Actually written by:  Israel Isidore Baline (Irving’s real name) Written while:  seated poolside at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona (talk about your White Christmas) Made famous by:  Bing Crosby in the movie  Holiday Inn   Cool Irving Berlin fact:  Refusing to make money off his deep-seated patriotism, Berlin donated all the royalties from “God Bless America” (just another little ditty he penned) to the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Campfire Girls. 2. “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” Written by:  Johnny Marks in 1949 ...

   This recipe comes from www.this-is-irene.blogspot.com.au  .   OOOOHHHH do these little cakes make my mouth water.  Go ahead and make it! I DARE you! Vanilla, White Chocolate Layer Cake It's been a while, but it feels so good to know exams are finally finished! All that's left is the actual HSC but come one now, it's 2 whole months away! And so alot of things have happened while I was gone- like how I finally turned 18! Exciting yet it doesn't feel that much different... As I said, this is actually a recipe that I made quite some time ago but never got around to posting it. And another exciting thing was I finally bought some decent individual food rings!!! It's sooo exciting because I've always wanted them but was hesitating because the other day I got a set of 6 individual tart moulds... eh, well let's just say I only got to use it once. And that one time, after rolling out dough, cutting pieces to fit to the moulds and all that jazz, my s...