DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   The Qingming Festival  is a traditional Chinese fest on the 104th day after the winter solstice (or the 15th day from the Spring Equinox), usually occurring around April 5th of the Gregorian calendar.  Astronomically, it is also a solar term.  The Qingming festival falls on the first day of the fifth solar term, named Qingming.  Its name denotes a time for people to go outside and enjoy the greenery of springtime (Taqing, "treading on the greenery") and tend to the graves of departed loved ones.    Qingming has been regularly observed as a statutory public holiday in Taiwan and in the Chinese jurisdictions of Hong Kong and Macau.  Its observance was reinstated as a public holiday in mainland China in 2008, after having been previous suppressed by the ruling Communist Party in 1949.    The holiday is known by a number of names in the English language: All Souls Day  (not to be confused with the Roman Catho...

   This recipe comes from   mandysrecipebox.blogspot.com  .  Make some for your friends and family.  Maybe enjoy some while watching a movie, instead of popcorn. But this cookies and cream version of them... wow!  They were a huge hit!  The tiny crushed oreos to coat the outside of the chocolate made them taste amazing!  These are an easy and fun snack that the whole family will love.  And if you haven't tried muddy buddies before, then join me in my addiction!  I might even be eating some as I am typing this. hehe  Look at them.  They are just screaming out, 'Eat me!' Ingredients: 5 ounces white chocolate chips 5 ounces milk chocolate chips 5 cups Chex Cereal 1 tsp shortening Oreo cookies (8 for crushing and some for putting pieces throughout) 1 cup powdered sugar 1. Divide the chex cereal into two bowl.  2 1/2 cups in each.   2.  In a fo...

     If any place on earth is likely to be haunted, it’s a hotel. Below are ten of the world’s spookiest. 10 HotelChelsea / New York    A bohemian landmark the Hotel Chelsea was built between 1883 and 1885. Although it was the home of countless artists, authors, poets, and musicians, it is perhaps best known as the place where Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious stabbed girlfriend Nancy Spungen to death—Vicious himself died of a heroin overdose before the case could be brought to trial. Poet Dylan Thomas was staying at the Chelsea when he fell into his fatal coma; he died later in the hospital. But it’s possible Sid Vicious and Dylan Thomas never left the Hotel Chelsea after all; their ghosts have been spotted wandering its halls, along with playwright Eugene O’Neill and novelist Thomas Wolfe. Other guests have reported all manner of paranormal phenomena, from cold air to phantom footsteps to lights that switch on ...