DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

This comes from  www.bakersroyale.com .  These look so good you don't even want to eat them. But, if we have to snack on them, what's the harm.  Go ahead and make a batch or two. Snowflake Sugar Cookies  – Dress up your holiday cookie tray with some fun and colorful snowflake sugar cookies. Snowflake Sugar Cookie I don’t make sugar cookies often, in fact I usually only make them for certain holidays and sometimes for birthday requests. I love the beauty and creativity of them, but they are massively labor intensive and I’m not the most patient person for baking projects like this. But to save myself a step, I skipped  flooding  the cookies for the simple design you see in the picture. The royal icing I used is from  here . It’s easy to work with and has the perfect consistency for simple lines like the one you see on these snowflake cookies. The cookie recipe is one I have been working with and fine tuning over the years. Actu...

    The holidays are filled with joyful emotions and honored traditions, including the playing of songs about snowmen, St. Nick, evergreen trees, and presents wrapped up with big bows. No matter how you celebrate the season, you'll hear these songs on the radio, T.V., at the mall, in the office, and just about anywhere music is played.     If you think the same songs are played over and over, you're right, but if this bothers you, consider the alternative: Christmas carols were banned in England between 1649 and 1660. Oliver Cromwell, serving as Lord Protector of Britain, believed Christmas should be solemn and also banned parties, limiting celebration to sermons and prayer services.     Lots of holiday songs are festive, many have spiritual overtones, and all are played so often that they are familiar no matter what your faith. But what do you know about how these songs were created and the people who wrote them?   ...