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  This recipe comes from www.tastofhome.com .  Not just chocolate but peppermint too.  What two candies could you think of that would go better.  The taste of white chocolate and the breath freshening power of a peppermint candy cane. White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge Recipe     " Make many batches of this minty fudge to give as Christmas gifts. It's not too sweet, so it appeals to lots of palates. "                                      This recipe is: Quick 0 81 Servings Prep: 10 min. Cook: 10 min. + chilling           Ingredients 1-1/2 teaspoons plus 1/4 cup butter, softened, divided 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup sour cream 12 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped 1 jar (7 ounces) marshmallow creme 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract Directions Line a 9-in. square pan with foil. Grease the foil with 1-1/2 teaspoons butter; set aside. In a large heavy sauce

    If you are looking to spend Christmas in Spain you may want to plan on spending a month there because Christmas in Spain is a very religious holiday which starts on the 8th of December and celebrations last until the 6th of January.  The  festivities for Christmas in Spain start on December 8th, which is also a national holiday in Spain, celebrating "Immaculada"...the feast of the Immaculate Conception.  In  Sevilla (Seville), one celebration is the "Dance of the Six" and in Caceres the young children of the town dress in jeweled clothing and holds a figure of the Virgin Mary as high in the air as they can run through the streets.    In Spain, Christmas Eve is known as "Nochebuena" , meaning the Good Night .  It is a huge candlelight celebration which consists of a magnificent feast and going to mass at midnight.  One of the most beautiful masses is the Mass of the Rooster, held at a mountain monastery at Montserrat, the boys choir is believe

          Christmas parades can be seen in cities and towns nationwide.  The parades help usher in Christmas.    Christmas parades can be small with just a few floats, and a couple of bands, or very large with a lot of floats, several bands, clowns, assorted groups, and cars carrying important people from the community.  But whether the Christmas parades are small or large in size doesn't matter, it's what is at the end of the parade that makes all the difference and that would be Santa Claus!  Seeing Santa Claus means the Christmas season is here!    Christmas parades have been going strong for 90+ years.  When Christmas parades first started it was more of a way for people who lived in small towns to get together and socialize with each other while watching a very short parade.  The parades were something the communities looked forward to every year.    One such Christmas parade in California started in 1928.  It was one of the smallest parades ever.  There was

         Why is Rudolph's nose red???     It's no wonder Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer is the most famous member of Santa's team...on top of being a skilled flyer, his nose, as his name suggests, glows bright red.  This unusual variation on the reindeer nasal prominence could have all kinds of benefits, the most important of which would involve guiding Santa's sleigh.    According to folklore, if the weather's ever bad on Christmas Eve, Santa's cleared for flight by the FAA, for that matter...thanks to the brightness of Rudolph's nose.    But how does Rudolph's nose actually work?  How could one reindeer create a light bright enough to lead a sleigh through darkness and inclement weather?  And how could a reindeer actually develop a red nose?    Although no one may ever know for sure just how Rudolph got his unusual nose, I have what could be the most logical explanation for how the doe-eyed deer guides Santa's sleigh: science.