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It Just Wouldn’t be Christmas Without Andy’s Christmas Danish

By on December 12, 2012 in Baking, Christmas, Guest Articles, Recipes

  I was so delighted to see Rebecca’s email last week about her favorite Christmas things. Rebecca is a good friend of mine and her kids are absolutely adorable. They hold a very special place in my heart, as I had the distinct privilege of teaching them the proper way to eat ice cream—you know, [...]

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Guest Post on Ang Sarap: Five Pies in Five Days

By on June 29, 2012 in Guest Articles, Pizza, Recipes

Today I am savoring friendship. The kind of friendship that is close-by and reaches out during crisis and the friendship of an on-line community that brightens my day when I see their comments on a post. Raymund of Ang Sarap is one of my blogging friends and I am honored to contribute a guest post on his [...]

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Christmas Traditions: Colorful Christmas Cookies

By on December 21, 2010 in Christmas, Cookies, Guest Articles

Submitted by: Mark Riggs, Kansas City, MO When I think about Christmas traditions in my family (both the family I grew up with and my family of friends I’ve accumulated over the years), I think of lots of traditions that—for different reasons—aren’t long-standing ones.  The up side to this is I have twelve ideas for [...]

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A Dunker’s Companion: Biscotti

By on December 20, 2010 in Baking, Christmas, Cookies, Dessert, Guest Articles, Recipes

By Donna Helzer, Guest Author and Friend If you ask around there are dunkers and non-dunkers in life.  Non-dunkers just do not understand dunkers and there is no convincing them.  I am a dunker.  Of course, I dunk cookies into milk, but my coffee with cream is host to various things…toast, muffins, cookies, scones, and [...]

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Christmas Traditions: A Birthday Cake

By on December 19, 2010 in Christmas, Guest Articles

Submitted by: Mary Uhlemeyer Our cherished Christmas tradition is to bake a birthday cake and sing happy birthday to Jesus Christmas morning. Sometimes we decorate the cake, sometimes it’s plain, but we always put candles on it and our son, Steven, enjoys blowing them out. We then enjoy the cake for dessert after lunch.

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People Pennies (via Simple Seeds of Light & Joy)

By on December 16, 2010 in Christmas, Guest Articles

A favorite expression in our house! Understanding “people pennies” has saved feelings from being bruised more than once. Thanks, Donna, for the way you share life and help the rest of us see things just a little more clearly. People Pennies Christmas can be an expensive time of celebration.  When Jesus was born, which is [...]

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Christmas Traditions: Christmas Eve

By on December 13, 2010 in Christmas, Family, Guest Articles

Submitted by: Kelly As a young, unmarried adult, I was transported into the mysteries of God come to earth in a church illuminated by candlelight and filled with the worship of those around me.  The experience was so moving I often found myself worshiping silently, though passionately from my heart, yet words and song escaped [...]

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Christmas Traditions: Fun Christmas Boxers

By on December 12, 2010 in Christmas, Guest Articles

Submitted by: Rose We have all the regular traditions, gingerbread house, stockings, and such.  One we have a good time with is fun Christmas boxers.  I watch for them throughout the year to be sure I find just the right one for each person. They say silly things like the year I got some in [...]

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Christmas Traditions: Jammies Under The Tree

By on December 8, 2010 in Christmas, Guest Articles

Submitted by: Monica Bryant One of our favorite Christmas traditions is new jammies for Christmas!  Every year since my oldest daughter was a baby, I have made Christmas pajamas for my girls. I choose fabric that is relevant to their year i.e. ballet print when they got their pointe shoes, teddy bears when they loved [...]

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Christmas Traditions: Christmas Wreath

By on December 3, 2010 in Baking, Christmas, Guest Articles

Submitted by: Rachel (24) My dad’s mother loved to work in her kitchen. She was known for her recipes around the holidays. She made tons of different Christmas cookies for friends, but saved her Christmas Wreath for her family on Christmas day. She passed away five years ago after battling Alzheimer’s for five years before that. [...]

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