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Just to get you in a holiday mood...
Some spun-sugar candy Christmas ornaments being sold at the Christmas market in Zürich.Have a great weekend! I'll be off exploring more Christmas markets over the weekend. Type: blog Filed under:...
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Christmas oranges and personal holiday traditions
Preamble: This is from way back in the archives, originally posted on December 24, 2003. It makes me realize that I have accumulated a small number of little holiday season traditions, and setting out...
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Recipe: Glühwein, mulled wine for Christmas and wintertime (and a bit about...
Originally published in December 2005, edited in November 2008, and edited again to add more Christmas market info this year. I have rather mixed feelings about Christmas markets (called...
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Monday photos: Santa
My stepfather is an accountant. He looks and acts exactly like an accountant too, most of the time; sober suit, serious demeanor, the glasses, the thinning hairline. He does have a wry sense of humor,...
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Galettes Bretonnes, golden butter cookies from Brittany
[From the archives. I'm not making a lot of cookies these days, but when I do these are still big favorites. They are quite plain but buttery-good, rather like shortbread but a little less rich. They...
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Christmas oranges and personal holiday traditions
Preamble: This is from way back in the archives, originally posted on December 24, 2003. It makes me realize that I have accumulated a small number of little holiday season traditions, and setting out...
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Recipe: Glühwein, mulled wine for Christmas and wintertime (and a bit about...
Originally published in December 2005, edited in November 2008, and edited again to add more Christmas market info this year. I have rather mixed feelings about Christmas markets (called...
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Monday photos: Santa
My stepfather is an accountant. He looks and acts exactly like an accountant too, most of the time; sober suit, serious demeanor, the glasses, the thinning hairline. He does have a wry sense of humor,...
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Galettes Bretonnes, golden butter cookies from Brittany
[From the archives. I'm not making a lot of cookies these days, but when I do these are still big favorites. They are quite plain but buttery-good, rather like shortbread but a little less rich. They...
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Writing about Christmas and New Years in Japan
I have new seasonal articles up on two sites; one about Christmas in Japan, which is a much more recent holiday of course, and one about New Years. Christmas in JapanThe first article is for Atlas...
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