Me again..

 

Every yr..I try to make linzers..my all time fave recipe is from Gourmet 2005 and you can find it here..I have been making it for almost 20 yrs now.I tried different ones..not comparable.

You may wonder why I try and get my baking done a bit early.Well. to start with we have a wonderful cold room which keeps things refrigerated in winter.It's so handy..

And every yr I like to make a selection for someone who might appreciate a gift box of them..

I find the best way to offer..although I love the look of all the cookies displayed beautifully in a compartmentalized box eye candy..I prefer doing this..

Cello wrapped..individually by type of treat..and a little tag saying exactly what they are..

Works for me..:)

I found large boxes at HomeGoods...They store a variety comfortably..and I could add a card and ornament..wrapped also inside.

The recipients don't know I blog..so they won't see this;)

This..makes me happy.To put little things together..

And this ..wow..2014...where does time travel to?

Darling darling boys.

I have to say in 50 yrs..I have come to the conclusion..in our home..as it was in my home for the short time I had with my mom.

It's the mom that makes Christmas..

The food..the gifts..the wrapping..she is the one that wants to try and create..memories. 

Forgive me if you know dads that do this.

I don't..

I do know that couples without children..some of the husbands seem very caring and make certain their wives are thought of:)

Every card that says from Santa..is the mom..lol. Every dessert baked..is the mom..Every gift wrapped..I've never seen an elf here lol..

I think that's why moms can get overwhelmed and certainly  can feel under appreciated..Many many work outside the home..as I did ..yet things were done and not by Santa;)

To all the moms creating Xmas memories out there.

I appreciate you.Because however humble and small and non materialistic my childhood Christmases were.My MOM made it Christmas for me.

Thank you Maman. xoxoxo

It was the gift under the white plastic tree with tinsel..the faux fireplace at one home..The smell of tourtière.. the way she sat in the darkness and looked at the lights on her own..I caught her a few times.

My eyes fill with tears at this vision.

I bet she was thinking of past Christmases before losing a daughter..her parents..etc.A different life maybe? At the artist she had been?

Christmas is the king and queen of nostalgia.

That's the hard part right?

I want my Littles to keep this nostalgia free feeling forever.

No losses no pain..

I am thinking of many of you having a very hard Christmas.

I am sorry for you.

For loss..illness..Some of you have confided in me.

Take care.

She was the one:) For this one.

A girl I know on Titok always signs off with..

Much Love.And blows a kiss..

xo