tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post4893720348048231808..comments2024-03-18T21:16:14.441-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Deck the Halls With Instagrammable HollyJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90904239634995689982019-01-24T03:25:12.861-05:002019-01-24T03:25:12.861-05:00An interesting dialogue is price comment. I feel t...An interesting dialogue is price comment. I feel that it is best to write more on this matter, it may not be a taboo topic however usually individuals are not enough to talk on such topics. To the next. Cheers. <a href="https://thedoggycrates.com/" rel="nofollow">thedoggycrates.com</a><br />Seo Experthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570306572934180667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-23202560548014620962018-12-04T10:59:13.393-05:002018-12-04T10:59:13.393-05:00HA! I'm happy to rent out a young chocolate la...HA! I'm happy to rent out a young chocolate lab for anyone who needs or wants dog time (eye roll).Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041316285692964293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77297602550936262862018-12-04T10:57:42.809-05:002018-12-04T10:57:42.809-05:00Julia - thank you so much! Sounds delicious.
Debo...Julia - thank you so much! Sounds delicious.<br /><br />Deborah - honestly, I'm pretty sure our Lab eats half dog food, half... anything else he can get his paws and jaws on, LOL. I have the vet on speed dial, but as he approaches his second birthday, he is (thankfully... another thing for which I'm grateful...) becoming a bit more discriminating (and requiring less watching).<br /><br />Maybe if we coat the ornaments with Vaseline or something, that would do. It would make them shiny AND slippery ;) .Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041316285692964293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84702168376092548132018-12-04T10:54:48.967-05:002018-12-04T10:54:48.967-05:00Julia, true enough. True enough.Julia, true enough. True enough.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041316285692964293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84321961145945802132018-12-03T21:40:46.045-05:002018-12-03T21:40:46.045-05:00Julia here - my family has some beautiful ornament...Julia here - my family has some beautiful ornaments from when we lived in Bavaria. I love that style!Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74411092008618084392018-12-03T21:39:26.093-05:002018-12-03T21:39:26.093-05:00Love it, Deana!Love it, Deana!Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80127617128869377912018-12-03T20:00:28.400-05:002018-12-03T20:00:28.400-05:00Brother? You have a brother?Brother? You have a brother?Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187856103924954287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60900472602490792232018-12-03T19:57:17.143-05:002018-12-03T19:57:17.143-05:00Thank you KarenThank you KarenAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187856103924954287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22228273826366042282018-12-03T19:40:07.172-05:002018-12-03T19:40:07.172-05:00Hi, I wrote this lengthy piece, sorry Hi, I wrote this lengthy piece, sorry Deanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626339618537503022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50645193101360674032018-12-03T19:34:50.180-05:002018-12-03T19:34:50.180-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Deanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626339618537503022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88489812137997911572018-12-03T19:26:48.171-05:002018-12-03T19:26:48.171-05:00Christmas decorating.... As a small child, we were...Christmas decorating.... As a small child, we were taken to a local tree farm in Sebastopol, Dad would cut down a tree, but we all got a try with the saw. Tree wasn't extremely tall, it had to sit on the small table, that way the cats stayed out of the branches and wouldn't swipe at the ornaments. Of course if a cat tried for a branch, especially when they were kittens, mom would just "bark" their name, and clap her hands really loud and they wouldn't go near that tree. Decorating the tree was a family thing and always on the fourth Sunday of Advent unless Christmas Eve was too close to the fourth Sunday of Advent. We always had white lights and a hodgepodge of ornaments collected over the years, some created, some gifts, some given at Saint Nicholas parties when we were little. As we got older, mom would buy each of us a special ornament that got would pick. Her idea was that when we finally moved out, we would have our own collection of ornaments started. We had an angel on the top of the tree, that was Dad's job, the angel, it was the rule or was that the tradition? My dad cut down the tree, put the angel on the top and hung to 2 ornaments on the tree, 2 small glass bells from his childhood, I have the last remaining bell and it doesn't go on a tree. I put it on the stand with other very special ornaments that I feel I need to protect.<br /><br />Now my grandma, if she could get away with no trees there would be no trees since they dripped sap and dropped needles, but since she had a couple grandkids she put up a tree until we were old enough not to need one in her house. Her tree was always a noble fir and it was always flocked white. Since the tree was flocked she didn't have to put lights on it. The ornaments were always red - red velvet bows, red satin balls, red glass balls and red velvet birds. All of her decorations were red and white and always put in the same place every year. In fact that's how I earn some of my Christmas money, by helping Grandma decorate her house. It only took one day, I knew where everything went... I brought down all the boxes from the attic, put out her decorations and put the boxes away for her. Oh, this was in the late 60s and 70s, she loved those plastic flower arrangements.... Brrr... but they didn't mess up her furniture so she was happy.<br /><br />As a teenager, I started helping my mom and the Altar Guild at church for special occasions. As an adult I joined the Altar Guild, and every Christmas Eve morning I go down to our 100+ year old redwood church. Red poinsettias, evergreen swags under the scones, Advent candles changed to white...the old nativity scene put in front of the altar. I used to always arrange the Altar flowers, continuing my grandmother's tradition of giving the Christmas flowers but times change so, I'm not doing flowers this year. <br /><br />I guess you could say for me Christmas decorations are traditional, repetitive, and comfort. They remind me of my family, (my personal family and extended). Of those who came before me, those who want to know about the past, our traditions, in order to preserve it for the future and that makes me feel good. <br /><br />I haven't personally decorated very much, at my home, the past couple of years, but when I do, it's grandma's nativity scene, she gave to mom, who gave it to me (it still has some price tags on a few pieces - 25 cents for one Wise Man) and her electric red candles that go behind her white Madonna. Those special ornaments, old and newer, on stands. And bears, I like bears at Christmas. In fact, I have been known to decorate the office lobby with bears playing with ornaments... They are always getting into mischief, those bears. Deanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626339618537503022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33420854263005953912018-12-03T19:07:11.968-05:002018-12-03T19:07:11.968-05:00I decorate an artificial tree with old ornaments, ...I decorate an artificial tree with old ornaments, some handmade, lights, and tinsel. On shelves I have a lot of ceramic figures like Christmas trees, angel, and choir people. My manger scene is mostly carved wooden figures from Switzerland, Germany, and Austria with 2 ceramic sheep from England and the camels from my childhood set. Sally from PAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649707016754971847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-43195877505734033772018-12-03T18:28:40.846-05:002018-12-03T18:28:40.846-05:00Julia, you are my style guru! Of course, everythi...Julia, you are my style guru! Of course, everything goes with half-chewed dog toys. How could I have missed that?Gigi Norwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495357787099352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32452470421996944902018-12-03T16:11:05.688-05:002018-12-03T16:11:05.688-05:00Pat, now I need a Mexican Santa singing Feliz Navi...Pat, now I need a Mexican Santa singing Feliz Navidad...Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-2618154526137102532018-12-03T16:09:56.987-05:002018-12-03T16:09:56.987-05:00The tricky ones will be winnowing out some of the ...The tricky ones will be winnowing out some of the (many) kids' ornaments made over the years. 3 kids X at least two ornaments each (Sunday school and Catholic school)from preschool through, say, 5th grade = 42 construction paper, macaroni, painted puzzle pieces and hand prints. The hand prints I definitely want to keep... the ones made from cut-up paper plates, maybe less so.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1147302559088752952018-12-03T16:08:25.249-05:002018-12-03T16:08:25.249-05:00Julia, I've found I'm not much for being a...Julia, I've found I'm not much for being a decoration lookie-loo. I see the stuff as I drive by but I don't get all excited about it.<br /><br />But yes, LOADS of books are definitely on the menu at home.Jay Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11409350742317719903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-2462842509983180072018-12-03T16:05:25.526-05:002018-12-03T16:05:25.526-05:00Kathy, I love the idea of writing down what the sp...Kathy, I love the idea of writing down what the special ornaments mean. You absolutely don't want those stories to be forgotten.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36934764400279079002018-12-03T15:10:33.754-05:002018-12-03T15:10:33.754-05:00Yes, that's a great idea. Unfortunately, the e...Yes, that's a great idea. Unfortunately, the evergreens that do well here don't make very good Christmas trees. Although we do have some cut-your-own tree farms, with hay and wagons and mulled cider, etc. We did that a couple of years when Kayti was little and it was great fun.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51670870426885189032018-12-03T14:25:48.045-05:002018-12-03T14:25:48.045-05:00Even better is a balled and burlapped live tree th...Even better is a balled and burlapped live tree that gets planted in the ground after Christmas. We did this the first year we lived in this house, in 1985. It was the same height as our 16-month old daughter. Now it is thirty feet high!<br /><br />We had to dig the hole ahead of time, and of course having the rootball attached limits the size you can have in your home, but it's a nice way to add trees to a property.Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62002230036025614072018-12-03T14:21:08.716-05:002018-12-03T14:21:08.716-05:00Mt. Lookout, a Cincinnati neighborhood near us, al...Mt. Lookout, a Cincinnati neighborhood near us, always has a luminaria light-up in December. And many of the residents keep them going through Christmas. It's lovely.Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-44166151799124119682018-12-03T14:19:23.234-05:002018-12-03T14:19:23.234-05:00Sur la Table would also have it, and maybe Whole F...Sur la Table would also have it, and maybe Whole Foods. Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49434634250030034752018-12-03T14:17:37.457-05:002018-12-03T14:17:37.457-05:00Julia, our house was built in 1940, and also has p...Julia, our house was built in 1940, and also has precious few outlets. I've never put lit candles in the windows, either, because of that. I had some battery-powered ones, but they never worked exactly right. Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84395701905260420392018-12-03T14:13:18.482-05:002018-12-03T14:13:18.482-05:00Wow, that creche sounds amazing, Ann.
By the way...Wow, that creche sounds amazing, Ann. <br /><br />By the way, happy birthday! Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-67123381141013474452018-12-03T14:09:42.808-05:002018-12-03T14:09:42.808-05:00Trader Joe's or a high-end grocery store. Will...Trader Joe's or a high-end grocery store. Williams Sonoma as a last resort. Maybe Amazon. Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31461665825861880212018-12-03T14:07:48.079-05:002018-12-03T14:07:48.079-05:00Chocolate chunk Nutella cookies! A new dimension i...Chocolate chunk Nutella cookies! A new dimension in chocolate chip cookies. Last week the WaPo published an extensive article with recipes of "basic cookies" for your repertoire. Still waiting for this year's Christmas cookie feature. My college kids used to take a break from studying for finals and read the recipes, emailing me their top picks.Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.com