That means "Just Think" (more or less), and it starts a poem my mom used to tell us when we were younger. It's about seeing the Christchild bringing a sack of goodies through the snow, and at the end, it says, "it smelled like apples and nuts!" which was a special treat at Christmastime.
My dad sent us his cookies (yay!!!). Every year, he makes an assortment, using the recipes handed down from his mom. It's a lot of work & we sooooooo appreciate it!Connor is really getting excited about Christmas this year. He's jumping out of bed in the morning to open another door on his Advent Calendar. Last weekend we put up the tree & the lights outside. Connor insisted on getting the stockings hung and putting lights on the tree as well. I'm glad he doesn't remember the rest of the decorations! I'm still trying to tidy up to get ready for our Open House!
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Has your dad handed down the recipes to you to continue the tradition?
Nice bike in the background behind Connor. :)
Not all of them. And I don't have the press forms to make the light-rectangular cookies (Springerle). Most of them have ground nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, etc.) and there are a lot of ones dipped in chocolate. :) But you'll notice, there are only 5 of the Springerle! I could make them, but they wouldn't be as pretty.
There is an issue where Tina hides the cookies so they last longer then forgets about them until the next christmas when she finds them...
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