SOME CHRISTMAS QUOTES FOR INSPIRATION TO US ALL:


Agnes M. Pharo: What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.

Dale Evans Rogers:Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

Mother Teresa: It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you... yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand.

Ruth Carter Stapleton: Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.

W. C. Jones: The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.

Bob Hope: My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others.
Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

Arab Proverb: If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.

Thomas A. Edison: Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Edward Everett Hale: To look forward and not back, to look out and not in, and to lend a hand.

Emily Matthews: From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another
The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other.

Martin Luther: Good news from heaven the angels bring,
Glad tidings to the earth they sing:
To us this day a child is given,
To crown us with the joy of heaven

 
 

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Email   I think this will be a great treat to make with the kids, and I plan on trying it this year myself.

 

Wilma's Holiday Tree

 

Prep Time: 10 minutue

10 minutes
• Cook Time: 5 min excluding decoration
5 minutes
• Total Time: about 30 min
15 minutes

Ingredients:

¼ cup	Butter or Margine [ Not Spread]
1 pkg	10 1/2oz Fruity or Cocoa Peebles Cereal
1 pkg	[11oz] Minature Marshmallow [6 Cups]
1	Container [16oz] Ready To Spread Vanilla Frosting

Directions:

Spray 13x9 inch pan with cooking spray
Melt butter over low heat in large saucepan. Add marshmallow stirring until completed melted.
Add cereal mix to coat well
Press firmly and evenely into prepared pan. Cool 1 hour in cool dry place.
Using cookie cutter or star cutout carefully cut 2 of each size for a total of ten star
Spread 1/2 of frosting on tray to resemble snow.Using remaing frosting to attach star stacking largest to the smallest and rotating point of stars to make a tree
Decorate as desired. making 1 tree

 

   Another holiday favorite in my family

Super-Easy Rocky Road Fudge

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 2 mins
Servings: 0

Super-Easy Rocky Road Fudge

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Rich and truly divine fudge! The easy way is the microwave method. This Rocky Road Fudge is a delicious mixture of chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, marshmallows and walnuts. It is easy to make and perfect to bring to all of your holiday parties!

Ingredients:
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 can (14 oz.) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups miniature marshmallows
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts

Directions:

LINE 13 x 9-inch baking pan with foil; grease lightly.

MICROWAVE morsels and sweetened condensed milk in large, uncovered, microwave-safe bowl on HIGH (100%) power for 1 minute; STIR. Morsels may retain some of their original shape. If necessary, microwave at additional 10- to 15-second intervals, stirring just until morsels are melted. Stir in vanilla extract. Fold in marshmallows and nuts.
As a side note:
I always melt chocolate chips in a pan on the oven with a little butter so they doesn't burn to the bottom of the pan.  JillPRESS mixture into prepared baking pan. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Lift from pan; remove foil. Cut into pieces.

This is one of my all time favorite christmas candies I have been making since I was a child: I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.  Jill


The crispy texture and flavor of chopped peppermint candy contrasts with the creaminess of chocolate fudge in these sweet treats. This confection will leave breathless, but with a chocolaty aftertaste in your mouth!

Peppermint Crunchies

1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup chopped peppermint candy
1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract

1. Line a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan with wax paper; set aside.
2. Combine evaporated milk, sugar and corn syrup in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook for 2 minutes; remove from heat.
3. Add chocolate chips; stir until melted. Cool for 10 minutes.
4. Stir in nuts, candy and extract. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto baking sheet. Let stand until firm.

Makes 24 pieces.

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