{"id":911,"date":"2009-12-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/13\/a-little-bit-of-christmas\/"},"modified":"2023-02-19T05:42:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T05:42:08","slug":"a-little-bit-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/a-little-bit-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little Bit Of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christmas has been a little subdued at our house for the past two years. Our house has been on the market and many of our Christmas decorations are packed away in storage. So, we\u2019ve made do with what\u2019s on hand.<\/p>\n

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Plus, there\u2019s the fact that my father-in-law is Santa Claus. It\u2019s virtually impossible to be lacking in Christmas spirit when Santa is a member of the family!<\/p>\n

Although we miss many of our usual decorations and all those trappings, the Christmas spirit is absolutely alive and well. Christmas music plays on our kitchen radio from the moment we wake up until we go to sleep.<\/p>\n

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Our tree stays lit all day, just because we all take such pleasure in just sitting and looking at it.<\/p>\n

And the kitchen, the true heart of our home, is just bursting with activity. We\u2019re whipping up all kinds of goodies to share with neighbors, teachers and family. From homemade pierogies (recipe coming tomorrow) to every imaginable type of cookie and candy, there\u2019s never a dull moment in our Christmastime kitchen.<\/p>\n

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Even my littlest helpers get in on the act with their very own Christmas baking paraphenelia.<\/p>\n

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And I couldn\u2019t imagine making all these treats without my handy snowman spatula.<\/p>\n

My goal has been at least one batch of cookies made per day for the past week and throughout the rest of this week. I bake a few, and then freeze the dough. The few days right before Christmas, I\u2019ll bake all the cookies from the frozen dough.<\/p>\n

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On today\u2019s agenda were these amazing Santa\u2019s Whiskers cookies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So even though our decorations are a bit sparse this year, the spirit and smell of Christmas are alive and well.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s so little time left until Christmas day and so many cookies yet to bake! I hope you\u2019ll come back for some more Christmas baking recipes.<\/p>\n

And from my house to yours\u2026MERRY CHRISTMAS!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget to stop by The Nester\u2019s<\/a> for the annual Christmas Tour of Homes. Also visit Southern Hospitality<\/a>, The Inspired Room<\/a>, Hooked On Houses<\/a>, Funky Junk Interiors<\/a>, and Thrifty Decor Chick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stop by Stolen Moments Menu Planning<\/a> to order your fully personalized menu plans that will help you save time and money in the kitchen! Be sure you check out the Christmas gift subscription special<\/a> while you\u2019re there.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Christmas has been a little subdued at our house for the past two years. Our house has been on the market and many of our Christmas decorations are packed away in storage. So, we\u2019ve made do with what\u2019s on hand. Plus, there\u2019s the fact that my father-in-law is Santa Claus. It\u2019s virtually impossible to be … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3633,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions\/3633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolenmomentscooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}