tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post4743866785754238359..comments2024-03-24T07:16:56.052-05:00Comments on PlottingPrincesses: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year @sloanebcollins #PlottingPrincesses #amwriting #fudge #traditions #MFRWorgPlotting Princesseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498235738737791614noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-5926217110515659852015-12-16T11:00:03.176-06:002015-12-16T11:00:03.176-06:00I have to agree, Sloane, it hasn't really felt...I have to agree, Sloane, it hasn't really felt like Christmas this year. Maybe it's the weather, with it being so balmy and warm. Usually by Thanksgiving we've had at least a big cold snap and we haven't had that yet this year. I also haven't finished my shopping yet, I know who'll be rushing around the next week trying to find the perfect gifts at the last minute. <br /><br />I love Christmas and I totally get you about needing the fudge to make it a holiday. I've always associated fudge and Christmas. It's one of those things that can bring memories rushing back of my mother standing at the stove, stirring the chocolate and the marshmallow fluff and the sugar and butter. Just the smell of fudge brings that rushing back. <br /><br />Wishing you and all the Princesses and our readers a wonderful Christmas and New Year's. Kathy Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16440759802997389459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-62380569434099129642015-12-15T18:08:39.472-06:002015-12-15T18:08:39.472-06:00Sylvia,
The weather is a big part of making it not...Sylvia,<br />The weather is a big part of making it not feel like Christmas. I like it cold and snowy...as long as I don't have to drive in it. Cold I don't mind (I want to move to Maine, after all!). Hubby and I bought a new camera as our gift to each other. I'd love to try it out in snow. <br />Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!Sloane B. Collinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-88386703410975171502015-12-15T18:06:47.259-06:002015-12-15T18:06:47.259-06:00Vicki, I love White Christmas, too! I love the re...Vicki, I love White Christmas, too! I love the red ball gowns the sisters wear at the very end. I'd love to have one of those...and the figure to go with it!<br />Have a wonderful Christmas!Sloane B. Collinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-66014668771620178792015-12-15T18:05:36.784-06:002015-12-15T18:05:36.784-06:00Cathy,
I love the 3 gifts idea based on what baby ...Cathy,<br />I love the 3 gifts idea based on what baby Jesus received! And the facebook idea for 4 gifts. I hear you about chaos as a tradition! <br />I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!Sloane B. Collinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-13648256570349144852015-12-15T16:45:50.856-06:002015-12-15T16:45:50.856-06:00I believe!! We watched Die Hard (our Christmas Mov...I believe!! We watched Die Hard (our Christmas Movie for hubby) and Miracle on 42nd Street (one of my Christmas Movies) last Saturday night. It was nice. For the first time in years, I put up a tree, we decorated the outside of the house, but I haven't bought many presents. Why? I don't know what to get. Hubby and the son are getting groupons (It's not as bad as it sounds). Now if only the weather would make it feel like Christmas. Today it's 75 and the window is open in my office. The dog keeps climbing up his steps to look outside, when he's not sleeping. Everyone have a wonderful Christmas - 2016 is going to be a fabulous year.<br />Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08739086544916478044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-44654093755481114882015-12-15T09:07:56.294-06:002015-12-15T09:07:56.294-06:00Hi, Sloane! I watch White Christmas every Christma...Hi, Sloane! I watch White Christmas every Christmas Eve. I have to HAVE a REAL tree. Some traditions have fallen by the wayside--since my grandmother passed, no more family gathering, no more traditional lunch, instead, breakfast. But that's okay because being with my family and laughing and sharing is the most fun. Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028147191445531358.post-14251900588463863222015-12-15T06:57:18.211-06:002015-12-15T06:57:18.211-06:00Chaos is our tradition! Ha ha! We really don't...Chaos is our tradition! Ha ha! We really don't have any...my husband and I have had differences of opinion on holiday traditions. When growing up, he never saw the tree until Christmas morning (Santa brought it)...THIS Santa says I have enough work without adding the tree to it, lol. For a few years, when our boys were little, we did not put the tree up until Christmas eve. Now it goes up the day after Thanksgiving and down on New Years day. I do all the cooking, baking, decorating...but now my grand daughters help with the last two. They are 7 & 5.<br />When I was growing up, we got to open 1 present Christmas eve and it was usually new pajama's. My husband nixed that, too, lol! No clothes for Christmas and no opening gifts before morning.(He doesn't get it that girl LIKE clothes...any time of year! The girls are teaching him that!)<br />We also had several Jewish neighbors when I was a kid and they would always ended up at our house on Christmas Eve, helping to decorate our tree (ours also went up Christmas Eve, but we decorated it, not Santa!)and drinking with my parents!<br />I started a tradition with my kids of 3 gifts only. That is what baby Jesus got, so what makes my kids more special?? I do like this new one that is going around Facebook of 4 gifts..Something they want, something they need, something to wear and something to read...Cathy McElhaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617877660792352261noreply@blogger.com