Oh Tannenbaum.......
I love Christmas trees!!! While I was living in Utah I loved to go to Salt Lake City and walk through the Festival of the Trees. When the children were little our tree would be full of decorations they would make. When we first moved back to Australia we had no decorations and no money to buy any so we strung popcorn together and made salt clay decorations and painted them. Lovely memories.
A few years ago I was doing the after Christmas decoration sale thing when I came across a bunch of beautiful gold and cream decorations at .10 cents each. Our tree never had a colour theme until that time.
The children are older and although our tree was beautiful when we'd use the children's home made decorations, we now have the most elegant Christmas tree we've ever had. I love to sit and look at it.
It is a tradition that I set up the tree, Sarah puts the lights around it and all the children hang the ornaments as I pass them out. We do all this while listening to Bing Crosby (it HAS to be Bing to start the Christmas season!) After dad puts on the tree topper, we turn the ceiling lights off and turn the tree lights on. There are many ooh's and ahhh's. This year I added a new tradition. Home made eggnog after decorating the tree!!
We LOVE eggnog. Not just any eggnog. We love Cream O Weber eggnog that we can't get in Australia. There is nothing even remotely close. The eggnog here is available all year 'round but they should not be allowed to call it 'eggnog'.
I went in search of a recipe and found one that uses cream. Which is good because we were given a case of cream earlier this week. I made up the recipe hoping that it would be alright. The verdict came in when the kids started drinking it. It was a HIT!!! So the tradition will live on. I just have to try to only make it for Christmas.
The recipe is as follows:
4 eggs
2 cups milk
1 cup sugar (I will use a little less next time)
2 TBL vanilla
2 cups cream (never said it was 'healthy')
1 tsp nutmeg (add to taste. We added more.)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice (optional...but it was a nice add)
Separate eggs. Yolks in one bowl and whites in another. Add half sugar to each bowl and beat lightly. Add the cream gradually to the whites. Keep whipping mixture and add vanilla. Now add both mixtures together. Slowly add milk and spices while mixing.
Chill and ENJOY!!
This recipe served 6 of us with one or two having seconds.
I love Christmas trees!!! While I was living in Utah I loved to go to Salt Lake City and walk through the Festival of the Trees. When the children were little our tree would be full of decorations they would make. When we first moved back to Australia we had no decorations and no money to buy any so we strung popcorn together and made salt clay decorations and painted them. Lovely memories.
A few years ago I was doing the after Christmas decoration sale thing when I came across a bunch of beautiful gold and cream decorations at .10 cents each. Our tree never had a colour theme until that time.
The children are older and although our tree was beautiful when we'd use the children's home made decorations, we now have the most elegant Christmas tree we've ever had. I love to sit and look at it.
It is a tradition that I set up the tree, Sarah puts the lights around it and all the children hang the ornaments as I pass them out. We do all this while listening to Bing Crosby (it HAS to be Bing to start the Christmas season!) After dad puts on the tree topper, we turn the ceiling lights off and turn the tree lights on. There are many ooh's and ahhh's. This year I added a new tradition. Home made eggnog after decorating the tree!!
We LOVE eggnog. Not just any eggnog. We love Cream O Weber eggnog that we can't get in Australia. There is nothing even remotely close. The eggnog here is available all year 'round but they should not be allowed to call it 'eggnog'.
I went in search of a recipe and found one that uses cream. Which is good because we were given a case of cream earlier this week. I made up the recipe hoping that it would be alright. The verdict came in when the kids started drinking it. It was a HIT!!! So the tradition will live on. I just have to try to only make it for Christmas.
The recipe is as follows:
4 eggs
2 cups milk
1 cup sugar (I will use a little less next time)
2 TBL vanilla
2 cups cream (never said it was 'healthy')
1 tsp nutmeg (add to taste. We added more.)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice (optional...but it was a nice add)
Separate eggs. Yolks in one bowl and whites in another. Add half sugar to each bowl and beat lightly. Add the cream gradually to the whites. Keep whipping mixture and add vanilla. Now add both mixtures together. Slowly add milk and spices while mixing.
Chill and ENJOY!!
This recipe served 6 of us with one or two having seconds.
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