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I had to find Rosemary Clooney in that dress, so here it is:

ooo lala!

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What is a pudding mold you ask?  Pudding as in cake, not pudding as in jello. I received one this year as a gift from a friend, and it so cute, I love it!

Here is a recipe you can try for Persimmon Pudding with Hard Sauce.  I have made it before and it is delicious, so now I will try it in my new mold.

Martha Stewart has a few ideas for turning a vintage container like this into a gift box!

And here is a paint box as a cookie container…great ideas, as always.

Whether you use these vintage items as they are orginally intended, or find another purpose, they are always beautiful.

bottom 3 photos from Martha Stewart’s Handmade Christmas

check Ebay for some containers

What a great post over at Design*Sponge; Living in White Christmas.

I wonder what it would  have been like to live in White Christmas, one of the most beloved movies of all time.  I adore the styles and hair, on the women and the guys.  What is your favorite outfit?  Mine is the black dress that Rosemary wears when she sings,

“Love You Didn’t Do Right By Me”.  Nice!

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So check out Design*Sponge and maybe you will find something you want to purchase so you can feel as though you are in the post WWII era!

I hope you are enjoying your week. Now that all the presents are open, church services over, and traveling done, it’s time to take a breather.  After I clean up, I will enjoy the tree and all the decorations for just a few more days. Hope you can take a breather too!  What will you do to relax?

vintage ornament hanging from mirror

a beautiful pop-up book that I’ve had since my kids were small

telling the true meaning of Christmas

The Children’s Theatre by Franz Bonn

Merry Christmas!

Frohe Weinhacten (German)

Joyeux Noel (French)

Feliz Navidad (Spanish)

Glædelig jul (Danish)

Buon Natale (Italian)

Gëzuar Krishtlindjet (Albanian)

Wesołych Świąt (Polish)

silent night, holy night…

holy infant so tender and mild…

sleep in heavenly peace.

The origin of the Christmas carol we know as Silent Night was a poem that was written in 1816 by an Austrian priest called Joseph Mohr. On Christmas Eve in 1818 in the small alpine village called Oberndorf it is reputed that the organ at St. Nicholas Church had broken. Joseph Mohr gave the poem of Silent Night (Stille Nacht) to his friend Franz Xavier Gruber and the melody for Silent Night was composed with this in mind. The music to Silent Night was therefore intended for a guitar and the simple score was finished in time for Midnight Mass. Silent Night is the most famous Christmas carol of all time!

some fun music…

click here and here and enjoy

Pomplamoose

and now some beautiful and inspired music…

flash mob

…and He shall reign for ever and ever!

Do you love the houses in movies as much as the movies?  I do!! Remember…”KEVIN!!!!!” and those nasty burglers?  Well, I saw that the house is for sale, so check it out.  It is even more amazing in real life (of course, the movie is from 1990, so it looks dated).  The movie is still on my holiday movie list, mostly because I get to see the house again!

Enjoy (and always count your kids correctly)!

My friend Nancy and I have been talking about gathering our German friends together for a traditional meal, and this week it finally took place!  Some guests were from Germany originally; some of us just have a German heritage. We did meet 2 young German women that are here interning; one at Mercedes Benz and the other at BMW.  They said they felt like they were home.  It was wonderful to gather, meet new people, see old friends and EAT!

I decided to use my beer krugs as centerpieces.  (We thought they were called “steins” but were corrected by a wonderful shop owner in Rothenburg). I used simple white daisies from the grocery store, clipped greens, and winterberry.

this krug is from my Grandparents home…

this is a new one purchased from the Hofbrauhaus…

and also newly purchased from Rothenburg

There were so many of us that we needed 3 tables, but there were enough krugs to go around.

Everyone brought food and we had a blast and look forward to the next time.

Guten Appetit!

My family says good-bye today to our beautiful Mother, Mother-in-law (to me), and Gramma.  She was a beautiful woman in so many ways.

I “just happened” to read this the day she passed…”He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.”

Proverbs 18:22

We love you and will miss you terribly.