Tag: advent
member name: Cristina S.
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December 03, 2007 07:51 AM EST --
This is a story I heard and then retold many times. I did not make it up, but I don't know who did. It captures the Christmas spirit so well; it is a real Advent story!
Roads and meadows . . .
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December 02, 2007 06:57 PM EST --
There are places on Earth where Santa Claus is not important. No, I don't mean because of religion. I mean, because it just isn't Santa who is involved with Christmas...
In Germany it is the . . .
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December 14, 2007 02:42 AM EST --
Several people have asked about the origin and meaning of the Advent Wreath. Let me offer a brief history.
The Advent Wreath was first used by Pastor Johann Hinrich Wichern, who founded an orphanage . . .
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December 08, 2007 01:56 AM EST --
Advent is a time of joyful preparation for the Christmas Season. It is also a time of reflection.
The traditions surrounding Saint Nicholas are lovely and fun to share with your family. . . .
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December 07, 2007 03:38 AM EST --
Now that Saint Nicholas Day (and all the preparations for it) is past, it is time to make Lebkuchen. You don't eat these right away. They are much better if you store them in a nice cookie tin for . . .
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December 10, 2007 02:50 AM EST --
Last week I shared my Mama's Lebkuchen recipe with you. It is delicious, but if you want to build a Lebkuchen Haus, here is one that is better for that:
3 c flour
9 oz honey (if you . . .
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December 11, 2007 02:26 PM EST --
Isn't it strange sometimes? On Sunday I saw a field full of geese on my way to visit friends. When I told the mother of the little girl I am working with this week, she told me all about them. . . .
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December 12, 2007 02:44 AM EST --
Reading Sheila's gingerbread story made me long for some, so I dusted off the recipe we have been using in my family for the last 45 years and took it vegan too! You can make it either way... . . .
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December 13, 2007 12:00 PM EST --
The Germans have many traditional recipes for Christmas cookies... this is the week for spicy ones. They are usually better if stored for a few days before eating! These are a very favorite kind... . . .
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December 19, 2007 02:23 AM EST --
This is traditional - a loaf cake baked with lots of honey. It stores well and tastes best after it has been kept for several days, to mellow out the flavors.
Honigkuchen
3 c flour (this is good . . .
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December 05, 2007 12:25 PM EST --
On December 5 th children in Germany clean their shoes or winter boots and put them outside their door. Why do they do that?
Well, on December 6 th is Saint Nicholas' feast day, and that . . .
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December 06, 2007 02:02 AM EST --
On the 6 th of December all German children pop right out of bed and rush to see what Saint Nicholas has put into their shoes. There may be apples, tangerines, candy, gingerbread men, chocolate, lebkuchen, . . .
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December 09, 2007 04:46 AM EST --
Good morning dear Gather Friends!
Today is the second Sunday in Advent. On the Advent Wreath, two candles will burn this whole week.
The Advent Sundays are a time for families to gather together. . . .
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December 18, 2007 03:34 AM EST --
Advent and Christmas in Germany would not be complete without a visit to a Christmas market. There are the big and famous ones of course: Nuernberg comes to mind, Munich and Ulm too. Austria has its share . . .
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December 04, 2007 05:28 AM EST --
Christmas is a time of joy and celebration, a time to be with family and friends, a time of happiness.
Why then is this time so difficult for many of us?
We may be having economic problems. . . .
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December 15, 2007 05:25 PM EST --
Someone asked me where to get candied orange and lemon peel in the US , or barring that, how to make some yourself.
Candied lemon peel isn't made of lemons if you buy it commercially. . . .
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December 20, 2007 03:19 PM EST --
Today I want to share another family favorite with you: Pfeffernuesse - Pepper Nuts. They are quite hard at first, but you keep them in an airtight cookie tin for a few days, together with an apple the . . .
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December 22, 2007 05:42 AM EST --
The other day we were in Fellbach together, looking at the stalls of a little Christmas Market. I didn't think I would go to The Weihnachtsmarkt in Stuttgart this year, but when friends asked me . . .
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December 23, 2007 06:50 AM EST --
Today is the fourth Sunday in Advent. We will light all four candles!
It is time for another story. I am retelling another one I heard. It is set in simpler times and a simpler place...
God's . . .
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December 16, 2007 06:10 AM EST --
It is Sunday again - the third Sunday in Advent. I think we want a story today. As before, I did not make this up, it is a retelling of one I heard...
There was once a man who found a . . .
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