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A lovely feel-good story for this Christmas.

I took the Christmas cake that I made in October out of its tin today. 14.5 lbs of boozy goodness. I broadened the scope of the picture so wtg can see my ceramic tree.

Yesterday I made a Cherry-Walnut cake that someone on the overnight thread I visit posted last week. I haven't had this cake since I was a child.

A few days ago I made fondant centers for chocolates. I'd better dip them today. Wintergreen, Maple (I know, sickly color, but they'll look better in chocolate), and orange.

This year I made my Tourtière pie filling in October and froze it. Got to remember to take it out of the freezer today.... in fact I'm going to do that now!

The living room tree (It can change from white lights to colored ones)

My decor is very similar to last year's, with a few displays moved to new locations.

The Santas

The dining room tree

The village (putting it in a bookshelf has been one of my better ideas)

@wtg More beautiful trees! Love the wreath with the candle. I remember those little angel candles, I think my Aunt down the road had some. I have a ceramic tree very similar to yours, but mine has a blue star!

@ShiroKuro Your trees are so pretty, SK.

@AndyD That was wonderful, Andy! I really enjoyed that. Well done. Thanks.

@wtg said in The Chicago kidnappings have begun:

Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented.

What a surprise. Not.

See B.S.

I've never thought so. But maybe I'm discerning in the poetry I read.

So Mr. Kiper, running for governor in my state of NH, wrote a "funny" book in 2013 which is now tripping up his candidacy.

I don't know. Knowing the book is "supposed" to be satirical, might help pausibility? But I'm having a hard time finding anything funny about the "poems". I could shrug it off to being sophomoric, but he was 30 at the time of writing it. And it was 2013, only a little more than a decade ago. Warped sense of humor to say the least. And questionable judgement if you ask me.

https://www.wmur.com/article/poetry-book-kiper-derogatory-language/69841941

Happy Solstice!

That was lovely! Very nice playing. Thanks for posting it. I love your decorations!

I have little (none, really) sympathy for national/international chains who move into neighborhoods and have very little stake in the community. Who cause the shuttering of mom and pop stores and run things homogeneously. Who pay so little that many who work at them need government assistance. Who care so little about people, that they'll only have a few cashiers (if any!) and expect everyone to become a de facto, unpaid employee to check out. I refuse. They don't train their employees well enough (most of those at the local Walmart don't know the first thing about the goods they sell in their department.), and to be honest, the employees are not being paid enough to learn. These stores are a blight on the land, and often sell inferior (grossly inferior) product.

I'm strongly against theft. But if people are so hard up that they need to resort to theft (unless they're kleptomaniacs, but the percentages indicate something more), there is a bigger problem at hand.

We should be talking about the theft of livelihoods and wages and services.

@Axtremus said in 'Theater Kid' as the New Political Insult:

"What did theater kids do to deserve such scorn?"

They have fun.

It seems irrelevant unless one is a creed affirming adherent.

Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, ...

I think, if one takes the life of Jesus as one's model, compassion and fairness would take precedence. Isn't that what makes a christian a Christian?

One wonders how many adulterers (and other "sinners") the minister extends communion to on a daily basis.

Wow!

@ShiroKuro And $369!! To ruin one's hands. I hope whoever buys it knows it's not a good idea.

@wtg I love rum balls, bourbon balls as well. Can't read the article, though ... paywall.

@wtg Nice looking pans!

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