My vote for the DVD distribution is the Electronic Hat.
Christmas Foods -
Yesterday, we had the first ever annual family cookie baking day. I named it the Iron Spatula event. We had several representatives from different countries. We even had an opening ceremony and distributed baking hats and mom got to wear one of EL Eric's chef jackets (he's a pastry chef, you know). We had Iron Spatula chef's from Italy, Little Italy, Germany, Sweden, Japan and Germany. Being a mostly Italian family, it was funny that the only person who decided on an Italian cookie was EL Eric, and his was the best. We baked 'till the cows came home - chocolate crinkles, Brown-sugar choco chip, two different types of toll house, sugar cookies, zoletti's (EL Erics), thumb print with Apricot jam, and rice crispy treats with holiday sprinkles. When we had finished our frenzie, we had a lovely dinner of lasagna, salad and bread and for dessert, we had hot cocoa with homemade marshmellows (yes EL Eric made them!!) What a day! I never want to see another cookie for a while.
One of the reasons we did this, and this brings me to the TOD, is that for years my Nonni and my Aunt used to make dozens of different types of cookies at the holiday time. And that really meant that Christmas was here. In the past few years, as old age began to take over, there had been less and less cookies made. So this year, we decided to start a tradition to keep up the old tradition. Good Times all around.
