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Post by ZandraJoi on Dec 12, 2020 9:20:22 GMT -5
"Gingerbread House Day on December 12th recognizes a family tradition for many around the country. A favorite food of an Armenian monk, Gregory of Nicopolis, brought gingerbread to Europe around 992 AD and taught French Christians to bake it. Since gingerbread was often used in religious ceremonies, monks baked to be sturdy to molded into images of saints. We can thank the Brothers’ Grimm for a gingerbread house, though. Through their tale of Hansel and Gretel, they introduce an evil witch who lives in a house made of gingerbread. It didn’t take long for the German gingerbread guilds to pick up the idea. Soon, they put gingerbread houses to a more festive use making snowy cottages made from the spicy-sweet treat. Today, we can spend the day baking, cutting, and building to our heart’s delight. Kits take some steps out of the process so we can get right down to constructing our winter wonderlands."
My notes: While I love ginger, we never had a gingerbread house lol What about you?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2020 2:56:33 GMT -5
My aunt made me a gingerbread house cake from scratch for one of my birthdays as a kid. It was very memorable, so delicious and still makes me smile!
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Post by ZandraJoi on Dec 12, 2021 9:06:35 GMT -5
"Each year on the 12th of December, people across the United States celebrate one of the most recognizable plants of the holidays on National Poinsettia Day. In 16th-century Mexico, the connection between the poinsettia plant and the Christmas season begins. According to legend, a girl wanted desperately to celebrate Jesus’s birthday. Worried, the girl feared she would have no gift to offer because she was so poor. An angel tells her to give any gift with love. After gathering weeds from alongside the road, the young girl placed them in the manger. Miraculously the weeds bloomed into beautiful red stars. The poinsettia initially came to the United States with Joel Roberts Poinsett, an American botanist and the first U.S. Minister to Mexico. In 1825, he sent cuttings home to Charleston, South Carolina. However, it wasn’t until the early 1920s that the poinsettia started taking root in American culture. Paul Ecke, a second-generation farmer in California, discovered a grafting technique that caused the seedlings to branch. Hawking their Christmas flower at roadside stands, Paul Ecke Jr. later advanced sales of the poinsettia through shipping and marketing."
My notes: While they are pretty, I never really had one myself. Do you get one for the Holidays?
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Post by lainee on Dec 12, 2021 18:42:51 GMT -5
That's a beautiful legend for the popular and colorful plant. It's a perfect gift for Christmas. Although, personally, I do prefer a Christmas Cactus...they're gorgeous and if treated with care, they'll bloom every year
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Post by ZandraJoi on Dec 12, 2022 9:40:37 GMT -5
"Right in the middle of the holiday season, National Ambrosia Day brings a refreshing salad to the celebration table. On December 12th, bring ambrosia to your holiday dinner or celebration and go home with an empty bowl. Ambrosia, according to Greek mythology, is the nectar of the gods, endowing strength and immortality to those who eat it. The term itself can mean something especially delectable to taste or smell. The earliest recipes for ambrosia salad appeared around the 1800s. The recipes called for citrus fruit, coconut, and sugar. However, those who find coconut disagreeable leave it out of the recipe. We must note that if you omit coconut, a forceful objection could be heard from a true southerner."
My notes: I think I have had something similar to this. I like coconut in it. Do you like it?
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Post by spice on Dec 12, 2022 10:27:03 GMT -5
I have made gingerbread houses before. Love Ambrosia.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Dec 12, 2023 9:13:48 GMT -5
"Universal Health Coverage Day is observed annually on December 12 with the aim to ensure people around the world can get the quality health services they need without financial hardship. To end the crisis and build a safer and healthier future, we must invest in health systems that protect us all. On Universal Health Coverage Day, let’s come together to demand action on universal health coverage."
My notes: What do you think of this? Do you think our healthcare system could do better? In the USA, ours could be much better.
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