Good morning, and welcome to Day #3 of MERRY &BRIGHT!
Aren't these little Santa mugs festive?, and I love the way they have them displayed. My mother had a collection of these, which I passed on to my Aunt. I loved them and I did keep one, but I knew that to display them would take up quite a bit of space and I have so many other decorations I was afraid I wouldn't be able to display it all. I do love them though, and I treasure the one I kept and display it in a special place each year (see picture below for this year's placement.)
This one was my favorite, and it originally had just a little paint left in a few places. Over the years the paint chipped off more and more until finally last year I gently washed it and worked it all off. I like the solid cream color, especially since so many of my other decorations are so colorful. It think it adds a nice touch, and it makes my mom feel close during the holidays. I have a few other Santa mugs in my own collection, but they are more, I suppose "cutesy" would be the best way to describe them, though they will be vintage one day, too. I actually tried to down size some of my decorations one year but my daughter loudly objected! :) It seems she does want all of the decorations from her childhood, so now I just have a box for the things we want to keep but not necessarily display each year.
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GINGERBREAD WAFFLES
Sausage Balls has long been our traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas morning breakfast, but at some point in the week between Christmas and New Year's I think I'm going to give this recipe a try.
1 Cup All Purpose Flour
1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon Ground Ginger
3/4 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/8 Teaspoon Ground Cloves
1/3 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
1 Egg Yolk
3/4 Cup Buttermilk
1/4 Cup Molasses
3 Tablespoons Butter, Melted
Non-stick Cooking Spray
Confectioner's Sugar
In a large bowl, combine the first secon ingredients. In a small bowl, beat the brown sugar and egg yolk until fluffy. Add the buttermilk, molasses and butter. Stir into dry ingredients just until combined.
Quickly spoon onto a preheated waffle iron that's been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
Bake until golden brown on both sides. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar, if desired.
THE BEST OLD CHRISTMAS SONGS
This playlist on You Tube gives you a full four hours of timeless Christmas Classics
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