Wednesday Medley

It is difficult to believe that another Christmas has come and gone...we await with so much anticipation and  whisk it is gone!!!  But our memories  will last forever!!!  So if it is Wednesday it is time to do  the Wednesday Medley  along with Terri D.

Today is National Candy Cane Day!! How appropriate is that?!

NATIONAL CANDY CANE DAY

National Candy Cane Day is observed across the United States each year on December 26.

In 1844, a recipe for a straight peppermint candy stick, which was white with colored stripes, was published. However, some stories tell of all white candy sticks in much earlier times.  There are folklore tales of the origin of the candy cane, yet there is no documented proof of its real beginning. It has been mentioned in literature since 1866 and was first known to be mentioned in association with Christmas in 1874.   As early as 1882, candy canes have been hung on Christmas trees.

1.  Are there candy canes left in your house right now?  We didn't have any candy canes, per se, but we bought peppermint sticks, like the kind Santa brought me  as a child at Grandma's house.  

Did you hang some on your tree?  No.  Do you even like them? I  do like these sticks because they are  not so hard and don't break off in shards  I  remember cutting my tongue on a shard as a wee one..  These sticks rather melt in your mouth!

2.  Without a graphic, today is also National Thank You Note Day!  I like receiving that thank you note in the mail for a gift I have given.  Are you good about getting thank you notes in the mail after Christmas (or any occasion calling for a note)?  I, regrettably, admit I do not  send a thank you note for  every  gift received...  but  I do  for some...  especially when I know one is expected.. shame on me.....  but I do like to take hostess gifts  when I    go to some one's home for dinner.

3.  How are you feeling on this day after Christmas?  Tired, let down, still glowing?  I have felt all of those at one time or another and sometimes all of them at once! Tell us about it.  This morning  we both awakened refreshed and  contented..  Yesterday was a quiet, contemplative  Christmas for us...  and we even got to face time with our  precious  children and grands..  We  did Christmas  with them  over Thanksgiving  and they  had   the in laws  with them in  Massachusetts  this year..Hubs and  I had  a lovely time recalling  Christmases  of  our youth together and  the  Christmases when  we were young parents  and  working so hard to keep the magic aflame!

4  It is "tradition" to leave the tree and decorations up until after January 6th, to honor the Epiphany. When will your boxes be packed and put away until next year?  I always wait until  Epiphany  or sometimes longer...  especially any decorations  that  evoke a  wintry  beauty, or snowmen...  Are you, like me, thinking about doing it right now?  No, I like to prolong Christmas    or else  I  can  begin  to feel rather sad it is over for another long year!  It is my favorite holiday!

5. Looking ahead to New Year's Eve, do you have plans? None for  it particularly.  Have you ever celebrated big in New York's Time Square?  No! Would you even want to be there?  No, I agree with Terri, our host,  I would  feel lost in that crowd!!!

6. Tell us something random about your week so far!  Even though we didn't  get to share with our  'beloveds' we make time with  dear friends  who  in some cases do not have  a lot of family..  We had Dottie and Bill over  to watch The Christmas Chronicles and eat pop corn one night,  and we  are having two couples  in for  this weekend  for a No More Christmas food, Spaghetti dinner... I do enjoy having folks visit since we have taken so much care to decorate and  enliven the home...  it is  sweet to share  the ambiance around the table!!!   

I am  sitting here thinking how marvelous  we do not have to  get out  in that  after Christmas shopping melee!!!  But I do think a couple of  in home visits  would be nice  for us to  do today!!!  Have a great day and God bless!!