The Festive Season

The Challenge of the Holiday Season.... Cooking and Decorating. Starting with Halloween.....Ever wonder about Candy Corn? Invented in 1880 by George Renninger and still so popular that October 30th is National Candy Corn Day. I have another name for candy corn - Scary.

It looks like harmless corn kernels, but when I see candy corn I see fangs. The Horrors of Halloween when a candy corn belly ache sent me to bed early only to suffer through the night with candy corn nightmares...... Vampires with candy corn Fangs!
Bats circling the room with candy corn fangs!

Fall days blow by like the leaves off trees, and suddenly it's November, and Thanksgiving, a great week, full of preparations, cooking and fun. The holiday traditions begin with the battle of the oven timer. A trying time, for there is always the fear that whatever I am cooking is going to burn. At the moment the timer goes off, I'm likely to be searching for something I swore I would never take out again, like a porcelain turkey, in a box somewhere - in the garage? or in the basement? You can get your family used to burnt cookies but that's not really what anyone wants to be remembered for.

Oh Christmas Tree.....freshly cut, a breath of fresh air in the livingroom .....better to use a step ladder, not a chair, to get that angel on the tippy-top of the tree........or you may have more than a fallin' angel.

Someday I may be just as content to simply decorate the bookshelves on either side of a warm fireplace, read a book, enjoy a delicious cookie from a local bakery, but all the excitement that comes with the holidays is too much to pass up. This year, I'll look for the turkey before I turn on the oven. Happy Halloween!