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Holiday Giveaway

12/21/2017

The GIVEAWAY is over. The winner of 12 books is Connie, whose favorite holiday dish is a meatless mincemeat pie. Thank you to those who took the time to comment. I enjoyed reading about everyone's holiday favorites.

While writing a Poe version of "The 12 Days of Christmas," I researched the song's origin. The lyrics enumerate gifts given each day leading up to the 12th day after Christmas, the traditional end of the holiday season. According to Christian tradition, that was the day the Magi presented the Christ child with gifts. Twelfth Night festivities, which date back to medieval England, involved gift giving, games, songs, dances, and a special food--the Twelfth Night cake, made with butter, eggs, sugar, fruit, nuts, spices, and a dried bean. The person whose slice of cake contained the bean served as the king or queen of the revels, with power to command the others. Disguises and sometimes social role reversals occurred, as servants gave orders to their "betters" for one night a year.

To celebrate Twelfth Night, I'm giving away twelve books, mostly cozy mysteries, on January 6, 2018. To enter the drawing for the books, leave a comment about a food you associate with the holidays and include your email address. I'll announce the winner here on January 7th. One winner will receive all twelve books. Sorry, I can send only to postal addresses in the U.S. My favorite holiday food is my grandmother's dessert pierogi with a sweet cheese filling. What's yours?

148 Comments

Autumn Trapani

12/21/2017 03:26:09 pm

My favorite holiday food is a cranberry orange walnut bundt cake. When I was a little girl, our neighbor made it every year. I make it now and it's delicious!

Maya Corrigan

12/21/2017 05:08:04 pm

That sounds tasty, Autumn. Thank you for commenting.

Amanda Wilcox

12/21/2017 05:42:46 pm

Mine is cookies, I love them and I only get my favorites at Christmas time. My all-time favorite are my mom's no-bake chocolate cookies. Drooling just thinking of them but I have to wait until tomorrow to get any. Merry Christmas!!!

Kay Bennett

12/21/2017 05:44:15 pm

I love so many holiday foods (ok I love food, lol). This year we are doing my favorites. Not only will we have turkey (its ok), ham (I love it), but also rouladen and schnitzel (love them!). May even do potato dumplings another of my favs. Love your books! Merry Christmas to you and yours

Lise Hull

12/21/2017 06:24:43 pm

I always loved my mother's Yorkshire Pudding. It accompanied roast beef, and other goodies.

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12/21/2017 06:29:23 pm

My favorite "holiday" food is FRUITcake, not the abomination known as fruitcake (that is really NUT&fruitcake).

Kimberley Cornwell

12/21/2017 06:53:13 pm

Sour Cream cut out cookies with frosting.....oh my!
Happy Holidays!!!

Kathleen Kendler

12/21/2017 07:00:43 pm

My favorite is my mother's Bouche de Noel

Patti Smith

12/21/2017 07:00:44 pm

My Grandmother's Sesame Cookies. I always loved helping her bake and making these every year reminds me of her.

Jeamme Anders

12/21/2017 07:02:08 pm

Dumplings! rolled flat, cur in squares, left to dry while we went to church, then simmered in the meat juices until they were little bits of heaven.

Joy isley

12/21/2017 07:13:13 pm

My family has always fixed a Buche de Noel for the holidays

Carol Smith

12/21/2017 07:36:35 pm

My favorite dessert is 🍒 Cherry 🧀 Cheesecake.
Merry Christmas to all🎄🎄🎈🎈🎈🎈

Jamie Rasmussen

12/21/2017 07:52:10 pm

My mom's Chess Pie. It tastes like cookie dough. My email is: norbert8bubba@yahoo.com

Tari Hann link

12/21/2017 08:10:15 pm

My brother's wife makes awesome thumbprint cookies with glaze and I always manage to eat a few too many but they are soooo good! They bring them every year to my family's Christmas along with chocolate chip cookies my brother himself makes and lots more. Just wouldn't be Christmas without their platter!

KarenM

12/21/2017 08:31:38 pm

We only serve our applesauce cake (fruitcake type) during the holidays.
I am off to the store to buy some applesauce so I can make one tonight.
Happy Happy Merry Merry
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SandyG

12/21/2017 08:35:45 pm

Mine is my Mom’s rum cake

Jennifer Cornell

12/21/2017 09:31:41 pm

I don't have anything in particular I associate with Christmas, but I am a pumpkin fanatic, and love when the holiday pumpkin explosion begins.

DOWARD WILSON

12/21/2017 09:51:30 pm

I always remember my Great-Aunt Clara's oyster dressing. I loved it, so she always made it for the family get together at Christmas.

suzette aldridge

12/21/2017 10:51:11 pm

When I was small pimento cheese stuffed celery

Mary Manning

12/22/2017 01:34:05 am

I love the chocolate chip cookies that I make each year with butter. Everybody raves about them and puts in a request to receive them again the following year.

Julie Hansen

12/22/2017 02:05:27 am

Fudge, Marshmollows dipped in caramel rolled in Rice Krispies, Sweet Potatoe Pie
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Cindi Knowles

12/22/2017 04:00:38 am

For me it's rice Krispy treats. When I was young we made them every year in red and green with all kinds of Christmas sprinkles. I've since passed the tradition and fun to my kids and now my daughter has taught her daughter!

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Cookoo

12/22/2017 09:20:19 am

My favorite dessert, for Thanksgiving and Christmas, is true Southern Pecan Pie. My Great Grandmother made, my Grandmother made, my Mom makes. Looks like, it's going to be another family tradition. Passed down to me. The recipe is a guarded secret.

Connie Hendryx

12/22/2017 06:34:54 pm

Mincemeat (all fruit, tho) pie!!!

Kim Gayheart

12/23/2017 05:47:03 pm

Hot fudge pudding cake, if you like toppings it's good with ice cream or whipped topping.

Jennifer H.

12/28/2017 04:01:28 pm

My husband and I didn't really have a lot of family traditions and holiday foods growing up so we are working hard to start traditions to give our kids. One is gingerbread, which we usually cut into men. One we are thinking of starting is actually for New Year's. My husband is Hispanic and I am not, but for some reason I can make a mean tamale. I hate them, but my family loves them and since I make so many other foods at Christmas, we can't do the tradition of making tamales for Christmas, so we'll try for New Year's. Happy Holidays!

Maya Corrigan

12/30/2017 06:48:59 am

Thank you to everyone who has shared their holiday favorites. My mouth was watering as I read about them. Making cookies has always been a part of holiday preparations at our house. Every year we make angel slices from the Joy of Cooking and hazelnut crescents. And we always try a new cookie recipe. This year it was Florentines, which taste a lot like almond brittle. Pecans in the angel slices, hazelnuts, almonds--I guess you could say we're nuts about Christmas.

Lisa Kelley link

1/1/2018 08:00:54 pm

My Mom's yellow cake with homemade chocolate frosting. I couldn't wait for dinner to be over, and that cake to be sliced.

Kara Marks

1/1/2018 08:09:30 pm

I love my grandmother's cranberry relish that I make now. legallyblonde1961@yahoo.com

Heather Haven

1/1/2018 08:13:02 pm

My own light fruitcake made with run and two months in the making. Sadly, haven't made it in awhile, but the thought of it makes ne want to do it for next year!

Nancy Bradford

1/1/2018 08:15:58 pm

My favorite holiday food is probably rum cake. I make some every year and it is so good with a bit of whipped cream.

Amanda Hartley

1/1/2018 08:20:58 pm

Every year we make these amazing cinnamon rolls with orange marmalade. They are so sticky and soooo good. We didn't get to make them this year. I missed them.

Sharon Forrest

1/1/2018 08:22:47 pm

I love to make cranberry orange bread and cranberry chutney. I stock up on cranberries while they are available.

Gloria Browning

1/1/2018 08:28:42 pm

Mine was my mom's German chocolate cake. I enjoy my mom-in-law's peanutbutter fudge too.

Sandy McCarthy

1/1/2018 08:30:00 pm

Mine is my grandmother stuff cabbage

Jennifer Hansen

1/1/2018 08:30:03 pm

Pumpkin pie
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Cecilia

1/1/2018 08:31:37 pm

I only eat Divinity at Christmas. Thanks for the great giveaway.

Pam Flynn

1/1/2018 08:41:31 pm

I associate Baked ham with the holidays. My mama always had baked ham for our Christmas dinner & it smelled so good. It reminds me of her and our happy times when she and daddy were here to celebrate with me.

Tina Treece Argo

1/1/2018 08:41:43 pm

My favorite is chicken and dressing and chocolate pie gosh I have so many. Aww and peanut butter fudge yummm

Kiki

1/1/2018 08:41:50 pm

Sweet potatoe pie. We generally have this for Thanksgiving and Christmas .

Stephanie colin link

1/1/2018 08:44:24 pm

Christmas sugar cookies. Love decorating these at this time of year
Thank you!

Julie Morehead

1/1/2018 08:53:22 pm

Molasses cookies, fudge, and divinity candy 🙋

Pam Morse

1/1/2018 08:57:39 pm

My mother always had Petite Fours at Christmas. When she got those, you knew the holidays were coming!

Nicole G

1/1/2018 09:03:04 pm

My mother in law makes her famous "Christmas Cake" every year. It's a bundt cake with chocolate chips, nuts, cherries, and about 100 other ingredients LOL So good!!

Lacey Harrington

1/1/2018 09:03:16 pm

I love pumpkin cheesecake or potato candy. Thanks for the chance!

Beverly Kelley

1/1/2018 09:13:22 pm

Gingerbread, warm with fresh whipped cream and the best walnut chocolate fudge. My mom was a great cook!

Catherine Winslow

1/1/2018 09:28:59 pm

Beef tenderloin Christmas Eve and egg casserole and carmelized bacon Christmas Day!

Connie Lee

1/1/2018 09:36:53 pm

I always enjoyed my mom's made from scratch coconut cake at Christmas.

Gina Borkowski

1/1/2018 09:43:17 pm

Sugar Cookies with icing and glittery sprinkles. It’s a Christmas tradition!

Dolores Q.

1/1/2018 09:45:25 pm

My favorite is poppy seed roll.

Della Williamson

1/1/2018 09:58:15 pm

For us it's fruit cake with rum sauce & divinity. My Mom made the divinity every Nov & Dec. My Aunt won a blue ribbon for her fruit cake which is aged 6 months. She candied the fruit herself. Made a rum sauce to go with it every year for those who like fruit cake

Arletta

1/1/2018 10:01:39 pm

I love my sister's Swedish Tea Ring and the white coconut fruit cake is the only fruit cake I will touch. I make a soft white cookie that I ice. And my family requests Raspberry Coconut cookies every year.
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Dianne Mossor

1/1/2018 10:04:41 pm

Cookies, especially shortbread for hubby. And nutroll.

sheryl sens

1/1/2018 10:12:03 pm

Cherry Pie!!! Coconut pie..roasted broccoli and cauliflower..tortilla role-ups and home made real Chinese food made by my s-n-l's mother!!!! Now i'm starving :) Happy New Year..thanks for not only this chance, but the reminder of the 12 days of Christmas song's meaning!

Debbie Price

1/1/2018 10:17:15 pm

Besides the normal things for Christmas dinner, I think of candy making. My dad always made fudge and divinity for Christmas. I remember helping put ingredients together for the candy when I was very young. Later, when I was older, he taught me how to actually make the candy. It's a memory I love every Christmas.

Mary Cadahia link

1/1/2018 10:19:47 pm

Buttermilk pie for Christmas and eggnog. Apple cake on thanksgiving

Candy Kennexy

1/1/2018 10:24:01 pm

My favorite dessert is chocolate cake with chocolate icing

Maryann

1/1/2018 10:29:41 pm

My favorite holiday food is a apple spice cake that my aunt makes. It's so delicious!

Christi King

1/1/2018 10:57:55 pm

I love peppermint bark cheesecake.

Celia Fowler

1/1/2018 11:08:19 pm

Dressing/stuffing definitely says holiday to me. As does Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake! Thanks so much for your giveaway ~

Julie McDonough

1/1/2018 11:08:29 pm

My favorite holiday food is my mom's Divinity. Christmas is the only time she makes it and it simply melts in your mouth! Happy Holidays and thank you for the chance to win these great books. kittygirl15401(at)yahoo(dot)com

Sue Leis

1/1/2018 11:10:33 pm

I like traditional foods for holidays. When I was a kid we always had turkey with all the trimmings for Christmas dinner. The relatives I celebrate with now usually have ham, which I like as well. This year some of the cousins decided to have a Mexican Christmas. The food was delicious, but it just didn't seem like a proper Christmas dinner to me.

Thank you for this wonderful chance to win so many books. Happy New Year to you Maya, and to all the cozy mystery readers out there.

Jane Dietz

1/1/2018 11:15:06 pm

Pumpkin chiffon pie. Heavenly.

Brittany

1/1/2018 11:37:21 pm

My favorite holiday food is prunes. My kids think they taste like candy so every year they leave them for Santa.

Kathy McWherter

1/2/2018 12:02:14 am

Well actually my favorite is turkey and mashed potatoes, as a kid it was the only time we had them. Still lie them , but now I make individual banana breads for friends, coworkers and family. At least 40 every Christmas!

Jenne

1/2/2018 12:18:33 am

My favorite holiday food is bourbon sweet potato casserole.

Candace knight

1/2/2018 02:54:41 am

We have hashbrown casserole and homemade cranberry sauce every Thanksgiving. On Christmas we make candies and cookies all month long. Those are what I look forward to the most. It's not Christmas without baking.

Deana Dick

1/2/2018 03:45:40 am

My favorite holiday food is buttermilk pie. My husband’s grandmother made the best buttermilk pie ever. The pie crust was perfect, so now we must have one every year,

Lynne From link

1/2/2018 05:13:32 am

Bishop’s Bread was my childhood favorite as it was a sweet bread made from dates and walnuts. Grandma only made it at Christmas. With it’s confectioner sugar topping, I couldn’t get enough. It’s my Christmas comfort food.

Lindsay

1/2/2018 05:45:45 am

Homemade peanut butter chocolate candies

Betty Gracie

1/2/2018 05:56:34 am

I love to bake Christmas cookies with my family. Cut out cookies are my favorites.

Dianne Bahn

1/2/2018 06:19:40 am

Favorite holiday foods would include potato dumplings, sauerkraut and Kolaches. I am of Czech origin.

Stephanie Hobrock

1/2/2018 07:09:48 am

My favorite holiday food is cranberry ice! It’s prettymuch sugar and frozen fresh cranberry mash, but that and fresh yeast rolls contain every memory of every holiday of my life!

Renee Collins

1/2/2018 07:38:31 am

Prime rib on Christmas Eve before Church...on Christmas Day used to be a huge dinner...now more relaxed and either have leftovers or a turkey.

Amber Frechette

1/2/2018 07:49:06 am

a new favorite of mine for the holidays is gingerbread whoopie pies with cream cheese filling!

Patty Batalden

1/2/2018 07:52:07 am

Divinity with no nuts and rosettes. Yum.

Sandy G

1/2/2018 08:45:57 am

When my Dad was alive we used to have fruit cake every year. Now I’m the only one who eats it so my Mom makes rum cake instead which is good and a lot lighter.

L Reeve

1/2/2018 08:52:04 am

My Mom was English and we always celebrated twelfth night. She made a traditional divine homemade fruit cake special for twelfth night which she made early in December and cured. It represents the true traditions of twelfth night. She served it with a homemade hard sauce which was divine. She always shared the story of twelfth night as we ate her delicious fruit cake and we discussed the meaning traditionally of twelfth night . We left our decor and tree up until after twelfth night. The traditionally homemade fruit cake with my great great great Grandmas receipe from Merry old England will always be true Twelfth night to my heart. I can still see Mom serving proudly her homemade fruit cake and telling the bible story. Her faith and twelfth night were very important to her.

Rebecca Hubbard

1/2/2018 08:57:07 am

Cranberry nit cake my mom always made. I always associate cranberries with Christmas.

Carolyn Theriot

1/2/2018 09:15:07 am

I live in New Orleans where we have a traditional cake called a King Cake that we serve starting the day after Christmas until the last day of Mardi Gras. That falls on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. The cake contains a small plastic baby figure hidden in the cake. The person who finds the doll in their slice of cake has to buy the next cake and host the next get together.

Margaret Rushton

1/2/2018 09:32:48 am

My favorite food is gingerbread. Our family has a tradition of spending a weekend before the holidays baking, building and decorating a gingerbread house. It's a fun family activity and delicious too.
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Megan Thomas

1/2/2018 09:52:33 am

My mom makes this monkey bread from scratch that I love!! I need to get the recipe from her so I can make it for my kids.

Cassandra Early

1/2/2018 10:02:13 am

My fresh fruit salad or apple salad.

Robin L. Coxon link

1/2/2018 10:03:04 am

There are several food items that mean holiday for me. My mother would make chocolate fudge with walnuts, balish and kolashky. My mother-in-law would make peanut butter fudge and the best sugar cookies around.

Jill Broussard

1/2/2018 10:12:51 am

My grandmother made the best butter cookies for the holidays. Sadly, No one has the recipe.

Kathleen Kendler

1/2/2018 10:50:38 am

My mother's Bouche de Noel.

Marsha C

1/2/2018 11:09:17 am

Fudge, potato candy, and iced cut out sugar cookies are some of my favorite memories of my mom making Christmas goodies.

david s. witt

1/2/2018 12:15:15 pm

Chocolate drops...... and I especially appreciate the twelve days of Christmas since my birthday is January 6th.....

Kelley Morrow

1/2/2018 12:26:31 pm

Eggnog! I know it’s getting close to Christmas when I start seeing it for sale everywhere. In my family only me and my oldest son enjoy it so it’s become a little thing we share at Christmas. If...he’s able to come home since he’s in the Army.

MaryAnn Forbes

1/2/2018 12:31:48 pm

My husband's Christmas Eve lasagna- was so delicious and decadent.

Katrina

1/2/2018 01:10:05 pm

My favorite holiday food is my mom's Sweet Potato Casserole.

Johnna smith

1/2/2018 01:31:46 pm

My chocolate dipped bourbon balls

Kay Bennett

1/2/2018 01:31:56 pm

Oh your favorite sounds yummy. I love lebkuchen!

Kay Garrett

1/2/2018 02:19:01 pm

My Mom made a Fresh Grated Coconut Cake that was to die for. To this day, when I make it I smile to think of and really appreciate how much time, work and love that went into this cake. Guess that’s why we usually never had it but at Christmas time. Then again, I think that’s what makes it special than something you have all year long. One bite, one smell can bring back oh such sweet memories of days gone by and those that held the most important spots in our lives. I know this recipe does for me. I think of my dear sweet Mom whose gone to her heavenly home as well as my childhood and how loved I was.

Back in the day, there wasn’t a cake mix or buying all the supplies. It was all from scratch. So when I say fresh grated coconut cake I mean she had to buy a whole coconut, crack and peel it and then grate that hard sucker. That was before measuring all the umpteen ingredients and making the cake – 3 layers by the way no all in one pan 9x13 cakes back then. I can remember wanting to be in the kitchen when the layers came out of oven. No matter how you greased and floured the pans, there was usually an itsy bit that stuck to the pan and I’d get to eat that part. After baking the cake while it cooled she still had the icing to cook (another pan to lick). Mom never had any problem stacking cake, icing, cake, etc. Not like me when it seemed the layers had a mind of their own and wanted to slide. I think that’s the real reason they started doing recipes calling for that 9x13 pan! Nothing could take the smile of pride off Mom’s face though when we brought the cake out for the first slicing. Makes me smile now with pride, sweet memories and thoughts of Christmas remembering Mom and her Fresh Grated Coconut Cake!

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Lori B.

1/2/2018 02:46:17 pm

My favorite is gluten free cookies!

Nina

1/2/2018 03:35:14 pm

I loved my mom's stuffing. She been gone now over 20 years but still miss her.

Dianne Casey

1/2/2018 04:53:29 pm

I associate ham with Christmas. My Dad always got a ham from work for Christmas and we still have ham for Christmas dinner and ham and scalloped potatoes for.New Year's Day.

sally

1/2/2018 05:14:38 pm

I love peppermint bark around the holidays! Fudge is a close second it could be a tie. nerdsrgood at msn dot com

Lisa Mitchell

1/2/2018 05:48:28 pm

Egg nog is my favorite food of the holidays!

Sandy Todd

1/2/2018 05:55:30 pm

My favorite part of the holidays in baking cut out sugar cookies and watching the grandkids frost & decorate them. I bet I've baked thousands of sugar cookies in my lifetime and never tire of it!

Cheryl Palmour

1/2/2018 06:22:53 pm

Every year I make my own brand of Chex Mix. I double the recipe. I use mixed nuts with no peanuts, add walnuts, pretzels, leave off the garlic bagel chips and bake in the oven. I send a big tin to my daughter in New York every year. They are usually gone before Christmas and then I send her a second batch to get her through the rest of the holidays!

Marissa Yip-Young

1/2/2018 06:38:35 pm

English toffee bars,

Michelle Gross link

1/2/2018 09:01:40 pm

My favorite holiday food is fresh potato latkes (I know that isn't a Christmas food but I hope it's ok!)

Maya Corrigan

1/3/2018 09:30:11 am

It's definitely a holiday dish, and a wonderful one. I'd eat fresh potato latkes anytime of the year as long as I didn't have to make them myself. When I grate potatoes, some skin from my fingers also is grated. Thank you for your comment, Michelle.

Janel F.

1/2/2018 09:51:06 pm

I usually associate Pecan Pie with the holidays due to the only time I really eat it.
Thank you for the chance.
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Brenda

1/2/2018 09:55:01 pm

Whooping pies!

Yvonne Gilbert

1/2/2018 10:43:46 pm

Candy canes. I always put twelve on our tree. Our grandchildren love them. My favorite thing to eat that I associate with Christmas would be Christmas cookies.

Sharon Baker

1/2/2018 11:08:36 pm

I love eggnog and cherry marshmallow fudge.

Have made each for years.

Alyssa Renae White

1/3/2018 12:22:36 am

Thank you for a chance to win this wonderful collection. My favorite holiday treat is the brown sugar glazed carrots. My grandma used to make them special for me but when she passed away my mom took on the duty of making them. But they're still not the same as my grandma made them. So now every Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas we have to have them or it's just not the same.

Roberta Bryant

1/3/2018 12:45:37 am

One thing I associate with the holidays are the "almond acorns" that my mother used to make--toasted whole almonds (with the "skins" removed), fat end dipped in melted chocolate and then dipped in chocolate sprinkles. They look like little acorns when done and are delicious!

Sarah Iverson

1/3/2018 01:24:33 am

Mine is lefse and red applesauce cinnamon jello. Yum!

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Marci Konecny

1/3/2018 02:04:51 am

Sticky Toffee Pudding! I love it fresh out of the oven. It never lasts long at our house.

Kari

1/3/2018 03:06:43 am

My Mom's Cookies and Candy

Jessica

1/3/2018 04:12:08 am

Lol. Love this Poe tree!

Jill DeBellis link

1/3/2018 05:21:10 am

My favorite holiday food is my mother’s best friend’s cream cheese cookies. I only make them at Christmas. It takes me back to my childhood.

Frances Hampton link

1/3/2018 05:36:29 am

My favorite is Rosca, which is a version of Twelfth Night Cake. Instead of a bean, though, there are little plastic babies representing Jesus. Because of this my children always called it Baby Bread. Funny story about it: one year I took a large one with 6 babies in it to my work. Most of my co-workers never heard of it so I thought it would be fun to share. Every single person who had a baby in their piece of cake, had a real baby later that year. The end of the year, after Thanksgiving, everyone kept telling to not bring the cake again. While they thought it was delicious no one wanted to chance a repeat. Hahaha.
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KellyL

1/3/2018 06:02:52 am

I love cut out sugar cookies with frosting!

LuAnn Summers

1/3/2018 06:16:41 am

For me the food that means Christmas is our Norwegian tradition of Oyster Stew and Lefse (potato pancake) on Christmas Eve.

Rudi Lee

1/3/2018 08:16:45 am

My grandmother, and later on my mom, used to make Christmas cookies they called "Pecan Dreams". I found out as an adult they are known by many names, including "Italian Wedding" cookies. They were rolled in powdered sugar, so both my mom and grandmother used to color them with red or green food coloring for the holidays. The white ones looked like little snowballs. Those are some of my earliest memories of great Christmas cookies. Now my daughter makes them too, for her family!

Linda Leonard

1/3/2018 08:26:45 am

I have several foods that come to mind but the most memorable is rolled oysters. Family would always be coming and going during the holidays and when we would have many guests gathered together, one of the adults would venture out in the cold and maybe snow if we were lucky, and would get rolled oysters for everyone. They were huge. They arrived in a large brown paper bag with plenty of oyster crackers and ketchup. They seemed to set the stage in anticipation of the Christmas dinner that would follow . . .

Maya Corrigan

1/3/2018 09:10:36 am

Linda, I'd never heard of rolled oysters, so I looked them up. They sound delicious. Thank you for commenting and introducing me to a new dish.--Maya

Anne Jones

1/3/2018 01:40:55 pm

Turkey with cranberry sauce and a drizzle of gravy! When I was little, my mom used to make these amazing Christmas cut-out shaped butter cookies with frosting and sprinkles, which have become a family tradition and we all make them every year!

Debbie

1/3/2018 01:50:21 pm

The food I associate with the holidays is my Mom's Cornbread Dressing. She always made the best. So, so, so good!!!

Patricia Dunar

1/3/2018 05:21:13 pm

I make my Christmas cake, it's a bunt cake made with pumpkin, applesauce, pecans, raisins, vanilla glaze and lots of love.

terry saunders link

1/3/2018 07:35:08 pm

My grandparents came from England and she made a fruitcake every year which I loved and custard pie and current pie. Which to this day is my favorites..She gave me her recipe for custard pie that I make once a month for just me..lol. no one in my family eats fruitcake but a slice of fruitcake and cup of hot tea can't be beat.

Faith Creech

1/3/2018 08:58:24 pm

We always made frosted sugar cookies when I was growing up and so I still carry on the tradition today and have passed it on to my daughter who does the same thing.

Margie Rico

1/3/2018 09:21:27 pm

My favorite holiday food is cornbread dressing with gravy. I absolutely love it and it doesn’t feel like a holiday to me without dressing.

Tracy Shafer

1/3/2018 09:24:10 pm

Mine is a honey baked ham! We only get one every Christmas Eve. rockergoddess2002 at yahoo dot com

Lea

1/3/2018 10:29:24 pm

We make ambrosia fruit salad with our festive dinner. It has fruit salad, banana, apple bits, and mandarin oranges with whip cream. It is delicious

Jackie Tessnair

1/3/2018 11:06:25 pm

My favorite holiday food is ham,turkey and pumpkin pie.I would to win this giveaway.Thanks for the chance.

Rhonda

1/3/2018 11:26:50 pm

Prime rib is our favorite dinner.

Margo Holmes

1/4/2018 12:06:48 am

Gingerbread is my go-to holiday treat. I love gingerbread cake just out of the oven topped with homemade whipped cream. This always reminds me of home and Mom.

Sandy McCarthy

1/4/2018 07:34:52 am

I love Tastycakes sugar cookies. You can only get them at Christmas time

Pamela Richard

1/4/2018 03:56:46 pm

My grandmother was German and always made stolen for Christmas. I love it so much.

Cynthia Smith

1/4/2018 04:02:03 pm

I love all of the holiday cookies that my mother and my sister's mother-in-law made every year.

Margaret Appel

1/4/2018 09:37:28 pm

My favorite holiday food is ... Spritz cookies made with cream cheese and lots of sprinkles. My Mom made these for us every Christmas, and in remembrance we still make them to share at Christmas. They're never quite as good as we remember Mom's, but it's the memories that count!.

Susan Carter

1/4/2018 10:31:45 pm

Prime Rib with Yorkshire Pudding tops my list of favorites. Creme brûlée makes a great dessert! Thank you for this opportunity. I have not read any of the books on the list yet. ❤️

Margaret Rushton

1/5/2018 12:04:37 am

Holiday food is so special. For some holidays we have baked ham and just the smell of it baking in the oven, brings memories of all the holidays from when I was little to now with my kids. Thanksgiving is pumpkin pie time and it's one of my favorite desserts. Just the smell of pumpkin pie is amazing.
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Diana Felgenhauer

1/5/2018 06:00:24 pm

I try not to bake or make andy much during the year as I am the one who eats most tof them so at Christmas I make almond joy cookies and bark using dark chocolate, chopped craisins, pecans, almonds with a little bit of black cherry balsamic vinegar and a smidgin of basil essential oil....maybe just sticking a toothpic in the oil then stirring it in the choc mixture....

Lily-Ann Gill

1/6/2018 10:14:41 am

I remember when I was younger going to my grandparents house and the moment we would walk in, you could smell all the cookie baking in the oven. I know there we're other times cookies were baked but it's just something about Christmas and cookies. (I wish I could bake.. most times I try it ends up being a epic fail 😉)

Rhonda Gothier

1/6/2018 02:12:26 pm

Pumpkin bread. Chili. Cinnamon rolls. Peppermint fudge and hot chocolate!

Judy Pflueger

1/6/2018 02:29:48 pm

Christmas sugar cookies and egg nog (not necessarily together.)

Daphne Cochran

1/6/2018 02:33:46 pm

The one food item I associate with Christmas is Butter tarts. We only ever got them on Christmas. Very Canadian dessert.Thanks for the chance.

Sherry Priddy

1/6/2018 02:56:36 pm

Dum dum salad. I have come across many variations over the years but my favorite is with cool whip, pineapple and cherries

Sandy Garvey

1/6/2018 03:50:09 pm

My Mom's version of kolackies were made like little tarts with cherry pie filling and a glaze. It took her 2 days to make them. A lot of work, but they were sooooo good.

Kristin Schadler

1/6/2018 07:57:39 pm

My favorite holiday food is gingerbread cookies. Or possibly pumpkin bread.

Linda Ortiz

1/6/2018 08:57:00 pm

Tamales for Christmas is what we make for Christmas dinner!! Thanks for the giveaway!!

Kelly M

1/6/2018 10:34:16 pm

Baklava! The recipe my mom uses has a bunch of walnut and phyllo layers and practically oozes honey sauce.

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