Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Christmas Cookie Recipes for Kids

Christmas Cookie Recipes for Kids
Christmas Cookie Recipes for Kids

The Easy Coconut Cookies is the best as the Christmas Cookie Recipes for Kids.

1 stick butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cup coconut, shredded
1 cup pecans, chopped

Melt butter over low heat. Stir in brown sugar until dissolved. Let cool then add eggs and vanilla. In a separate bowl mix dry ingredients together. Then add dry ingredients and stir. Add coconut and pecans. Drop onto cookie sheet and bake at 350F degrees for 6 to 8 minutes.

Christmas Cookie Recipes with Pictures

Christmas Cookie Recipes with Pictures
Christmas Cookie Recipes with Pictures


The Christmas Cookie Recipes with pictures and its Shortbread Cookies with White Chocolate and Raspberries Recipe.


Shortbreads: In a separate bowl whisk the flour with the salt. Set aside.

In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), cream the butter until smooth (about 1 minute). Add the sugar and beat until smooth (about 2 minutes). Beat in the vanilla extract. Gently stir in the flour mixture just until incorporated. Flatten the dough into a disk shape, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill the dough for at least an hour.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) with the rack in the middle of the oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough until it is about 1/4 inch (1 cm) thick. Using a 2 to 3 inch (5 to 7.5 cm) cookie cutter (round, square, heart, etc.) cut out the dough. Place the cookies about 1 inch (2.54 cm) apart on the prepared baking sheets. Use a smaller cookie cutter (3/4 - 1 inch (2.54 cm)) to cut out the centers of half of the cookies on the baking sheet. (You will be sandwiching two cookies together and there will be a small 'window or cut out' in the top cookie so you can see the jam underneath.) Place the unbaked cookies, on the baking sheet, in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes. This will firm up the dough so the cookies will maintain their shape when baked. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until cookies are lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.


Assemble Cookies: Place the cookies with the cut-outs on a wire rack and dust the tops with the confectioners' (powdered or icing) sugar.

On the bottom surface of the full cookie (top of cookie will face out) spread with about a 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon of jam. Sprinkle with a little grated white chocolate. Place the cut-out cookie on top and gently sandwich them together, making sure not to smug the confectioners' sugar. Using a small spoon, fill the cut-out with a little more jam.

Makes about 12 sandwich cookies.


Raspberry Preserves: Place the frozen unsweetened raspberries and the sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated. Do not let it burn. Remove from heat and pour into a heatproof measuring cup. You should have almost a cup of preserves. Add a drop or two of lemon juice. Cover and place in the refrigerator for a few days before using.


Shortbreads:

2 cups (280 grams) all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup (226 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup (60 grams) powdered (confectioners or icing) sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract


Filling:

1/4 - 1/2 cup of raspberry jam

2 ounces (60 grams) white chocolate, grated

Homemade Raspberry Jam:


Raspberry Preserves:

2 cups (225 grams) (8 ounces) frozen raspberries, unsweetened

1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar

A few drops of fresh lemon juice

Christmas Cookie Recipes

Christmas Cookie Recipes
Christmas Cookie Recipes

My favorite Christmas cookie recipes are of:

- Aunt Jackie's Pecan Tarts
- Blockbuster Brownies
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
- Chocolate Rum Balls
- Cream Wafers
- Double Chocolate Fudge
- Easy Clothespin Cookies
- Fantasy Fudge
- Knock You Naked Brownies
- Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies
- Mexican Wedding Cakes
- Muddy Buddies
- No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
- Oatmeal Raisin Spice Cookies in a Jar
- Peanut Blossoms
- Potato Candy
- Pumpkin Roll
- Salt Dough Ornaments
- Santa's Whiskers II
- Scotch Shortbread
- Seven Layer Magic Bars
- Snicker doodles
- Spice Sugar Cookies
- Strufoli
- Thumbprint Cookies

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Nightmare Before Christmas Trivia

Nightmare Before Christmas Trivia
Nightmare Before Christmas Trivia

The Nightmare Before Christmas Trivia Questions and Answers are as follows:

Question - Who is in love with Jack?
Answer - Sally. They are a great couple.

Question - Whose voice is behind Oogie Boogie?
Answer - Ken Page, who later played Deuteronomy in "Cats." Oogie Boogie is the evil guy in The Nightmare Before Christmas, who loves to gamble.

Question - Which holiday icon did the trick-or-treaters bring back to Halloween Town first?
Answer - The Easter Bunny.

Question - What did Dr. Finkelstien do when Sally kept sneaking out?
Answer - Created a girlfriend who would listen to him.

Question - When Jack is blown out of the sky after impersonating Santa, he lands in a cemetery. What kind of celestial being-memorial item does he land on?
Answer - An angel

Question - Who's the main character in the move?
Answer - Jack.

Question - Whose voice is behind Jack?
Answer - Danny Elfman.

Question - What was the name of the doctor who made Sally?
Answer - Dr. Finklestein.

Question - Jack sings this line in what song: "And for the first time since I don't remember when, I felt just like my old boney self again."
Answer - Poor Jack. At this point, Jack is wallowing in self pity, after being blown to pieces. He feels bad that he has ruined Christmas and all he really wants to do is make the children happy. He soon realizes that the children's screams is actually what makes him happy. He no longer feels the need to steal Christmas, so he returns to Halloween Town to save Sally and Santa Claus.

Question - Why did Dr. Finklestein create Sally?
Answer - So he could have some company

Question - What kind of animation was used for this film?
Answer - Stop motion. The Nightmare Before Christmas was the first film to use stop motion for the entire film. It was followed by "Corpse Bride" in 2005. This is a process where the characters are posed, then a photo is taken, then the characters are posed again, and another photo is taken, etc. This is a very time consuming process.

Question - What number of the dice does Oogie Boogie roll each time?
Answer - 2

Question - What type of flower does Sally continually give the doctor so she can escape to explore Halloween Town?
Answer - Deadly Night Shade.

Question - Which body parts does Sally remove to save Santa Claus from Oogie Boogie?
Answer - Her hands and one leg.

Question - Where does Sally keep the needle that she uses to sew her body parts back together?
Answer - Behind her ear.

Question - What song is this line from: "The smells of cakes and pies are absolutely everywhere"
Answer - What's This. This song happens during the scene where Jack has fallen into Christmas Town. He is singing about the wonder and beauty of it all, since he has never seen anything like it. He longs to be a part of it, so he soon returns to Halloween Town loaded with presents and an idea brewing in his mind to make Christmas his own holiday.

Question - In which song is this line sung: "My dearest friend, if you don't mind, I'd like to join you by your side"
Answer - Finale

Question - Which character sings this line: "I sense there's something in the wind"
Answer - Sally. This is Sally's solo, right after Jack has gone off to ruin Christmas. She knows there's something wrong, but no one will listen to her. She thinks that she may have seen the last of Jack, and somehow believes his behavior to be her fault. No one actually realizes that it is a very bad idea to try to take over Christmas.

Christmas Trivia and Games

Christmas Trivia and Games
Christmas Trivia and Games

I am providing the Christmas Trivia and Games information separately.

Christmas Games

- Elf TicTacToe
- Guessing Game
- Roony Says
- Follow Me!
- Mrs. Claus's
- Cookie Pole
- Frosty's Challenge!
- 3-D Tic Tac Toe.
- Boxing with Santa
- Roony's Match Game
- Checkers Game
- Elf Quickness Test
- Santa Puzzle
- North Pole Zodiac
- Trivia Quiz 1: Christmas Facts
- Trivia Quiz 2: "Frosty the Snowman"
- Trivia Quiz 3: "It's a Wonderful Life"
- Trivia Quiz 4: "The Nutcracker"
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Christmas Trivia

Questions - What popular children's cracker today was introduced in 1902 as a Christmas ornament?
Answers - The Barnum’s Animal Cracker and box was introduced by the National Biscuit Company. The box, as it does today, had a string designed so that the box could be hung as a Christmas ornament.

Questions - In 1939 Robert May created this Christmas figure as a Christmas promotion for Montgomery Ward department store in Chicago.
Answers - Rudolph the Red Noised Reindeer.

Questions - In the 1920’s what world wide beverage company adopted the Santa Claus figure for a winter advertising promotion?
Answers - The Coca-Cola company used Santa Claus to promote the idea that a soft drink was a winter beverage as well as a summer beverage.

Questions - Who was the United States first ambassador to Mexico?
Answers - Joel Poinsett the developer of the popular Christmas Poinesttia flower.

Questions - What popular Christmas candy today had its debute and was given out by a choirmaster in 1670 to quiet the noisy children?
Answers - The candy cane.

Questions - What best selling Christmas song did Gene Autry record in 1951?
Answers - Frosty the Snowman.

Questions - What American President barred the Christmas Tree from being displayed in the White House?
Answers - The environmentalist President Teddy Roosevelt.

Questions - What years was the first machine printed Christmas Card offered in a United States Variety Store?
Answers - In the1850s Pease’s Great Varity Store in Albany sold the first machine printed Christmas cards.

Questions - In what year did Coke-Cola hire Haddon Sundblom to illustrate Santa Claus dressed in the red Santa Claus suit and Santa Claus hat trimmed in white fur that helped standardize the image of the gift-bringer in the eyes of America?
Answers - Haddon Sunblom was hired to illustrate Santa Claus in 1931 and drew Santa Claus illustrations tell 1964.

Questions - The politicians, women’s groups, and seniors’ organizations protested this Christmas song written in 1979 and popularized by Elmo and Patsy.
Answers - Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.

Questions - “Crying up the lum “ is how some Scottish children tell Santa Claus their Christmas gift wishes. What is “crying up the lum “?
Answers - They simply stick their heads up the chimney and shout out their Christmas desires.

Questions - The Nutcracker phenomenon started as a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann in what year?
Answers - The nutcracker began in1816.

Questions - To determine who opens the first Christmas gift. What kind of glass Christmas ornament has to be found first on the Christmas tree?
Answers - The Glass pickle ornament.

Questions - What are the names of Santa Clauses eight reindeer as named in Clement Moore’s poem “The Night Before Christmas”?
Answers - Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, and Blitzen. Note that Rudolph made his first appearance later in 1939.

Questions - American’s concern over the separation of church and state resulted in a number of court challenges. What was the “ruling name” of the United States Supreme Court decision?
Answers - The “Reindeer Rule” decided that the presence of secular elements such as Santa Claus, elves, and the reindeer had diluted the religious content sufficiently.

Christmas Trivia Pictures

Christmas Trivia Pictures
Christmas Trivia Pictures
Christmas Trivia Pictures
Christmas Trivia Pictures
Christmas Trivia Pictures
Christmas Trivia Pictures

Christmas Trivia pictures of reunions and celebrations, playing Disney trivia with cousins and Disney trivia time with friends.

Christmas Trivia for Adults

Christmas Trivia for Adults
Christmas Trivia for Adults

Christmas Trivia for Adults are listed below.

- "Hot cockles" was a popular game at Christmas in medieval times. It was a game in which the other players took turns striking the blindfolded player, who had to guess the name of the person delivering each blow. "Hot cockles" was still a Christmas pastime until the Victorian era.

- "White Christmas" (1954), starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, was the first movie to be made in Vista Vision, a deep-focus process.

- "The Nutcracker" is the name for the ballet performed around Christmas time each year. "The Nutcracker Suite" is the title of the music Tchaikovsky wrote.

- "Wassail" comes from the Old Norse "ves heill"--to be of good health. This evolved into the tradition of visiting neighbors on Christmas Eve and drinking to their health.

- A Christmas club, a savings account in which a person deposits a fixed amount of money regularly to be used at Christmas for shopping, came about around 1905.

- A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard.

- According to a 1995 survey, 7 out of 10 British dogs get Christmas gifts from their doting owners.

- According to historical accounts, the first Christmas in the Philippines was celebrated 200 years before Ferdinand Magellan discovered the country for the western world, likely between the years 1280 and 1320 AD.

- According to the National Christmas Tree Association, Americans buy 37.1 million real Christmas trees each year; 25 percent of them are from the nation's 5,000 choose-and-cut farms.

- After "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens wrote several other Christmas stories, one each year, but none was as successful as the original.

- Alabama was the first state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday. This tradition began in 1836.
 

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