Christmas at Places In The Home will be rooted in Christmas simplicity as I’m finding the smaller, quieter, and simpler way of doing things a comfortable addition to our traditional holiday decorating and festivities format.
“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”
—Coco Chanel
Cozy times and traditions of a hot cup of cocoa, homemade marshmallows, and a gingerbread house home sweet home topper welcome home for the holidays.
As it goes in the excitement of the season and in all their young and innocent glory, children can be noisy.
In 1670, a choirmaster from the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany called upon of a local candy maker to create candy cane sugar sticks as a treat for the children of the congregation.
It was the intention and hope the candy treats would quieten the children of the congregation during the Christmas Eve Living Crèche.
Giving thought to the occasion, the choirmaster asked the candy maker to make the candy in the form of a shepherds hooks in order to evoke thoughts of the shepherds who visited the infant Jesus.
These candies were originally all white in color symbolizing the sinless life of Jesus.
It was not until around the turn of the century that the traditional red stripes as well as the peppermint flavor was introduced.
Peppermint remains the number one selling flavor among non-chocolate hard candies. The United States produces 70% of the Worlds peppermint supply.
What is Christmas without classic holiday films and dreams of a White Christmas?
♫ It won’t be long before
we’ll all be there with snow ♫
Christmas in Ireland via House Beautiful
“Christmas is not an external event at all,
but a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.”
—Freya Stark
