Sweet, sweet Madeline! Personally, "All I want for Christmas" is one of my favorite stories in the collection and no matter how many times I read it, I still shed a tear. I will never forget the Christmas my employer adopted a family to support over the holidays by providing a care package. The list the Mother provided to the agency that was coordinating the drive, simply said baking supplies. I cannot imagine not having the financial resources to bake your children some cookies for Christmas, but it is all too often a sad reality. That nameless, faceless woman's request spoke to me so profoundly that I personally took on the shopping for her. That is a still a cherished holiday memory. Loading a cart with baking essentials and tools: cookie sheets, lifters, racks, oven mitts, cutters and then all the groceries to go along with it. I hope she still uses those cookie sheets each year!
I must give a shout out to Canada Post now as their H0H 0H0 program has been running for years! Postal works (and it just happened to be "Thank you Postal Worker Day" yesterday) volunteer their time to write replies to any letter they receive sent to this postal service on behalf of Santa. Way to go guys!
I used my niece Madeline's name for this story because she is such a caring, loving soul. She is paired with "Emma" because Madeline loves our dog Emma and I wanted to get Emma's name in the collection somehow. Last Christmas Eve I sat next to Madeline and one of her little friends in Church and got to witness firsthand their chatter and antics and it made it all so easy to picture these two characters. It was like they had come to life.
Let me know if you enjoyed yesterday's story and if it made you shed a tear too! The Jam Jams are now pictured on the Recipes tab of this site. When I made them I noted down exactly how much flour I used in case you are going to attempt baking them. Grandma never used exact measurements or even wrote her recipes out, but for your easy reference ... initially I put in 3 1/2 cups of flour with at least another 1/2 cup in the rolling process. Hope that helps!
Shine on!
-K
I must give a shout out to Canada Post now as their H0H 0H0 program has been running for years! Postal works (and it just happened to be "Thank you Postal Worker Day" yesterday) volunteer their time to write replies to any letter they receive sent to this postal service on behalf of Santa. Way to go guys!
I used my niece Madeline's name for this story because she is such a caring, loving soul. She is paired with "Emma" because Madeline loves our dog Emma and I wanted to get Emma's name in the collection somehow. Last Christmas Eve I sat next to Madeline and one of her little friends in Church and got to witness firsthand their chatter and antics and it made it all so easy to picture these two characters. It was like they had come to life.
Let me know if you enjoyed yesterday's story and if it made you shed a tear too! The Jam Jams are now pictured on the Recipes tab of this site. When I made them I noted down exactly how much flour I used in case you are going to attempt baking them. Grandma never used exact measurements or even wrote her recipes out, but for your easy reference ... initially I put in 3 1/2 cups of flour with at least another 1/2 cup in the rolling process. Hope that helps!
Shine on!
-K
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