Jill wrote:

> Okay, Christmas/Chanukah/Hannukah/Kwanzaa is almost over. We still have
> to get through Hogmanay (happy new year!). After that there isn't
> anything to really celebrate, unless you count Valentines Day... For
> that, bake two round cakes... cut one in half and wrap it around the other
> round cake to form a heart. Frost it. Put some halved strawberries on
> the top. Say "I love you" and you're done.
>
> Now, we're up to Easter.

WHAT???

You forgot Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras, Martin Luther King's Birthday,
Groundhog Day, President's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and the Ides of March.
And with a bit more effort, I'm sure I could find at least half-a-dozen more
reasons to celebrate between Christmas and Easter.

By the way, the Valentine's Day cake is a helluva lot easier if you bake one
eight-inch round cake and one eight-inch SQUARE cake. Then cut the round
cake in half and put the halves against adjacent edges of the square cake.

Bob