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. April. Probably. You never know. No one really
knows when Easter is. Okay. Boil some eggs. You don't want soft boiled
eggs, which OB food: are delicious for breakfast with a little butter, salt
& pepper. Serve with buttered wheat toast to sop up the egg yolk.

But no, for this you want hard boiled eggs. Dip them in weird dye stuff to
change the colour of the shells. (Be sure to criticize people who do the
same thing to their hair. Blue?! Purple?!) If you want to get really cool
with this, attach funny stickers or sprinkle them with glue and glitter
sparkles.

Now run around in the dark and hide these eggs under bushes and in trees.
It's the very adult thing to do. All your neighbors are doing it. Make a
map so you know where they are...so when you send the kiddies out to hunt
for eggs they don't wander off and get captured to work in Santa's workshop
until next December. They pretend they are 'elves' but elves are too smart
to work in a toyshop at the North Pole. It's too friggin cold up there.

Happy Holidays!

Jill

jmcquown 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. April. Probably. You never know. No one really
> knows when Easter is.

I know. Buds get prego. Bulbs erect... tear drops, hyacinth,
daffodils, tulips, etc. Birds return. Nests get built. Snow melts,
streams run quicker. Canada geese swoop in from the stratosphere...
fawns flit through the meadows... it's Easter.

jmcquown 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. April. Probably. You never know. No one really
> knows when Easter is.

Easter is observed on the Sunday after the first full moon on or after
the day of the vernal equinox. A holdover from the Jewish calendar, I
assume.

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

sarah bennett wrote:
> jmcquown 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. April. Probably. You never know. No one
>> really knows when Easter is.
>
> Easter is observed on the Sunday after the first full moon on or after
> the day of the vernal equinox. A holdover from the Jewish calendar, I
> assume.
>
> saerah
>
So..........
You don't know either eh?

Ken.

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Ken Davey wrote:
> sarah bennett wrote:
>
>>jmcquown 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. April. Probably. You never know. No one
>>>really knows when Easter is.
>>
>>Easter is observed on the Sunday after the first full moon on or after
>>the day of the vernal equinox. A holdover from the Jewish calendar, I
>>assume.
>>
>>saerah
>>
>
> So..........
> You don't know either eh?
>
> Ken.
>

Is that incorrect? I checked wikipedia, to be sure, but someone may have
posted incorrect information.

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:36:26 GMT, sarah bennett
> wrote:

> Ken Davey wrote:
> > sarah bennett wrote:
> >
> >>Easter is observed on the Sunday after the first full moon on or after
> >>the day of the vernal equinox. A holdover from the Jewish calendar, I
> >>assume.
> >
> > So..........
> > You don't know either eh?
>
> Is that incorrect? I checked wikipedia, to be sure, but someone may have
> posted incorrect information.

Easter 2006 will be on Sunday, April 16
http://users.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/eastcalc.htm

Carol

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

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> 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
>
>
What happened to Purim? Who did away with it?

On 23 Dec 2005 19:33:02 -0600, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

> 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.

She won't have an opportunity to question the existence of Jesus until
Easter. Give the kid a break!

Carol

Margaret Suran wrote:
>
>
> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
> What happened to Purim? Who did away with it?

haha, I was going to say...

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

Margaret wrote:

>> 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.
>>
> What happened to Purim? Who did away with it?

THERE! I *knew* there were more occasions, and that's one of them! Thanks,
Margaret!

Bob

On 23 Dec 2005 20:17:02 -0600, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

> Margaret wrote:
>
> >> 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.
> >>
> > What happened to Purim? Who did away with it?
>
> THERE! I *knew* there were more occasions, and that's one of them! Thanks,
> Margaret!

Here are some mo
http://www.dreamwater.org/moonshae/holidays.htm

Carol

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> On 23 Dec 2005 19:33:02 -0600, "Bob Terwilliger"
> > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> She won't have an opportunity to question the existence of Jesus until
> Easter. Give the kid a break!
>
> Carol

Actually, I was going for a reason to bite the ears off a chocolate bunny...

Jill

Jill wrote:

> I was going for a reason to bite the ears off a chocolate bunny...

Who needs a reason? They're CHOCOLATE, isn't that reason enough?

Bob

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Jill wrote:
>
>> I was going for a reason to bite the ears off a chocolate bunny...
>
> Who needs a reason? They're CHOCOLATE, isn't that reason enough?
>
> Bob

Yabbut... try finding a chocolate bunny in December!

Jill

On Fri 23 Dec 2005 09:41:03p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Bob
Terwilliger?

> Jill wrote:
>
>> I was going for a reason to bite the ears off a chocolate bunny...
>
> Who needs a reason? They're CHOCOLATE, isn't that reason enough?
>
> Bob

And deprive a poor bunny of its ears? How could he hear you when you're
about to bite the head off?

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
__________________________________________________ ________________
And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony.

On Fri 23 Dec 2005 09:45:10p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it jmcquown?

> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>> Jill wrote:
>>
>>> I was going for a reason to bite the ears off a chocolate bunny...
>>
>> Who needs a reason? They're CHOCOLATE, isn't that reason enough?
>>
>> Bob
>
> Yabbut... try finding a chocolate bunny in December!
>
> Jill

I have two in the freezer, but I'm protecting their ears!

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
__________________________________________________ ________________
And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony.

Jill wrote:

> Yabbut... try finding a chocolate bunny in December!

Make your own!

http://www.goantiques.com/search/ite...source=VYZ4474

Bob

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> 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.
>
Gosh, how could I forget all of that? Although I tend to feel guilty for
living near Memphis when MLK's birthday comes around.

> 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

You're right about the square cake, of course. I just don't have a square
cake pan

Jill

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Jill wrote:
>
>> Yabbut... try finding a chocolate bunny in December!
>
> Make your own!
>
> http://www.goantiques.com/search/ite...source=VYZ4474
>
> Bob

Oh I love the description - Year: Old.

That's cute but I think I'll just buy a chocolate bunny in the spring
instead. Remember how great it was to find out if they were solid chocolate
or the el-cheapo hollow chocolate ones? Oooh! We got the *GOOD* bunnies!
So Santa lied when he said we'd been bad... <chomp chomp> Anyone got a
malted milk egg to trade for some jelly beans?

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote

> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>> Jill wrote:
>>
>>> I was going for a reason to bite the ears off a chocolate bunny...
>>
>> Who needs a reason? They're CHOCOLATE, isn't that reason enough?

> Yabbut... try finding a chocolate bunny in December!

And if you start with the butt, it won't stand up anymore.

nancy

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> 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.

What is Groundhog day please?

http://www.qpat.co.uk/

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
.. .
> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>> Jill wrote:
>>
>>> I was going for a reason to bite the ears off a chocolate bunny...
>>
>> Who needs a reason? They're CHOCOLATE, isn't that reason enough?
>>
>> Bob
>
> Yabbut... try finding a chocolate bunny in December!

Would a chocolate Santa do?

http://www.qpat.co.uk/

On Sat 24 Dec 2005 01:25:02a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Ophelia?

>
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>
> What is Groundhog day please?

I could tell you that it's the one day of the year that everyone eats
groundhog, but...

http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
__________________________________________________ ________________
And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony.

On Sat 24 Dec 2005 01:25:02a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Ophelia?

>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>> Jill wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was going for a reason to bite the ears off a chocolate bunny...
>>>
>>> Who needs a reason? They're CHOCOLATE, isn't that reason enough?
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>> Yabbut... try finding a chocolate bunny in December!
>
> Would a chocolate Santa do?

Nah, the ears are way too small. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
__________________________________________________ ________________
And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony.

"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat 24 Dec 2005 01:25:02a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
> Ophelia?
>
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> .. .
>>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>>> Jill wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I was going for a reason to bite the ears off a chocolate bunny...
>>>>
>>>> Who needs a reason? They're CHOCOLATE, isn't that reason enough?
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>
>>> Yabbut... try finding a chocolate bunny in December!
>>
>> Would a chocolate Santa do?
>
> Nah, the ears are way too small. :-)

true.. but everything else is much bigger <G>


http://www.qpat.co.uk/

sarah bennett wrote:
> Ken Davey wrote:
>> sarah bennett wrote:
>>
>>> jmcquown 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. April. Probably. You never know. No
>>>> one really knows when Easter is.
>>>
>>> Easter is observed on the Sunday after the first full moon on or
>>> after the day of the vernal equinox. A holdover from the Jewish
>>> calendar, I assume.
>>>
>>> saerah
>>>
>>
>> So..........
>> You don't know either eh?
>>
>> Ken.
>>
>
> Is that incorrect? I checked wikipedia, to be sure, but someone may
> have posted incorrect information.
>
> saerah

Just add a to my post.
Ken.


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On Sat 24 Dec 2005 02:00:56a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Ophelia?

>
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sat 24 Dec 2005 01:25:02a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>> Ophelia?
>>
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> .. .
>>>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>>>> Jill wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I was going for a reason to bite the ears off a chocolate bunny...
>>>>>
>>>>> Who needs a reason? They're CHOCOLATE, isn't that reason enough?
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>> Yabbut... try finding a chocolate bunny in December!
>>>
>>> Would a chocolate Santa do?
>>
>> Nah, the ears are way too small. :-)
>
> true.. but everything else is much bigger <G>

LOL!

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
__________________________________________________ ________________
And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony.

Ophelia wrote:
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>
> What is Groundhog day please?
>
> http://www.qpat.co.uk/

Oh dear... the problem is some people believe a ground hog (which is a small
furry animal) can tell if it will be a cold winter. So they sit and wait
for this critter to come outside and see if it will see its shadow. If it
does, it fortells 6 more weeks of winter. The "official" ground hog is
known as Punxsutaney Phil

http://www.punxsutawneyphil.com/

He can tell the weather... um... yeah, right. I can tell you if it will be
cold and when I'm baking scones. That would be this morning

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> Ophelia wrote:
>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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.
>>
>> What is Groundhog day please?
>>
>> http://www.qpat.co.uk/
>
> Oh dear... the problem is some people believe a ground hog (which is a
> small
> furry animal) can tell if it will be a cold winter. So they sit and
> wait
> for this critter to come outside and see if it will see its shadow.
> If it
> does, it fortells 6 more weeks of winter. The "official" ground hog
> is
> known as Punxsutaney Phil
>
> http://www.punxsutawneyphil.com/
>
> He can tell the weather... um... yeah, right. I can tell you if it
> will be
> cold and when I'm baking scones. That would be this morning

Thanks)) We have St Swithin's day when it is believed that if it rains
on that day, it will continue to rain for 40 days and 40 nights)
BUT,... you say you celebrate it! How?

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Ken Davey wrote:
> sarah bennett wrote:
>
>>Ken Davey wrote:
>>
>>>sarah bennett wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>jmcquown 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. April. Probably. You never know. No
>>>>>one really knows when Easter is.
>>>>
>>>>Easter is observed on the Sunday after the first full moon on or
>>>>after the day of the vernal equinox. A holdover from the Jewish
>>>>calendar, I assume.
>>>>
>>>>saerah
>>>>
>>>
>>>So..........
>>>You don't know either eh?
>>>
>>>Ken.
>>>
>>
>>Is that incorrect? I checked wikipedia, to be sure, but someone may
>>have posted incorrect information.
>>
>>saerah
>
>
> Just add a to my post.
> Ken.
>
>

ah!

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Ophelia wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> What is Groundhog day please?
>>>
>>> http://www.qpat.co.uk/
>>
>> Oh dear... the problem is some people believe a ground hog (which is
>> a small
>> furry animal) can tell if it will be a cold winter. So they sit and
>> wait
>> for this critter to come outside and see if it will see its shadow.
>> If it
>> does, it fortells 6 more weeks of winter. The "official" ground hog
>> is
>> known as Punxsutawney Phil
>>
>> http://www.punxsutawneyphil.com/
>>
>> He can tell the weather... um... yeah, right. I can tell you if it
>> will be
>> cold and when I'm baking scones. That would be this morning
>
> Thanks)) We have St Swithin's day when it is believed that if it
> rains on that day, it will continue to rain for 40 days and 40
> nights) BUT,... you say you celebrate it! How?

No, it's not a celebration; it's letting a wild animal predict the weather.
They are better at it than the men they pay on local television I would
rather the darned cute buck-teethed groundhog not see his shadow and let
winter go away.

It's pouring down rain here on Christmas Eve. I need to go to the store to
buy onions (or maybe shallots), celery and garlic to add to the cornbread
dressing I'm making tomorrow with the cornish game hens. And ingredients
for hollandaise sauce for the broccoli.

Happy Holidays!

Jill

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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
. ..
> Ophelia wrote:
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> What is Groundhog day please?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.qpat.co.uk/
>>>
>>> Oh dear... the problem is some people believe a ground hog (which is
>>> a small
>>> furry animal) can tell if it will be a cold winter. So they sit and
>>> wait
>>> for this critter to come outside and see if it will see its shadow.
>>> If it
>>> does, it fortells 6 more weeks of winter. The "official" ground hog
>>> is
>>> known as Punxsutawney Phil
>>>
>>> http://www.punxsutawneyphil.com/
>>>
>>> He can tell the weather... um... yeah, right. I can tell you if it
>>> will be
>>> cold and when I'm baking scones. That would be this morning
>>
>> Thanks)) We have St Swithin's day when it is believed that if it
>> rains on that day, it will continue to rain for 40 days and 40
>> nights) BUT,... you say you celebrate it! How?
>
> No, it's not a celebration; it's letting a wild animal predict the
> weather.
> They are better at it than the men they pay on local television I
> would
> rather the darned cute buck-teethed groundhog not see his shadow and
> let
> winter go away.
>
> It's pouring down rain here on Christmas Eve. I need to go to the
> store to
> buy onions (or maybe shallots), celery and garlic to add to the
> cornbread
> dressing I'm making tomorrow with the cornish game hens. And
> ingredients
> for hollandaise sauce for the broccoli.
>
> Happy Holidays!

You too

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:58:57 -0600, jmcquown wrote:

> Now, we're up to Easter. April. Probably. You never know. No one really
> knows when Easter is. Okay. Boil some eggs. You don't want soft boiled
> eggs, which OB food: are delicious for breakfast with a little butter, salt
> & pepper. Serve with buttered wheat toast to sop up the egg yolk.
>
> But no, for this you want hard boiled eggs. Dip them in weird dye stuff to
> change the colour of the shells. (Be sure to criticize people who do the
> same thing to their hair. Blue?! Purple?!) If you want to get really cool
> with this, attach funny stickers or sprinkle them with glue and glitter
> sparkles.
>
Egg dying is the "funnest" part. When my kids were small, we started
dying eggs weeks in advance. Every time I bought a dozen eggs, we'd
dye them. Yes, we dyed raw eggs and had colorful eggs in the
refrigerator for a few weeks before Easter.
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