Sunday, December 21, 2008

Christmas cookies and days flying by

Christmas preparations and busy days - Christmas can come now, more or less.
Some food shopping, a weekend cleaning, decorations and we are ready to celebrate.

I see I have not been blogging for more than a week - days are really flying by.....
A stomach bug got the best of me this week, but I have done some stitchery and read some books, which is good too :-)

I forgot to take photos of some of the Christmas presents I sent out earlier in the week.
I made more Christmas cards too, and they are all sent.

I have to make some gingerbread cookie dough in a minute, so DH and DDs can make them tomorrow. That's their job, as always.

Above you see the 2 other favourite cookies we have for Christmas - Julemanna and Krumkake.
We have a marang tower cake ( kransekake ) in the freezer too.

Traditionally there are to be 7 different kinds of cookies for Christmas. Over the years we have picked our 4 favourites and let the other kinds go.
We fill bowls of fresh fruit and chocolate too, so we will not starve or come down from the sugar high for a long long while ;-)

9 comments:

  1. Yummm! cookies! i was just saying to a friend that their is no such thing as too many cookies :D

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  2. That is what I am doing today too... cookie making. Also a little sewing. I have come down with a cold. I hope you are feeling better. Merry Christmas!

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  3. I am going to bake krumkaker today. And perhaps bake some scones. I am almost ready now, just wash the floors and the bathroom. Hope you are feeling better now when chrismas is almost here.

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  4. Mmmmm. Looks jummy:o) Hope you take the time to take a break and having a cup of tea and eat some of that jummy cockies:o)

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  5. DH was just whining that I was not making krumkake this year--won't tell him someone else wasn't as lazy as his DW!!!

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  6. I hope we get to see a photo of a real kransekake!It sounds delicious and beautiful.

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  7. Krumkake are a Christmas tradition in our house. Oldemor used to make them on her stove-top iron but I use an electric iron. We usually make flavored whipped cream to go with them. oooo... I really need to make some soon!

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  8. Dette ser deilig ut. Ønsker deg en riktig god jul

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  9. Love your blog! So great to see the life of Norway. We made Krumkaka to celebrate our Norweigian heritage in North Dakota USA. Thanks for sharing!

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