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Feb 02 2024
There is something wonderfully festive about a Christmas punch bowl. Whether it is filled with sparkling cranberry punch surrounded by floating orange slices or a warm, fragrant drink scented with cinnamon and cloves, punch has a way of turning an ordinary drinks table into part of the celebration. These 12 Christmas punch recipes offer a …
Jan 24 2024
Christmas baking doesn’t always have to mean rich chocolate, buttery cookies and heavy desserts. Peppermint meringue kisses offer something completely different: crisp, airy little sweets that practically dissolve on your tongue, with a cool burst of peppermint and beautiful swirls of Christmas red and green. They look wonderfully impressive piled onto a white platter, tucked …
Jan 21 2024
Ugly Christmas sweaters have become one of the most playful parts of holiday dressing. The whole point is to forget about understated good taste for an evening and embrace blinking lights, pom-poms, tinsel, oversized reindeer, dangling ornaments and as much Christmas cheer as one sweater can possibly hold. Even better, you don’t have to buy …
Jan 21 2024
There is something especially welcoming about a Christmas wreath made from real evergreen branches. Before anyone sees the tree, the stockings or the presents, a wreath on the front door offers the first little glimpse of Christmas waiting inside. And while professionally made wreaths can be beautiful, creating your own gives you complete freedom over …
Jan 17 2024
For many families, Christmas dinner simply wouldn’t look complete without a magnificent glazed ham in the center of the table. Deeply burnished around the edges, glossy with a sweet-and-savory glaze and sliced into rosy ribbons, it is the sort of centerpiece that announces dinner before anyone has taken the first bite. Fortunately, Christmas ham is …
Jan 10 2024
Decorating Christmas cookies is one of those holiday traditions that can be as simple or as elaborate as you want it to be. A batch of plain stars, trees, gingerbread people and candy canes becomes something completely different once bowls of red, green and snowy-white icing appear on the kitchen table. The colorful cookies pictured …
Jan 07 2024
There is something particularly special about hanging handmade Christmas stockings each December. Unlike decorations chosen to match a temporary color scheme, stockings often become part of a family’s Christmas story—brought out year after year, filled on Christmas Eve and eventually associated with particular people and memories. They don’t have to be complicated, either. The colorful …
Jan 04 2024
Few homemade candies have a texture quite as satisfying as peanut brittle. One moment you’re holding a glossy golden shard studded with roasted peanuts; the next comes that unmistakable snap, followed by buttery caramelized sweetness and plenty of nutty crunch. It is also one of those Christmas candies that looks wonderfully impressive without requiring a …
Dec 23 2023
There is something wonderfully comforting about a Christmas movie night. The tree is glowing, the lights are turned down, something warm is waiting in a mug, and for a couple of hours the outside world can disappear behind snow-covered streets, twinkling storefronts, mischievous elves, family disasters, and improbably perfect Christmas miracles. The best Christmas movies …
Dec 23 2023
Few Christmas desserts make an entrance quite like a chocolate Christmas log. Rich, dark, and covered in snowy white decorations, it looks as though a tiny piece of a winter forest has been carried straight onto the dessert table. This version combines a light chocolate sponge with a soft vanilla cream filling and a generous …
