If you are mailing gifts to friends & family you know how much everyone loves a box of sweets and chocolaty treats as a holiday gift.
Hete are some ideas:
Sending Sweet gifts for the Holidays
Tag: Holidays
Mailing a Christmas Tree
To our friends & family that used to love putting up a Christmas tree and now it is too difficult or physically too much to handle, we send them via mail an already decorated one for the holidays.
Apple Cider, hot chocolate, eggnog, Christmas punch
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Add condense milk, cinnamon, nut meg for more flavor
Traditional holiday drinks, to warm you up, and to celebrate the holiday season with friends & family.
here are our favorites:
Apple cider:
1- 64 fl .oz btl of apple cider
3 cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon whole allspice
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1/3 cup brown sugar
In s saucepan combine apple cider and cinnamon sticks. Wrap allspice and cloves in a small piece of cheesecloth, and drop it in, add brown sugar. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat, and keep warm before serving.
Hot Chocolate:
3 cups of whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Kosher salt
6 ounces milk chocolate, chopped
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Cook everything in a saucepan over medium heat. Use peppermint sticks, marshmallows, or chocolate shavings before serving.
We really like Horizon’s eggnog, and we grate fresh nut meg before serving.
Christmas Punch:
This is a pretty drink, and we usually have mini lights & fresh Garland to decorate around it.
1/3 cup white sugar
1 quart cranberry juice
2 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
3 tablespoons almond extract
1 (2 liter) bottle ginger ale
Mix all the ingredients except the ginger ale, and refrigerate for a day. Before serving mix in the ginger ale.
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10 Things to check off the list before The Holiday Break
Make cookies
Santa’s list
Gift list
Before school is out, and before you take a break from work, to enjoy the holiday break, follow our list to lessen the stress of the season .
1- To beat the crowd in the next few days, wrap up shopping, and mail all gifts to relatives out of town.
2- If you are traveling, make a list of heavy bulky items that need to be mailed a head of time. Heavy jackets, skis..
3- Arrangements for house sitter, and pet sitter.
4- Leave a few minutes aside to write Christmas Cards, if you prefer hand written ones as we do.
5- Make cookies.
6- Review, and add to the list of gifts to friends that make life easier for us on daily bases. Mail delivery person, Trash collectors…
7- Teachers’ gifts, especially the crossing guards, and school nurses.
8- Hostess gifts
9- Figure out what everyone is wearing to the Holiday parties, and the office parties.
10- Check Santa’s list. Make sure there are no changes.
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Send Fresh Greenery
If you are planning on staying with family and relatives during the holidays, these fresh arrangements, and wreaths, are great gifts to send ahead of time, and enjoy the entire holiday season.
Jackson & Petkins, Fresh Christmas Door Swag
Jackson & Petkins, Set of 3 Poinsettia
Jackson & Perkins, Father Christmas Tea Lights
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Candy Corn
Candy corn is most often found in the United States and Canada popular around Halloween.
Today 20 million pounds of candy corn are sold each year.
13 flavors and growing:
Chocolate
Chocolate and peanut butter
Caramel
Brach’s French Toast & Maple syrup candy corn
Brach’s Waffles & strawberry candy corn
Brach’s Chocolate chip & pancakes candy corn
Eggnog
Gingerbread
Pumpkin Spice
Brach’s Carrot cake candy corn
Brach’s strawberry shortcake candy corn
Brach’s Birthday Cake candy corn
Brach’s red velvet
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