Today's fruit and vegetables for Food Dudes was: Carrots and Grapes
Food Dudes is a great way to eat fruit and vegetables.The last time the school did this programme was 3 years ago so this programe is new to some people.HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !
As you all know Christmas is over and the New Year has begun . Time to start making those resoulutions . Hope you have a lovely New Year Top 3 facts on Easter
1.The worlds largest easter egg was 25 foot tall and weighed 9,000lbs 2.76% of epople eat the ears of the chocolate bunny first 3.53% of people have family gatherings on easter day You'll Need: |
Mix flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and salt in large bowl. Set aside. Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add molasses, egg and vanilla;mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed. Press dough into a thick flat disk. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. |
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness on lightly floured work surface. Cut into gingerbread men shapes with 5-inch cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges of cookies are set and just begin to brown. Cool on baking sheets 1 to 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. Decorate cooled cookies as desired.Then.....................................
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges of cookies are set and just begin to brown. Cool on baking sheets 1 to 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. Decorate cooled cookies as desired.Then.....................................
- Christmas is an annual Christian holiday held on December 25th celebrating the birth of Jesus.
- Christmas trees are also known as the Yule-tree.
- Christmas trees are evergreen trees, usually either a fir tree, pine tree or spruce tree.
- It is believed that decorating Christmas trees originated in 16th century Germany when Christians would bring decorated trees into their homes.
- Some people say the Christmas season officially begins when Santa arrives at the end of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.
- Did you ever wonder where X-Mas came from? X means Christ in Greek so to shorten the word Christmas we sometimes use X-Mas.
- In 1836 Alabama became the first state in the US to declare Christmas a legal holiday.
- Oklahoma became the last state to declare Christmas a legal holiday in 1907.
- In June of 1870 Christmas became a federal holiday in the US.
- Christmas trees were first decorated with foods such as apples, nuts and dates.
- In the 18th century Christmas trees began being decorated with candles.
- Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in 1895.
- Did you know that giving presents were once banned by the Catholic Church. It was believed that gift giving was connected to paganism.
- If you received all the gifts from the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” you would have 364 presents.
- Do you know why we say the Twelve Days of Christmas? It is believed that it took the 3 kings 12 days to find baby Jesus.
- The song Jingle Bells was written by James Pierpont in 1857. It was originally called “One Horse Open Sleigh” and was made for Thanksgiving.
- Many years ago in England a traditional Christmas dinner included a pig head served with mustard.
- The tradition of naughty children getting a lump of coal in their stocking comes from Italy.
- Did you know that tinsel was once made of real silver! It was invented in Germany in 1610.
- There are two islands named Christmas. Christmas Island (formerly Kiritimati) in the Pacific Ocean and Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.
Thats it for now! We hope you enjoy!!!
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