tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695172414901267072.post4991566444106034818..comments2024-03-16T05:18:48.777-04:00Comments on Blackberry Rambles: Scotland: Christmas PastHeather LeFebvrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17911253756416658412noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695172414901267072.post-40400974534752973082013-12-17T07:40:20.088-05:002013-12-17T07:40:20.088-05:00It was nice to enjoy hearing about your Christmas ...It was nice to enjoy hearing about your Christmas in Scotland! I love hearing how resourceful you were. I remember making salt dough ornaments as a child, but have not made them with my children. You've inspired me to try it this week! Merry Christmas to you all!Candice https://www.blogger.com/profile/14376385337708360284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695172414901267072.post-88786236257775438692013-12-08T16:23:19.454-05:002013-12-08T16:23:19.454-05:00So nice to see your Christmas memories from Scotla...So nice to see your Christmas memories from Scotland! When we first came here in 1992, I was surprised to learn that it was only fairly recently that Christmas was a public holiday. New Year's, on the other hand, was still a very major occasion with festivities going on for at least a few days, and much "first-footing" happening.<br /><br />We were told that the post-Reformation Protestant church in Scotland didn't think that Christmas was a real Christian holiday, only Easter was. And that in the Free Church, that was to some extent still the case even in the 1990s.<br /><br />When my daughter's primary class went on a trip to the Aberdeen City Archives, they were amazed to see the entry from a local Victorian schoolmaster in his ledger, for the children attending school on December 25th!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695172414901267072.post-22632462303991568452013-12-07T20:24:45.452-05:002013-12-07T20:24:45.452-05:00Wonderful!! More Please.....Wonderful!! More Please.....DawnCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695172414901267072.post-64361829362142988562013-12-07T12:32:23.449-05:002013-12-07T12:32:23.449-05:00Your Scotland home looked beautiful and so festive...Your Scotland home looked beautiful and so festive....thank you for sharing some of your traditions. I've long wanted to make a British fruitcake and, finally last year, a British friend of mine gave me her mother's recipe which I'll make this year.<br />I love the photo of you with (some of) your little ones, what happy faces!<br /><br />Loriputtermuchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04045689095356697333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695172414901267072.post-88396789204431767512013-12-07T10:57:03.896-05:002013-12-07T10:57:03.896-05:00Love these posts about Scotland, and your tea post...Love these posts about Scotland, and your tea posts.. all so beautiful..<br />FYI - it's "Vol-au-vent" (flight in the wind translation ;))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695172414901267072.post-14463613943069335482013-12-07T04:02:43.732-05:002013-12-07T04:02:43.732-05:00Thanks so much for this post. A couple of centuri...Thanks so much for this post. A couple of centuries ago my family came from England and Scotland so I really enjoy seeing and hearing about it. I love that first picture of the street scene. I wanted to walk right into it. You make an amazing amount of cookies. Wish I were that ambitious.<br /><br />Every year on Christmas my family has crackers and listens to the queen's speech too. Some things just never change.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05673288414533354350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695172414901267072.post-41662190369280244492013-12-07T01:41:40.183-05:002013-12-07T01:41:40.183-05:00I love seeing how you made your home so homey in S...I love seeing how you made your home so homey in Scotland. It is interesting how British we are in Canada. We've always enjoyed Christmas cake and steamed pudding and didn't realize how many of the ingredients we use originate from Britain.<br /><br />Your cookie baking there... amazing.Lovella ♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/13870567090244361779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695172414901267072.post-64797321024552510472013-12-06T16:57:43.906-05:002013-12-06T16:57:43.906-05:00Oh wow, this post shows me just where we get our N...Oh wow, this post shows me just where we get our NZ Christmas traditions from. It's all pretty much exactly the same, except steamed pudding is called Christmas Pudding. And I have adopted over the years the American tradition of sugar cookies and sometimes we have a Christmas Eve feast, just like we did in Chicago, which is just not the done thing here in NZ. Instead of turkey we have a baked ham! Yum yum.<br />southseaislandhomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177834665382411343noreply@blogger.com