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	<title>aPARENTly Speaking &#187; Christmas</title>
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		<title>Holiday Countdown #9: Toffee Bars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie  Burrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From gingerbread elves to crunchy biscotti and toffee bars, there&#8217;s no doubt that cookies make holidays merrier. It&#8217;s not just the sweet, chocolaty goodness of it all. What makes cookies such an integral part of the holidays, says Berkeley&#8217;s doyenne of sweets, Alice Medrich, is the whole process &#8212; the sifting, the rolling, the aromas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NORAD Tracking Santa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie  Burrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s almost time for what may be one of the most charming federal government traditions around. For the last 50 years, NORAD has tracked Santa&#8217;s progress around the world. Seems back in 1955, Sears Roebuck &#38; Co. ran an ad with Santa&#8217;s phone number, but they accidentally transposed some digits and ran the hotline number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOLIDAY COUNTDOWN #12: Gingerbread house delights</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/12/23/holiday-countdown-12-gingerbread-house-delights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gingerbread house contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday countdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poured sugar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems fitting to end our 12 Days of Christmas (and Other Holidays) with a little gingerbread. Nothing quite says holiday season like the smell of gingerbread and the look of these delightful houses. My sister-in-law, Lisa, convinced me to let my stepdaughter, Dana, make one with her older cousin four years ago. It&#8217;s become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TWISTED Carols</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie  Burrell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Acalanes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for some newfangled carols to sing? The Times and Trib ran our third annual Twisted Carols contest, asking readers to submit their own lyrics to some classic holiday songs. The best of the bunch go online and in print on Thursday morning, but here&#8217;s a sneak peek, courtesy of the Acalanes High School choir:]]></description>
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		<title>HOLIDAY COUNTDOWN #11: Top that tree</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/12/22/holiday-countdown-11-top-that-tree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up, my family always finished off the trees in the same way. We had a blond-haired angel (which seemed odd in a family of brown-haired folks) on the main tree and a lit star on the smaller window tree. It&#8217;s likely my parents would still be using the same tree toppers today if my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOLIDAY COUNTDOWN #10: Candy cane cooking</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/12/21/holiday-countdown-10-candy-cane-cooking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somehow, every year we end up with at least two or three boxes of miniature candy canes. They seem to mutate like single socks. I didn&#8217;t even buy any this season, and we still ended up with 3 1/2 boxes. With so much excess, my stepdaughter and I had only one choice: get cooking. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOLIDAY COUNTDOWN #9: Deck the house</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/12/20/holiday-countdown-9-deck-the-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decorating ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday countdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday homes tour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For three years, I&#8217;ve had the opportunity to &#8220;peek&#8221; inside the decorated homes of three readers. I love our annual Holiday Homes Tour in the Home &#038; Garden section because I always walk away wondering, &#8220;Could I do that, too?&#8221; (No worries, Husband, I won&#8217;t go too far overboard.) Last year, I admired how one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOLIDAY COUNTDOWN #8: Snowflake Cookies</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/12/19/holiday-countdown-8-snowflake-cookies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie  Burrell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heather Chittum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post recently tapped Heather Chittum from Hook Restaurant in DC to craft a few sugary fantasies. The results &#8211; a Santa&#8217;s sleigh filled with ethereal Wedding Cookies, and an icy blue and white snowflake wreath made entirely out of sugar cookies &#8211; ran in the Times and Trib this week too &#8211; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOLIDAY COUNTDOWN: Let there be lights</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/12/17/holiday-countdown-let-there-be-lights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/12/17/holiday-countdown-let-there-be-lights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If my stepdaughter, Dana, had her way, we would singlehandedly keep every PG&#038;E worker employed for at least a year. That&#8217;s because she would love to turn our house into the equivalent of a Las Vegas casino during the holiday season. The icicle lights trimming our house, two lit spiral trees and lit garland around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOLIDAY Countdown #4: Candy Cane Cookies</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/12/15/holiday-countdown-4-candy-cane-cookies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie  Burrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How cute are these?? Chocolate sugar cookies drizzled with white chocolate and crushed peppermint candies &#8212; another winner from those baking whizzes over at BHG.com, who&#8217;ve been knocking our socks off this year with their cute baking and craft ideas (and their generosity in sharing the how-tos with us.) We just keep thinking how cute [...]]]></description>
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