…………..The local news lately has had one tragic story after the other, so I felt the need to post something light hearted….What more could bring a smile to someone’s face than SNOWMEN…..For years Jac and I collected snowmen….not very seriously….and just enough to put on the glass shelves on our kitchen windows. Whenever we saw something we liked we picked it up. There are music boxes, a snow globe, and even a snowman that lights up…Some are antique and some are brand new……I’ll keep them on the windows until March when there is still a chance of snow…..then like Frosty they disappear for another year.
This looks magical Louis ❄️❄️❄️
Yes, there are King cakes EVERYWHERE around here! Each bakery has their own special take on them. Whoever gets the baby has to bring the next King Cake.
https://www.eater.com/22268353/king-cake-history-tradition-mardi-gras
Sylvia, Thanks for sharing this wonderful overview of King Cakes! I’ll have to start baking different versions between now and Fat Tuesday.
Charming collection! Fun idea to keep them out til the snow passes.
Lovely collection, Louis. Wish I had a few snowmen! Just today, we took down the Christmas decorations, but kept “winter trees” up for their light… a nod to the Norwegian practice of “Hygge.” Brings some comfort during these times.
I’m packing away my Christmas decorations today but now I’m inspired to keep the snowmen out until March,
ABSOLUTELY….it can still snow and snowmen aren’t strictly for Christmas….they are winter decorations…..like pumpkins are fall decorations
What a fun idea to keep the snow folks up all winter! With Epiphany just past, I was wondering if a Three Kings Cake was part of your holiday traditions? Seems like Jac might have had another wonderful Belgian recipe for that.
NO….she didn’t make a 3 Kings Cake? I don’t even know what it is???? What is a 3 Kings Cake??…….We always considered our snow people foe as winter decorations than just for Christmas. It’s nice to have them up when everything else gets put away.
Some French pastry shops in the US make them — they can be a cinnamon roll type ring, or a puff pastry with a fruit filling. Sounds like the Belgian version has frangipane filling? The tradition is to serve it on Epiphany when the Three Kings arrived in Bethlehem (and keep serving until Lent). Each cake has one “prize” of a dried bean, or porcelain baby Jesus — the person who finds the prize in his slice is crowned King, or has to give a party, or ….. Seems like many options, but generally an extension of celebrating, which is always a good thing. I think Mardi Gras in New Orleans adopted them too.