Primitives making their Christmas gifts again

[Karin]

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supernova  (1000+ posts)        Mon Nov-30-09 04:20 PM
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Need your help for holiday gift idea.. The Nutcracker
 Short version, I'm cash strapped this year (who isn't?) with being unemployed and all, so I will be making my gifts this year.

Since I really love the Nutcracker ballet, I got the idea of giving a box of homemade candy/what have you based on all the "ethnic" dances in the ballet.

She's looking for ideas on how to represent Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, and the like.  Not an altogether bad idea, but some of the recipes they share sounded gross. 

This one caught my eye:

grasswire  (1000+ posts)      Tue Dec-01-09 02:20 AM
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12. maybe your reed pipes could be candied orange peel
 (I have a thing for that lately)

 

Stinky The Clown  (1000+ posts)        Sat Dec-05-09 07:15 PM
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17. Chocolate straws for the reed pipes
 When I first met Sparkly (many years ago) she was dancing The Arabian. Before I met her, she had also danced The Spanish Dancer.

What was Sparkly doing and where?? 
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Stinky The Clown  (1000+ posts)        Sat Dec-05-09 07:15 PM
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17. Chocolate straws for the reed pipes
When I first met Sparkly (many years ago) she was dancing The Arabian. Before I met her, she had also danced The Spanish Dancer.

Many different dances, but on the same pole.

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Why doesn't the black hole primitive make candy based upon "the Twelve Days of Christmas"?  It seems to me there's more possibilities there.