12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop

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December 3, 2015

A very heartfelt Thank You to Wendy over at
Ravenwood Whimzies for inviting me to join in this merry 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop.  'Tis a wonderful group of very talented artists who are sharing craft projects and  favorite recipes.

A little bit about The Bear's Blog....it's a place of some make believe, a wee bit of magic and a lot of silly stories, it's meant to be a place where you can maybe escape the real world for a few minutes.  Our one and only goal is to make you smile.

Prudence Clearwater 

is Editor  Bearitor-in-Chief and will now show you a few of our favorite Christmas traditions.

Hi, Everybeary, WELCOME.

Here is a fun and easy little craft that makes a bee-u-tee-ful gift "ornament" or a wee little ornament for the Christmas tree.

  Winter Hat

Supplies: 30 pieces of yarn cut 18" long

1 - 1" wide ring cut from toilet tissue roll, paper towel roll, or other 

Fold an 18" length of yarn in half, feed through paper ring loop first.  Two loose ends through loop, pull tight to form knot.

Continue until paper ring is completely covered, divide lengths in half, twist one half a few times and pull through ring.

Make sure to firmly pull yarn ends so you have a nice, tight "hat brim".  Now continue with the other half in the exact same way.

Tie the loose ends with a piece of the same yarn, it depends on you how tall you want the hat, mine is 2" from the bottom of the brim to the tie off yarn. *Make sure you leave this piece extra long, it will be your loop for hanging on the tree.  Just use an 18" piece of yarn.  Now the fun - trim the loose ends about 3/4" from tie off.  Snip to make a bushy "pom-pom" on the top of the hat.  Make your little hanging loop and snip excess yarn.

 Here is our little wire tree with several winter hat ornaments.
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CRANBERRY NUT BREAD 

 2 C FLOUR
1 C SUGAR
1.5 TEAS. BAKING POWDER
1 TEAS. SALT
1/2 TEAS. BAKING SODA
1 TABLES. GRATED ORANGE PEEL
3/4 C ORANGE JUICE (USE JUICE FROM THE ORANGE & ADD)
2 TABLES. SHORTENING
1 EGG
1.5 C FRESH OR FROZEN OR DRIED COARSELY CHOPPED CRANBERRIES
1/2 C CHOPPED WALNUTS

Preheat over to 350*.  Stir dry ingredients together.  Add juice, orange peel, shortening, egg, mix until blended.  Stir in cranberries and nuts.
Bake in greased loaf pan for 55 mins. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool 15 mins. then remove from pan.
*Slices best when frozen.

Thank you for dropping in, we love visiting with friends.
Have a wonderful day.
Heaps of Hugs
Prudence ♥

Merry Christmas