tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18884029.post822096187522938377..comments2024-03-29T01:33:22.188+11:00Comments on The Intrepid Reader and Baker: Anticipating ChristmasMarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18884029.post-246981215206442562011-12-21T04:35:09.818+11:002011-12-21T04:35:09.818+11:00I used to love getting those little book-shaped pa...I used to love getting those little book-shaped packages of Lifesavers, with all the rolls of different flavours that you never saw in the variety stores. Now of course all I see are the lists of artificial colourings and flavourings; I should have been eating oranges!Buried In Printhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808249065026802365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18884029.post-1536725960864176672011-12-21T03:43:07.286+11:002011-12-21T03:43:07.286+11:00sounds like such a good book and I still look forw...sounds like such a good book and I still look forward to Christmas oranges. Have a Merry Christmas.kayerjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08479123027080062607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18884029.post-3417295051138126792011-12-21T02:20:40.130+11:002011-12-21T02:20:40.130+11:00I so want to read this book when I can! I also hav...I so want to read this book when I can! I also have heard about the orange in the stocking from my grandmother and other older relatives, and always find it amusing and charming!Zibileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07443338685890187334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18884029.post-89325648027104629852011-12-20T17:04:47.285+11:002011-12-20T17:04:47.285+11:00Oranges weren't exotic when I was a child in t...Oranges weren't exotic when I was a child in the 1940s, since we had them in the summer. But my dad's sister would send us a box of oranges from Florida each December. It was a treat to have them out of season in Tennessee.<br /><br />I had already typed in "Almost Christmas" as the title for tonight's post, but changed it to "Anticipating Christmas" when I saw your title. I hope you don't mind. It's perfect for the first photo I posted:<br />http://bonniesbooks.blogspot.com/2011/12/anticipating-christmas.htmlBonnie Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813549471704485150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18884029.post-43536084062961146202011-12-20T13:17:36.082+11:002011-12-20T13:17:36.082+11:00I don't know that there is really either. Clos...I don't know that there is really either. Closest I came was Ipad which isn't really exotic but every kid over a certain age seems to want one.Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18884029.post-20718662715621099562011-12-20T13:14:33.347+11:002011-12-20T13:14:33.347+11:00I read Camp Nine earlier this month and quite enjo...I read Camp Nine earlier this month and quite enjoyed it. It also has my favorite cover of the year.<br /><br />As far as the modern equivalent of oranges? I don't know that there is one. It seems like video games are the hot ticket these days...but I don't consider those exotic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com