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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Peppermint Chocolate Sticks~

Peppermint Chocolate Sticks~
Peppermint Chocolate Sticks
Good afternoon my dear Friends & Followers, I hope that you all are doing well and are getting ready for the Holiday Season. Well I thought to help you with your baking treats, I would pick some of my favorites ideas for the holiday season.
Throughout the coming weeks I'm going to surprise you with different kinds of holiday treats.. These 'Peppermint Chocolate  Sticks' should brighten your holiday season. If you love chocolate and peppermint these will be a smashing hit for your holiday season. It makes about 80 peppermint chocolate sticks... Enjoy my dear Friends & Followers hugs
1/2 cup white sugar
2/3 cup water
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
7 ounces dark chocolate - chopped into small pieces
1/4 cup toasted shredded coconut
1 candy thermometer

1- Lightly oil an large baking sheet. Place the white sugar and water in a small, but heavy
Saucepan and heat gently. Stir until the sugar has completely dissolved.
2- Bring the sugar mixer, how to a boil and boil it rapidly without stirring until the
syrup registers 280F on your Candy Thermometer. Then remove the pan from the heat and stir in the 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract.
3- Pour the sugar mixture onto the pre-made greased baking sheet and left to set.

4- Break up the peppermint mixture into a small bowl and use the end of a rolling pin to
crush it into small pieces.
5- Melt the 7-ounces of dark chocolate into a double pan - so that it will not burn ... Then remove the dark chocolate from the heat and stir in all the mint pieces and
the shredded
coconut too.
6- After everything is mixed in well, lay mixer on a 12x 10 inch sheet of baking parchment paper flat surface.
Spread the Chocolate mixture all over the parchment paper, leaving a narrow
border all around, to make a nice rectangle shape - which should measure about 10x 8-inches.
Let it set till firm, when the chocolate is completely firm, use a sharp knife and cut thin sticks,
About 21/2 long...
This is the image that I could find
to show you all how to cut your chocolate sticks
after its sets... I hope that 
These Peppermint Chocolate Sticks
Will help in Your Christmas Holidays
Happy baking my dear Friends & Followers
 love you All very much  

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Hestia Goddess

Hestia Goddess-
The Beautiful Goddess Hestia 
Good Day my dear Friends & Followers, for today I am going to bring you all into the world of the Olympians by way of the Goddess Hestia. The Goddess of the Hearth or the fire burning of Hearth, it has said to be either way among the Gods of Olympians. She was regarded as one of the twelve great gods and she was another daughter of Kronus and Rhea. According to the Greek Mythology and the Olympians, the Goddess Hestia was the first born daughter of Rhea and therefore the first of the children that was swallowed by her father Kronus.  It seems that she was like Artemis and Athena, a Maiden Divinity and Goddess. From what I  find out, she was quite beautiful as all three sisters were - including herself, Hera and the Demeter too. It seems that she too had many suitors too. As Apollo and Poseidon had sued for her hand, however Hestia swore by her older brother Zeus to remain a virgin forever and in this character it was that her sacrifices consisted of only cows which were only one year old. I discovered that even thought the Goddess vowed that she would remain a virgin forever, she
The God Poseidon in which Goddess Hestia
and Poseidon are seen often at Mount Olympia
Still had connections with the powerful and known to be very handsome Apollo and Poseidon Gods of Olympus, which thus alluded to the legends of the Temple of Delphi where the three divinities were worshipped in common and Hestia and Poseidon did appeared together also at Mount Olympia. It seems besides the Mighty God of the Seas Poseidon - Hestia was often seen together with Hermes too; as a protecting the works of man.  I leads me to believe that Hestia was quite the Goddess and had many suitors both God and maybe even mortal. She sounds as if she was quite a beauty and even though she took the vow of chastity the Gods still loved to be around her.
As I dug a little deeper into the life of the beautiful Goddess Hestia I discovered that she was looked upon as the Hearth; as the sacred centre part of domestic life of both the Gods & their mortals. So it seems that Hestia was the Goddess of domestic life and the giver of all domestic happiness, blessing and as such she was believed to dwell in the inner part of every house to have invented the art of building houses. As the hearth of a house is at the same time the altar on which sacrifices are offered to the domestic Gods - Hestia was looked upon as presiding at all sacrifices. As the Goddess of all sacrifices of fire at the altar,
Goddess Hestia
She had a share in the sacrifices in all the temples of the Gods. Hence when any sacrifices were offered, Hestia was invoked first, and the first part of the sacrifice was always offered to the goddess. Solemn oaths were always sworn in by the Goddess of the hearth ~Hestia~ and the hearth itself was the sacred asylum where suppliants implored the protection of the inhabitants of the house. Basically The Goddess Hestia would always give protection to the homes of all the mortals at the time and give protection to all the inhabitants in the house too. She was also the Goddess that the mortals gave great offerings and sacrifices too to make sure their homes were safe. Hence by doing these great offerings and sacrifices the people would relieve solemn oaths sworn by the goddess of the Hearth and then all inhabitants of the house would be protected by her solemn oaths  and words... This could be extended to a town  or city too. Hence the people would likewise have a sacred hearth, the symbol of an harmonious community of citizens and of a common worship to their Goddess Hestia. There was another public hearth that exited in ancient Greece and these were called the Prytaneium in the center of town. This is where the Goddess had her especial sanctuary (thalamos), under the name of Prutanitis, with a statue and the sacred hearth too. This is where the prytanes would offer sacrifices to the Goddess and upon entering her private hearth Hestia would protect their suppliants. It seem that back in the day, as these public Hearth's were sacred in every town, so hence each state would receive their prytanes had all their sacrifices there too for the Goddess Hestia. When a colony was sent out, they always took the fire which burn in the sacred public Hearth with them, to their new home so that it would be blessed with the Goddess Hestia blessing.
Hestia Goddess
With a bit of Mysticism
 
guests from foreign ambassadors there, plus the
If ever the fire of the public hearth became extinct, it was not allowed to be light again with  ordinary fire, but by either fire produced by friction or by burning glasses drawing fire from the sun. Some have speculated in the ancients that the Goddess Hestia could be in someways like that of a divinity such as Gaea or her sister Demeter. Hence being the universe or the centre of the earth hearth in a mystical form of Warmth... As far as special temples that were just make
for the Greek Goddess Hestia, it seems that every Prytaneum was a sanctuary of the Beautiful Goddess. And it seems that all temples in Greece give a portion to the
goddess whatever the divinity they may offered it too, they all belong to her. She may have been a quiet and home body of goddess... However, she was an powerful Goddess and she was beloved by all the people of Greece in the ancient times.. Plus I believe she was also loved and respected by many of the Olympians too. I HOPE THAT YOU ALL
ENJOYED THE POST ON THE GODDESS HESTIA.. I WILL BE DOING MORE ON THE DIFFERENT  GODS AND GODDESS TOO. LOVE YOU ALL VERY  MUCH YOUR WENDY HUGGGG...
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Monday, December 1, 2014

First Christmas Card~2014

First Christmas Card~ 
One of the first
Greeting Christmas
Cards 1870
Victorian
Good Afternoon my dear Friends & Followers, Happy December 1, '2014' and for today's post I thought I would start with a tale of the First Christmas Card. It seems that sending Christmas cards began in the Victorian period. However, there were wood engraves that produced Christmas prints with religious themes in Europe in the Middle Ages first. 
Some have said these were the very first commercial Christmas & New Years Cards. There more my Friends! It is believed that these were designed and printed in London, England in the year 1843. The man who did these was prints was John Horsley, a British narrative painter and Royal Academician too. It seems that John Horsley had designed these very first Christmas cards in England between 1843-1903 the day of his death. I also discovered that these first Christmas cards were produced at the request of his friend - Sir Henry Cole. 
Sir Henry Cole had suggested to his friend, John the idea of a special design to be sent to all of their friend at Christmas. So in the year 1843 there was a special edition (Christmas Card) made of 1,000 cards. These cards were printed and placed for sale in London to see what would happen? Well it seems at the time it worked very well. All those 1,000 cards that went on sale back in 1843 must have been a hit, because it seems that just one of those first cards that were sent in the late 1800's are
This is a copy of what those 1,000 cards
that were sent to friend back in 1843
And that 1 of 18 that are still in exist 167-years
was sold for 7,000$ pretty good for
and old Christmas Xmas Card Eh!
Collector items today it the 21-century. There is known of 18 of those 1,000 card that still exist - 167 years ago.  One of those such Christmas cards was auctioned off by Sotheby's in 2010 and sold for 7,000$. What I found interesting about the first Christmas Cards, was actually two things:

1- The fact that after 167years out of 1,000 cards there are still 18 still in exist with our computer age.
2-The second is or fact - I found that though there was much excitement with the making and sending of the first Christmas cards, it wasn't an instant success. It even brought disapproval from the temperance League who feared the new Cards! would encourage Drunkenness!
It doesn't stop there! It seems that the following year - 1844 there were other picture makers and the Christmas Card was launched on the tide of Popular favor. However, it wasn't  until the idea had grown out of favor among artist and literary circles that it was taken up by a
Business 'man' by the name of Goodall. 
This Business man Goodall and his company - Charles Goodall & Son was an highly known British publishing company in London at the time. Goodall and his company was one of the first to mass produce Christmas Cards to be sent World wide.
Then in 1866 is when Mr. Josiah Goodall commissioned Marcus & Company for an Lithograph for his company. This is what set in motion the many designers and the following years after that in Goodall company as the forerunners of today's Christmas Cards of TODAY!
I hope that you all found the founders of the First Christmas Card
Fun and interesting! I hope to find more fun Holiday type of 
Posts throughout the month of December for you all
And I want to give you all thanks for being such wonderful 
Friends & Followers throughout these up coming 2-years. You have 
Been so supportive of me and my humble Blog - FaeriesDragons&theUnseen.
I thank you all from the bottom of my heart 
I love you all very much YOUR WENDY
The First Christmas Greeting Card
over 167 years ago 

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Christmas Greeting Card
of 1950

Christmas Greeting Card
of 1947

Christmas Greeting Card
1906

Christmas Greeting Card
of 1940

Christmas Greeting Card
in 1940

Picture of children looking in
Christmas window in 1910

Christmas Greeting Card
of 1904

Christmas Greeting
Card of the 1900's



Christmas Greeting
Card of 1912
Christmas Greeting
Card of 1885
Victorian Period

Christmas Greeting
Card of 1900
Christmas Greeting
Card of 1860 


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