Blue Ribbon Pecan Pie from Gooseberry Patch

 

I love to make pies!  I love rolling out the dough, filling it up with something delicious and the smell that comes from the oven.  I never made a pecan pie before so when I saw it in the newest cookbook Hometown Christmas by Gooseberry Patch, I couldn’t wait to make it.  This recipe is so simple, it only takes a few ingredients, and you can whip it up in no time at all.  You’ll find all kinds of wonderful recipes in Hometown Christmas.  It features Breakfast with Santa, Sledding Party Warmers, Old-Fashioned Christmas Dinner, Open House…You’re Invited, Tree-Trimming Treats, Slow-Cooker Comfort Foods, and Coming Home for Christmas.  Not only will you find lots of festive recipes there’s also merry making tips and warm holiday memories.   Make sure you enter below to win a copy of Hometown Christmas and there’s a gift from me too.  Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

 

 Ingredients are as follows: 

1 (9 inch) pie crust
1/2 C pecan halves (I crushed mine up because of the kids)
3 eggs
1 C dark corn syrup
1 C sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/8 tsp. salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees; grease a 9″ pie pan.

Place unbaked crust into pie plate and arrange pecans in crust; set aside.

In a bowl, beat eggs well.

Mix in the corn syrup, sugar, vanilla and salt.

Pour mixture over pecans in crust.

Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes; reduce temperature to 325 degrees.  Bake an additional 30 minutes or until center of the pie is set (mine took about 55 minutes).

Cool completely then slice, serve and enjoy! 

Gooseberry Patch has graciously offered a cookbook to one of you and I bought this adorable gingerbread cupcake kit and gingerbread bakery bags too.  

Contest Closed!  Congratulations… 
I Play Outside The BoxDecember 14, 2013 at 5:32 AM
My
favorite thing is to make sausage balls for the family….that is
always the first thing they request….and the spicier the better for
them. 🙂

 

 

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This contest is open to U.S. residents due to shipping costs.  It will end on December 19th; winner will be notified via email.  Gooseberry Patch provided me with a cookbook, however the opinions expressed are my own.

 

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  1. Janice Shippy says:

    Christmas Eve will be exciting this year. My oldest daughter is having a baby!! He will be born by C-section on 12/23. That is how our family will be celebrating Christmas…the birthday of Jesus and the birth of a new grandson….Emmett.

  2. My favorite Christmas tradition is having our girls decorate the tree each year. They do all the ornaments and star.

  3. Our family traditions are hot chocolate with marshmallows and watching Christmas movies on the weekends. During the weekdays I will bake them goodies 2-3 days out of the week. Not to mention listening to the radio station that plays Christmas music ALL DAY LONG as we drive around town. Christmas eve we spend with my family when we get home we set out the milk and cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. Christmas morning we open up gifts and then make our way to my husband's family's house for more holiday FUN!!!

  4. Reading of the Birth of Christ when my children were home…always get a warm feeling just thinking about it…

  5. Anonymous says:

    My favorite Christmas tradition is opening presents with my family on Christmas Day!! Let's us know we are truly blessed to be all together!!
    buctwins@gmail.com

  6. When my daughter was 2 we explained to her that we celebrate the birth of Christ at Christmas. We shared the Christmas story and explained that because He loves her so much, He wanted her to get gifts on His birthday. (He got 3 so we limit her to 3 – from us.) She listened patiently and then asked where was His birthday cake. She wanted to sing and blow out the candles. I'd baked a red velvet cake that year and have every year since (she's now 16). We still put candles on it and sing happy birthday to Jesus.

  7. Seeing everyone gather around the Christmas tree opening gifts. Then joining around the table for breakfast

  8. I am a fan of Gooseberry Patch.
    Another tradition I like is having my daughter spend the day with me!

  9. My favorite Christmas tradition is Christmas eve with my parents, then Christmas with my kids and husband. Making Sugar Cream pies that don't last till dinner. lol. Merry Christmas everyone.

  10. My favorite Christmas Eve tradition involves watching The old "A Christmas Carol" and snacking on cookies and eggnog. Then, Christmas morning we have a breakfast buffet and coffee with Irish Cream!

  11. Anonymous says:

    My favorite Christmas tradition is going to my mama and daddy's house for Christmas lunch. She makes the BEST turkey dressing and gravy and if I had nothing else but that I would be on Happy Camper!! I am so Bless to still have my parents and so Thankful for another Christmas to spend with them. mssherry48@hotmail.com Sherry Baird

  12. My favorite family tradition is making sugar cookies… unless you count eating them!

  13. Jackie Gillikin says:

    My favorite Christmas traditions is baking with my grandkids and sharing the treats with friends and family

  14. Getting together with my extended family. It's the one time a year we are pretty sure we will all be there!

  15. I love the breakfast with the whole family of kids, grandkids, and four legged babies. Then watching the grandkids open presents.

  16. my tradition is Christmas Eve potluck at my sister's house..every year for as long as i can remember,, we have had our Christmas on Christmas Eve..Merry Christmas to everyone.!!!!!

  17. My favorite my family tradition is every Christmas Eve we have our big family dinner and then after dinner we open our Open Me Christmas Eve presents which are always PJ's. that has been a family tradtion for 4 generatations now.

  18. My favorite family tradition is on Christmas Eve we have our big family dinner and then open our Open Me Christmas Eve presents which are always PJ's. That tradition has been in my family for 4 generations now and we all are keeping it ggoing.g

  19. Anonymous says:

    My favorite Christmas tradition is making homemade peppermint bark with my little sisters and then laying by the fireplace Christmas eve 🙂 bbailes163@gmail.com

  20. Freda Gable says:

    My Favorite Christmas tradition is "Baking Goodies" & "Driving around Town Looking @ Christmas Lights", With a thermos of Hot Chocolate & another of Hot Coffee. With Christmas music on the radio Singing as we go, OOOhing & awing!! . . I Love Gooseberry Cookbooks. Would be a wondergul Gift to win this for Christmas! ! . . Merry Christmas Everyone.

  21. Anonymous says:

    My cousins and I have been getting together for Christmas Eve and Christmas night for over 60 years to share great food, Christmas cookies from our Mothers and Grandmother's recipes, and presents….

  22. What a great give away….I don't twitter but I already have you followed and liked on everything else….Even if I don't win have a wonderful Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!!!

  23. My favorite Christmas tradition is baking and decorating cookies with my children, and then on christmas eve sitting back and watching the great debate over which cookies that Santa would like better. It always ends up being one from each of them, plus some reindeer food the the reindeer. 🙂 Merry Christmas. ( melaniechick28@yahoo.com)

  24. Anonymous says:

    My favorite Christmas tradition is listening to Christmas Music while trimming the tree and watching the Polar Express with the Grandchildren.

  25. One of out traditions is called a "silly" box. During the year, we each buy different items that cost around $1.00. We wrap them and then on Christmas, after dinner, we take turns taking one out of the box. My grandchildren who are 18 and 20, still get a kick out of this. At the end, we can swap with people it they want if both people want to swap. It's so "silly" that inexpensive gifts can create so much fun!

  26. Our favorite tradition is so simple, it's not really the decorations , the wrapping, it's being with the ones you love and doing it all together, as a family unit, a community unit, and sharing the time working together, loving each other. So we spend time from our busy lives cooking, wrapping, baking and love each other. time and effort shared with respect and love, making many happy memories. Merry Christmas,

  27. My favorite is Christmas morning when my kids, husband and I open our gifts, then enjoy a family breakfast <3

  28. This is more pre-Christmas tradition, I get together with my mom and do all of our Christmas baking. It is great quality time, with no interruptions.

  29. Hmmm, not sure we really have a tradition… we make sure we give to at least one family in our community every year (whenever we are able to financially). We spend Christmas day together as a family, opening gifts, celebrating Jesus birth and enjoy the meal we make together… everyone HAS to prepare one part of the meal…many hands make less work for all. MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and yours. <3

  30. My favorite tradition is making cookies with my sister – in – law along With a batch of homemade amateur cream!.

  31. Alas, what family of mine that is not dead is far flung. I have had to create new traditions, oxymoron and all. I spend some time helping cook for a homeless charity I put one dollar bills in small envelopes with messages such as "Breathe" "Relax" or "You are good enough" and pass them out randomly to strangers. I have taken to cooking old, old recipes from my childhood. I live outside of Orlando so I go to a theme park and renew the magic. I let go of attachments to all things, people, beliefs, feelings, and attitudes and just spend some time BEING. Breathe y'all. It is good for you!

  32. My favorite Christmas tradition is leaving the milk and cookies out for Santa with the kids. It has been hard trying to find some good traditions from my family and my husband's that we can make our own for our family.

  33. Anonymous says:

    spending time with family

  34. Anonymous says:

    my favorite tradition was when all of the family would get together for dinner

  35. We also go looks at lights the night before Christmas. We leave cookies out for Santa, we read The Night Before Christmas, and we open one present.:)

  36. So many traditions yet one regret… Not getting my mother's recipes written down before she passed away 🙁
    Merry christmas!

  37. My favorite Christmas tradition is seeing The Nutcracker with my daughters. Or maybe it's the baking, it's a toss up!

  38. Going to church for the candlelight service, coming home and my girls always get to unwrap a special gift. It is pj's and a new book. In the morning after the rest of the gifts are open, we make eggnog pancakes.

  39. terri seibech says:

    My favorite Christmas tradition is making thousands of Christmas cookies and candies and giving it all away. I love sharing because everyone gets so excited to see their tray. The happiness on their faces is what it's all about!!

  40. Anonymous says:

    Now that I have my first Grandchild, I want to start a new tradition this year with her, On Christmas eve, I would like to make special things with her. This set would be so wonderful to win. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year..

  41. I follow Flour Me With Love on Pinterest.

  42. I follow Flour Me With Love on facebook.

  43. I have many favorite Christmas traditions. Putting up the tree while listening to Christmas music and eating Thanksgiving leftovers, making Christmas cookies, caramel corn, chex mix. Turning all the lights off and sitting and enjoying the lights of the tree……

  44. My favorite tradition is baking all kinds of yummy things that I don't normally make throughout the year! We LOVE Christmas food!!! 🙂

  45. Me oh my … I LOVE pie!!!! My FAVORITE Christmas event is our annual family baking day … everyone from 2 to 92 comes over and the frosting and sprinkles start flying! Love listening to the older folks interact with those younguns and the stories they tell of Christmas past … always an amazing day!

  46. My Christmas traditions are making my special candy ans cookies with my kids

  47. I am following Flour Me with Love on Pinterest!
    My favorite tradition is going to my mom's house in PA (I live in MD) and getting to spend all of Christmas day with my siblings and their kids, our mom, my hubby & daughter. Merry Christmas!

  48. Gooseberry patch is "Liked" on FB. My favorite tradition is going to my mom's house in PA (I live in MD) and getting to spend all of Christmas day with my siblings and their kids, our mom, my hubby & daughter. Merry Christmas!

  49. Flour Me with Love is "Liked" on FB.
    My favorite tradition is going to my mom's house in PA (I live in MD) and getting to spend all of Christmas day with my siblings and their kids, our mom, my hubby & daughter. Merry Christmas!

  50. Anonymous says:

    My Christmas Tradition: I bake Christmas cookies the weekend before Christmas and on Christmas day prepare an awesome Christmas brunch for friends and family to enjoy when they stop by. Tammyk9@hot mail.com

  51. My favorite tradition is going to my mom's house in PA (I live in MD) and getting to spend all of Christmas day with my siblings and their kids, our mom, my hubby & daughter. Merry Christmas!

  52. My favorite Christmas tradition is going to church on Christmas eve and getting together with family. Debbie
    Debbo4@aol.com

  53. all the baking leading up to the Christmas Holiday. I love to cook and bake !

  54. My favorite Christmas tradition is going to my moms house and eating chocolate pie that she makes especially for me. I cant wait to go there this Christmas. (I liked and followed all that was offered) Happy Holidays to you and yours.

  55. Melissa Seiders says:

    My favorite tradition is when our family makes sandtarts, this year we had three generations baking them together with Christmas music playing, so much fun!

  56. Anonymous says:

    ajsignor@hotmail.com
    My favorite tradition is making candy and cookies with my children to share with family and friends.
    Merry Christmas

  57. Love the Gooseberry Patch since I'm a buckeye like they are, We always make candy and cookies at Christmas to give to family and friends

  58. Anonymous says:

    being with family and friends.

  59. Every Christmas I bake for my husbands customers and they always look forward to what he brings. That makes me very happy to see others enjoy what I love to make!

  60. My favorite Christmas tradition is baking lots of goodies for friends and family! The old recipes are loved by all, plus I get to try new recipes out. I love the Gooseberry Patch!

    1. Got so excited, I forgot to leave you my information… facebook/Delilah Swinford

  61. My favorite family tradition is making my mom's Molasses Cookies. She would have been 100 years old this year if she would have lived. I think that this particular recipe was her mom's. Also, making Potato Candy. Yummy! Of course, Chocolate Chip Cookies are a tradition at our house, too.

  62. Connie Lee says:

    My favorite tradition is our huge family getting together for a great meal together and getting to chat to catch up on everyone's news. lclee59@centurylink.net

  63. Our Christmas Tradition is the older kids bake a Birthday Cake for Jesus while the younger children have fun taking the cake outside and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus. Merry Christmas

  64. My kids and grandkids and I make our christmas cookies, fudge, caramels, and pumpkin and buttermilk breads together, and then we give out trays to our neighbors and friends. It's fun just getting together, plus I get lovies from my two precious grandsons.

  65. Magelan Smejkal says:

    Flour Me With Love ,I am so glad I cam across you blog,my hubby loves to bake .I love making pies and your pecan pie is the easiest recipe I have come across! Thanks

  66. Absolutely love pecan pie! My favorite Christmas tradition is baking with family. You just can't top quality time in the kitchen!

  67. Christmas Caroling with my family over at our neighbors and then having a snow ball fight! Then we all have pots and pans and sing through the house as we are drumming!
    Nettie

  68. This is our first year starting it.But,we got together with our children and grand kids. Our daughter made chili with all the fixings.Then we put together a gingerbread house with the grand kids and our big kids.It was so much fun and can't wait until next year to do it again!! Merry Christmas!!

  69. My favorite tradition is making Finsk Brod (Danish Butter Cookies) my step father's recipe. I try to make them every year but some years time and life didn't cooperate!

  70. My favorite tradition is Greens Day, where my family gathers with friends to make wreaths on our farm!

  71. We love going to see the Christmas lights on Christmas Eve, and then opening one present the night before Christmas.

  72. My favorite family tradition is just making fudge, and Christmas sugar cookies 🙂

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  73. Anonymous says:

    My favorite family tradition is just making fudge, and Christmas sugar cookies 🙂

  74. Anonymous says:

    Family time and making memories. You never know when they won't be around the next year.

  75. My favorite tradition we still do is all family members spend the night at the family that has the largest house . We cook , bake, decorate for the younger ones. We also eat the Santa Claus cookies . When everyone gets up on Christmas morning to the giant gift party/brunch opening.its fun and loving time because some family we only get to see around that time.

  76. Anonymous says:

    As a child I always enjoyed visiting family and friends on Christmas day. I also enjoyed the cookies and goodies we got at each house.
    Jennie
    rmc18mom@gmail.com

  77. Anonymous says:

    I also have a Pinterest board with your recipes. (neddys@aol.com)

  78. Anonymous says:

    I love making butter cookies and sandtarts – recipes handed down through the family from the "old country". Growing up in PA, every Christmas Eve Mom would set our dining room table with cheeses and all kinds of meats and fruits and cookies and candies we made. She would have open house for all the neighbors to drop in on til the AM.. We were poor and dad was a policeman, but we shared what we had with our neighbors on our street and others that just dropped in. To this day, I do the same on Christmas Eve and most usually have a houseful with my children and grandchildren. The grandchildren take plates of goodies to our neighbors. Just brings back memories of Christmas Eve and my parents. (neddys@aol.com)

  79. Anonymous says:

    I have followed both Gooseberry Patch and Flour Me with Love on Facebook for a while now. Do not have a twitter account. My favorite custom: For New Years, we have Corned Beef Brisket along with the Hopping John, and Collard Greens, and Roasted Root Vegetables. This started when the kids were small and the following year they wanted it again and so it has become our family custom. I would love to win this prize. Thanks for the chance.
    FranceneK
    eb0329@aol.com

  80. My three granddaughters and I would have fun making Christmas memories with this.

  81. My favorite tradition is making buckeye candy. It is something my mom and aunt did and now i do.

  82. Anonymous says:

    I traditionally make a lot of handmade gifts and foods. I love to make up gift baskets for family and friends and I make a lot of my Christmas decorations by hand.
    cmckinley002@cfl.rr.com

  83. I traditionally give handmade gifts to everyone on my list each year

  84. Anonymous says:

    I bake cookies and make candy to give as gifts to family and friends. I also make mini loaves of the Amish friendship bread in different flavors. Donna d[dot]brookmyer[at]yahoo[dot]com

  85. Anonymous says:

    Nana loves taking her 2 grandsons to ride the Santa Train in Spencer NC; They are 5 and 7 and have gone every Christmas since they were 2 .. That is my most favorite tradition watching their eyes as they see the train pull in and see Santa on board . Terry on December 14 ,2013

  86. My favorite Christmas tradition is decorating the tree while watching Home Alone with my babies! We also love baking cookies, truffles and pumpkin logs every holiday season! Merry Christmas!

  87. baking cookies on Christmas Eve!!

  88. Anonymous says:

    My favorite tradition….checking out the old cookie recipes and adding some new ones that I've collected since last Christmas….baking up a storm and then the best part….delivering my edible gifts and seeing the delight on the faces of the recipients ;O)

  89. Growing up with no husband and 4 daughters to raise, money was scarce. Mom always managed to have a beautiful little tree and pretty decorations to adorn it. Our gifts to each other and to other family members were making our favorite Christmas cookies and wrap them up in pretty paper with bows! To this day, I make my sour cream nutmeg cookies and
    think of my dear family with love …and missing them very much. Blessed Christmas to you!

  90. My favorite Christmas tradition is baking cookies to share with family

  91. Anonymous says:

    Making Buckeyes to give as presents & for eating! I make this pecan pie too but I add more pecans because I love pecans!

  92. My favorite holiday tradition…. there are many and hard to choose just one. Baking cookies and giving them as gifts to friends and family would be at the top of the list.

  93. I liked and followed all 5 sites on Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter.

  94. My favorite Christmas tradition is my family and I pile into one car and drive around to look at all the lights and decorations.

  95. I love the pictures I am a visual learner you are the best…so are your recipes…THANKS

  96. My favorite tradition is having all my children home…Christmas Eve before unwrapping presents we would have cheese and sausage, barbecued meatballs, herring…all sorts of condiments to go with it…hubby just loves to cut up the cheese and sausage …sp he can snitch while he is cutting!!! Happy Holidays!!

  97. Anonymous says:

    Pecan pie!!! Cookies!!! Gravy!!! …. 🙂

  98. Anonymous says:

    I would love to win this.I love Gooseberry Patch.Great recipes. My family love them.

  99. Anonymous says:

    I love baking cookies and pies for the family!

  100. Anonymous says:

    After decorating the tree we sit down and watch Christmas Vacation and drink eggnog from out moose mugs!! And baking cookies, I love to try new recipes every year, along with old favorites too. Liked FMWL and Gooseberry Patch on FB.

  101. This pie looks delicious! Our favorite is probably waking up extra early on Christmas morning, before going to my Grandparents for breakfast, and slowly opening our gifts while the sunrise while sipping special mocha latte my Mom always fixes the family. But candlelight and the glow of the tree. It's magical!
    Blessings,
    Leslie

  102. We light an advent candle for all of our meals leading up to Christmas.

  103. I love pecan pie! Thanks for sharing & Merry Christmas!

  104. My favorite tradition is family time, putting up the tree together and listening to Christmas music.

  105. My favorite thing is to make sausage balls for the family….that is always the first thing they request….and the spicier the better for them. 🙂

  106. My favorite tradition is having breakfast while opening our stockings from Santa =D

  107. My favorite traditions are baking & decorating cookies as well as decorating the Christmas Tree while singing Christmas Carols as a family.

  108. One of my favorite memoies was wrapping presents,decorating the tree and snacking on goodies we have made.Spending time with family and friends and making sweet memories.And celebrating the true meaning the blessed birth of our Savior.

  109. My favorite christmas tradition is driving around town on christmas eve and looking at all the lights/decor. My grandparents did it with us and i have conintued the tradition with my kids. I believe my grandfathers parents did it with him. I also love baking cookies with my kids christmas eve day for santa, mrs. Clause, the elves, and of course the reindeer. We have a special plate and cup for santa and make to go baggies for the rest.

  110. my favorite is baking cookies with mom, grandma's sour cream cutout cookies. then when mom and dad would the house as they was going somewhere, us 5 kids would go down to the basement and bring up the tree, and decorate, it would be all done before they got home. loved doing it.

  111. Sandra Ledford says:

    I love getting together with our daughters and making special candies, cookies, and other Christmas treats for Christmas Eve and Christmas day….when we get together and someone reads the Christmas Story from the Bible, then we eat, play games, snack, and visit together.

  112. I love to make things that make each member of my family will enjoy. From lemon meringue pies, to fruit pies to cakes and homemade candies. My ultimate favorite for me is Buche De Noel, or Yule log. Love Flour Me With Love, it has been so good to find down to earth homemade recipes. Thank you so much, Merry Christmas.

  113. Pecan Pie is my all-time favorite!! I believe this recipe is close to mine, so darn it, I better make it and see!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe and for the contest.

  114. Pecan Pie is my all-time favorite!! I believe this recipe is close to mine, so darn it, I better make it and see!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe and for the contest.

  115. I just to returned from my favorite tradition – we went to the forest and cut down our Christmas Tree.

  116. Anonymous says:

    Christmas with family.
    Shelley B

  117. Anonymous says:

    i love baking for the holidays and decorating for the kids!

  118. Anonymous says:

    We always read the polar express and read the christmas story and of course leave out goodies and a drink for santa. vjcrabb@gmail.com

  119. I like Gooseberry Patch and Flour Me With Love and also follow Follow Me With love on Pinterest 🙂

  120. Being a member of a very large family we get together right before christmas. We play a fun game called White Elephant, it is a blast. Each one of us make a dish, one that we are known for. All of the children love it as they each get to open a gift before christmas 🙂

  121. Love baking cookies and breads for the Christmas season.

  122. We have Sauerbraten, Red cabbage, and Klose, and some years a Black forest cake a German meal that I been doing for the last 15 + years

  123. Favorite holiday tradition is making popcorn balls on Christmas Eve for the stockings. I have done this with my great grandparents and grandparents.

  124. Anonymous says:

    My favorite tradition is making divinity. Each Christmas my job as i child was to put the cherry or pecan half on the top for my Mom and it isn't Christmas until I have enjoyed those memories.

  125. Michele Langley says:

    Cinnamon rolls on Christmas Morning, and then Christmas at our parents with my husband's side of the family. My sister in law brings a cheese ball and we spend the together. I love it!!

  126. Anonymous says:

    I can't cook worth a flip, but I love to bake…there is just something magical about it. Talk about aromatherapy Kerry Jean Howell email aprilbebe39452@yahoo.com

  127. My favorite tradition is really a simple one. Putting on some Christmas music, turning off the lights, turning on the tree and just sitting there in it's glow.

  128. Anonymous says:

    Every year at Christmas my family finds some crazy prop to get our pictures made with. Such as an elf hat, pop bottle glasses, bubba teeth, santa beard, etc. We then take an individual picture of every person wearing it (of course everyone gets their own bubba teeth) My niece will make a poster of these pictures and bring it the next Christmas get together. It is really fun trying to come up with something new every year. I know its a little crazy but lots of fun!
    janfishback@rocketmail.com

  129. I love making caramel popcorn balls, cookies and candy with my girls and now I get to share it with my grandson. He loves decorating and eating all the yummy stuff.

  130. Anonymous says:

    My Grand mom used to make fudge for all of us . Nobody has made it since she passed in 2007. I just got the recipe from another family member. Now I want to start her tradition back up.

  131. steak and rigatoni dinner for every Christmas eve

  132. Anonymous says:

    I love Christmas time!!!! Love all the candy making and baking!!!!! Our family tradition for 32 since my husband and I have been married we have Christmas Eve at my mom & dad's with a great meal and then open gifts!!!! My father passed way 4 years ago, but Christmas was his favorite time of the year to have his children and grandchildren to be there…he loved it!!!!!

  133. We always go to Christmas Eve services no matter where we are. I used to love going at midnight.

  134. I love the baking and making candy and fudge. I have good memories doing this

  135. I love the baking and making candy and fudge. I have good memories doing this

  136. cheese plate around 10 or so, and then opening presents for all us especially the grandkids! then around 230 or so a big feast with the uncles, grandparents and friends!

  137. Making Christmas cookies and candy with my mom and sisters when i was growing up was so special. I did it with my kids and now I am doing that with my grandkids.

  138. My most favorite tradition was driving around with my mom looking at all the Christmas lights.We'd have a thermos of either hot chocolate or cider and blast Christmas music. She's gone now, but I have 2 little girls of my own to carry this on with.

  139. Anonymous says:

    My favorite tradition is driving around to see the Christmas lights and warming up with hot cocoa and cookies afterwards. berry.unique@ymail.com

  140. Making dinner with the kids on Christmas Eve. Making gingerbread houses and ornaments and goodies for their teachers.

  141. Making my Mom's family favorite…Merk's coffee cake. It's kind of like a pound cake with a cinnamon/sugar/nut center and topping. YUM!!! She passed away this January, so I'm trying to continue her tradition of making them every year!!!

  142. my family makes my mom's christmas cookies together every year since mom passed 5 years ago.We keep her with us

  143. My favorite Christmas tradition is baking candy & cookies and decorating cute tins to put them in. Then my daughter and I deliver them to neighbors and friends. Such a awesome feeling.

  144. making the Christmas cookies that have been passed down from my ancestors,,, lots of fun knowing what they did is now what I do….and watching my daughters and now my grands wanting to do them too…. wonderful way to keep family traditions going

  145. Anonymous says:

    I bake the cut out cookies with grandchildren! Hard, messy but we all have fun cutting out and decorating. Oh and eating! 😊

  146. My favorite tradition is going to the candle light service at church on Christmas Eve.

  147. Our favorite tradition is for my husband and myself to run away for a wonderful Christmas holiday for just the two of us. Stress free and wonderful!

  148. We have a tradition that we like to do in our house we like to be bake all kinds of sweet and goodies and then put them in baskets and give them to people all around the neighborhood to bring them a little cheer and a smile on their face

  149. My favorite Christmas was when my mom baked 250 cupcakes and let me decorate them in Christmas red and green sprinkles and then we took them to our local Headstart Children's Program and passed them out. That's what Christmas is all about to me. Giving. My mom now spends Christmas in Heaven but I continue to give!

  150. My favorite Christmas tradition is decorating the tree with my son. The same way my brother and I did with our mom. Listening to Christmas songs, and drinking hot chocolate!

  151. My favorite Christmas tradition is the German advent calendars the kids and some of us adults get. My mom is German and the calendars are apart of her heritage. The calendars have different chocolate pieces in the shape of Christmas items. My grandson is the newest addition to our tradition.

  152. My favorite Christmas tradition is the German advent calendars the kids and some of us adults get. My mom is German and the calendars are apart of her heritage. The calendars have different chocolate pieces in the shape of Christmas items. My grandson is the newest addition to our tradition.

  153. We have to keep alive our family tradition of making my Dad's fudge on Christmas Eve. My Dad, who passed away last summer shortly before his 99th birthday, came up with a special recipe for fudge as a soldier in WWII, and always made it every Christmas Eve even up to his 97th year. My sister made it last Christmas, which turned out to be Daddy's last ever, and we all plan to continue the tradition in our own families.

  154. i love this i can do this with my kids and have fun.liked all on facebook,followed on twitter and pintrest

  155. My favorite Christmas tradition is making christmas cookies/candy with my mom!!

  156. My favorite Christmas tradition is opening Christmas presents with my family early Christmas morning. I did it with my brother and parents when I was growing up, and now I am continuing the tradition with my own son and daughter!

  157. decorating the tree with family

  158. My favorite Christmas tradition is reading the Christmas story (Matthew 1:18-25 and Luke 2:1-19).

  159. I just love visiting family and having our big after Christmas celebration on the 26th! We shop Christmas clearance sales, exchange gifts, decorate gingerbread houses and have people on Facebook vote for their favorites, have a big dinner, and just enjoy being together.

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