I made these for the first time this year. They are excellent!

The has been a family holiday favorite since I was around 10 years old. I believe it was a recipe off the side of a graham cracker box, but we got it from a family friend.

Magic Squares

1 stick of butter
1 package graham crackers (1/2 box of crackers)
1/2 bag chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 bag shredded cocoanut

At last it looks properly like December outside my door (a foot of snow overnight.)

A little bit ago Annie related a sweet little story about her siblings and her mother's Christmas puddings. It made me wonder if anyone else would like to share memories of Christmas past. If Christmas is not your tradition, anything that is seasonal or meaningful to you would be a pleasure to hear.

I am looking for a recipe for stholen ( I'm not sure that I have spelled it right but it is made by german nationals around Christmas time if any one has a good recipe please post or forward to james Cloud ( jdcloud5@gmail.com ).

Thanks to you all !

James Cloud

This stollen recipe is excellent. Wonderful. I baked it three times last Christmas season and have already baked a batch this year.

But is it authentic?

I have no idea.