Persimmon christmas decor

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Full step-by-step instructions on how to dry your own whole oranges to create natural Christmas decorations for the home.

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The tradition of decorating for Christmas with garlands has been around for centuries. Bringing evergreens intp the home to decorate for the winter holidays can be traced all the way back to primitive pagan celebrations of the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. This is the day when sunli

The persimmon tree that grows on the property where I live lost a big branch the other day. The tree was loaded with fruit which are heavy and dense and the branch suddenly gave out, leaving a rough and ragged scar and scattering persimmons everywhere like a riotous, Mad Hatter billiard game. It’s a good thing my neighbors and I are a community of cooks because quite abruptly we were faced with a rather alarming amount of persimmons.

Cream cheese is sweetened slightly with honey and the warming flavor of cinnamon, then whipped until smooth and creamy. The cream cheese mixture is spread onto crisp broiled slices of olive-oil dipped baguette and topped with sweet Fuyu persimmons, walnuts and pomegranate seeds.