CIJ day 25 - CHRISTMAS IN JULY!

Merry Christmas in July!!





Recipe - Christmas tree fruit brochettes

The "pine tree" here is a pineapple laden with colorful fruit-kabob branches.
Ingredients
Large pineapple
Small skewers (we used 50 6-inch bamboo skewers)
Assorted fresh fruit (we used grapes, strawberries, star fruit, and honeydew)
Instructions
To make the tree trunk, remove the top and cut 1 inch off of the bottom of a large pineapple, then peel it (all a parent's job).
On the skewers, thread three to five pieces of assorted fresh fruits.
Starting at the bottom, insert the skewers into the pineapple at a slight angle. Top the tree with skewered slices of star fruit. After the branches are eaten, don't forget to slice up the tree trunk.
(Source: Family fun)



Craft of the day - today is more like a viewing of a craft you could make or buy - a gingerbread tree.







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Joke
As a little girl climbed onto Santa's lap, Santa asked the usual, "And what would you like for Christmas?"The child stared at him open mouthed and horrified for a minute, then gasped: "Didn't you get my E-mail?"