Festive Fun - Christmas Sweet Treats!

Hi Guys
Christmas also equals lots of sweet treats in our house..so thought it would be nice to share any recipes we all have for sweet treats.. I’ll start by sharing this simple recipe to make your own puff candy… yum yum yum
Puff Candy:
Ingredients:
6 tbsp caster sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup
2 tsp water
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Method:
1. Put sugar, syrup and water in a pan and stir over a gentle heat until dissolved.
2. Bring to the boil for 3-4 mins
3. Remove from heat and add the bicarbonate of soda – mix well as it will froth up! Whisk/stir mixture quickly and pour into a baking tin lined with baking/parchment paper.
4. Leave to set and break into pieces
5. If you have a really sweet tooth you can cover with melted chocolate too…
What’s your best recipes for sweet treats or other Christmas goodies?
K
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Sounds tasty Kerry, I may have to try this
My own is a simple yet laced with tasty goodness
One procures a loverly bottle of Jack Daniels (Old Samuel Whiskey is also acceptable) some coke and a chilled glass.
Pour whiskey and coke in glass together
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We all love Christmas songs…but what about the Christmas Number One? Some interesting choices have made it to the top of the Christmas charts over the years – remember ‘Mr Blobby’?! What’s your favourite Christmas Number One single?
I think my vote would have to go with… Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade in 1973! A great Crimbo tune!
Here’s a list of all the Christmas Number Ones from 1971 to help you pick… Do you remember all these? Reply to this thread to tell us your favourite!
1971 Benny Hill "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)"
1972 Jimmy Osmond "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool"
1973 Slade "Merry Xmas Everybody"
1974 Mud "Lonely This Christmas"
1975 Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"
1976 Johnny Mathis "When A Child Is Born (Soleado)"
1977 Wings "Mull of Kintyre"
1978 Boney M. "Mary's Boy Child" / "Oh My Lord"
1979 Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
1980 St Winifred's School Choir "There's No One Quite Like Grandma"
1981 The Human League "Don't You Want Me"
1982 Renée and Renato "Save Your Love"
1983 The Flying Pickets "Only You"
1984 Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
1985 Shakin' Stevens "Merry Christmas Everyone"
1986 Jackie Wilson "Reet Petite"
1987 Pet Shop Boys "Always on My Mind"
1988 Cliff Richard "Mistletoe and Wine"
1989 Band Aid II "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
1990 Cliff Richard "Saviour's Day"
1991 Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
1992 Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You"
1993 Mr Blobby "Mr Blobby"
1994 East 17 "Stay Another Day"
1995 Michael Jackson "Earth Song"
1996 Spice Girls "2 Become 1"
1997 Spice Girls "Too Much"
1998 Spice Girls "Goodbye"
1999 Westlife "I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun"
2000 Bob the Builder "Can We Fix It?"
2001 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman "Somethin' Stupid"
2002 Girls Aloud "Sound of the Underground"
2003 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules "Mad World"
2004 Band Aid 20 "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
2005 Shayne Ward "That's My Goal"
2006 Leona Lewis "Moment Like This !A Moment Like This"
2007 Leon Jackson "When You Believe"
2008 Alexandra Burke "Hallelujah"
2009 Rage Against the Machine "Killing in the Name"
2010 Matt Cardle "When We Collide"
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2 great songs! I love the Wizzard one and agree that I would much have preferred the Fairytale of New York - guaranteed to make you feel Christmassy!
Not so sure about the Rage song though...
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***Festive Fun – Happy New Year!***

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What resolutions are you going to try and keep next year?
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Hi Everyone!
As a christmas gift, Nokia is offering some free applications for download at christmas.nokia.co.uk.
These include some free games and appliactions for the 6230i and 6680. There are also some themes, ringtones and wallpapers available for other models.
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Happy Christmas!! Happy new year!! and Happy Happy holidays

Hi Folks ,
Wishing a Happy Happy marry christmas and Advance happy new year whom most of the people are into vacation !!Hope in india already so many left their work and in travel...
Wish you in next year 2009 Good Health , Good appetiteIf you are single , wish you find your lover , and get married soon;If you are married, wish you love each other more, and have a smart little baby;If you are a man, wish you more handsome and strongerIf you are a girl, wish you more beautiful more consideratelyWish you happy! Enjoy your life!
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I own a legal copy of Photoshop CS2, regardless of whether or not it was in the suite or standalone, and I should be able to use my serial number to upgrade to your latest software version. I don't need, or want, the other software. Just Photoshop, and there's no way you are getting more than half of what I paid for the entire suite two years ago just for one of your products.
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4) If you made the same mistake that I did and purchased that individual license you have 30 days from purchase to tell them that you want to return it if you want your money back. If you are outside of that 30 day window, you'll need to speak with a supervisor, and get a return waiver from them so as to get your return credited if that is the path you choose. Good luck.

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MS Outlook 365 settings for connection to a UK ISP

Hello from England
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It's a little late now but for future reference, you should only use some water and possibly some highly diluted mild detergent (like dish soap) for cleaning. Never use alcohol...it's unpredictable with what it does to different surfaces. Some surfaces are fine while others can react in a negative way.
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Feel free to customize these templates as you see fit for the host of holidays coming up! For example, you can swap out photos, and change the colors and font to match any holiday. To get your wheels turning, check out this greeting card example using animation: http://bit.ly/9qwIuK.
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sweet !
Looks I can simply reply from Gmail right to the forum !
Okay - so, back to what you asked - do i have anything to share ? Well, I do now, but have no idea how to share it.
I am still unsure how I could create a link to a template, so people can click on it and open what I have worked on, but clearly there must be a way to provide a 'view only' and a 'post you annotaions' and of course the 'collaborate' permissions level where several people can edit...
but - I don't know how to.
I have shared it - it is called Compose Business Card - and this is what I did...
but - when i do that, it never provides me a way to capture a link to this ...
I am not sure if this approach will work - but i can manage to save to my www.acrobat.com account, and then Share / Publish the "BusinessCard2.anh file - can people then access and then edit this somehow ? Is this the method (seems odd not to then offer different permissions levels) ...
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Chuck

Since I haven't seen many posts on the subject, I need some guidance. Perhaps others can use this info as well.
My client wants a Google +1 button on a large product display. Easy enough. I went to the Google +1 page and got the following code....

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    po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);
</script>
I inserted it into my Large product display shopping module template and it works...mostly. However, the image it picks up for the display is one of the images in the background, NOT the image of the product. How do I modify this code to read the {tag_largeimage}?
Here's the page, if you'd like to see it. The image Google +1 is using is an oven mitt on the right side.
http://shopsweetsandtreats.worldsecuresystems.com/sweets-treats-product-catalog/all-produc ts/chevron-zigzag-aqua-greaseproof-cupcake-liners
Thanks
Chuck

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