Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #420219 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Synopsis
Arranged in ten chapters with such names as "Cranberries", "Nuts", "Citrus", "Leaves" and "Pinecones", this festive compendium of holiday ideas and recipes is certain to show you how to make every Christmas one to remember. In "Winter Berries", berries are used to make wreaths, garlands and centerpieces. In its own chapter, fruitcake has been reinterpreted so it will never run the risk of being uneaten. "Leaves" shows how to make keepsake gifts out of embossed leaves and cards, and throughout the book there are clever packaging and wrapping ideas to suit every taste and budget. From now on, when you think of a classic Christmas, you'll think of Classic Crafts and Recipes for the Holidays.

Customer Reviews

Great traditional Christmas decorating ideas and recipes!
This book is full of all the trimmings, focusing on Martha's memories of a traditional Christmas. It is filled not only with great projects such as the velvet embossed leaf wreath, and ice wreaths filled with various plants, but also great ideas for gifts (cranberry vodka, yum!) and luscious looking recipes for the holiday season, like pistachio cranberry biscotti and chewy cranberry almond cookies for you cookie lovers out there, and the very tasty looking 3 nut pasta. The whole book is full of great ideas and information that you could use every year in your Christmas planning. You'd want to have a lot of time on your hands though, particularly for the construction of the pinecone village and the pinecone people that live in it! But if you have time, then the book is worth having as what you can't accomplish this year, you can try next year! If you like Christmas the Martha Way, this book is definitely worth having.