yelling at the xmas tree silently in the night over 2000 miles

I was lame this weekend and didn't post any Christmas cheer. But I did manage to make lots of goodies over the weekend. I made my famous Mayonnaise Sugar Cookies which sound gross but omg they are wonderful! It was my grandfather's recipe, I believe.

Mayonnaise Sugar Cookies

1 cup mayonnaise (no substitutes...lowfat makes them taste and act like rubber)
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. almond extract
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda

Mix together mayo, sugar, almond extract and vanilla. Add flour, soda and salt. Roll into balls and roll in sugar (you can use colored sugar if making around the holidays). Flatten slightly with fork. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until crispy (they shouldn't be brown, just barely golden-barely).

Don't double these...makes the consistency sort of weird.

Also made chocolate rum balls, and two kinds of chocolate truffles--Five Spice is what I began with (anise, cinnamon, clove, fennel, pepper). While I was going to make orange chocolate truffles, Joe convinced me to experiment. I'm glad I did!  He had picked me up a bottle of Chartreuse, which I have taken a bit of a liking to. He suggested that I make Chartreuse truffles, which at first had me skeptical--it's a super herbal, anise, hyssop sort of thing. But wow! They turned out great! I'll probably still make the chocolate orange ones. I wish I were one of my lucky friends to get these little treats!

This week is pure madness. Dinner with friends tonight. Tomorrow I have to run errands--even canceled my acupuncture because I was worried about all the stuff to get done.  Then our company holiday party (not the corporate party but the one with the 9 of us from our division) on Wed. Then I become more beautiful on Thursday. Friday is prep for Saturday and our 7th annual holiday bash! Yay!

So to catch up on our musical countdown to Christmas, I give you some more tunes.

Billy Idol with some great, classic, Christmas cheese:

Yellin' At the Xmas Tree

Enya, with a beautiful version of Silent Night, in Irish: