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    A Kiss at Midnight: A New Year Celebration

      Spending New Years Eve at home doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate and bring in the new year with style!    We dressed the table in a lovely “Kiss at Midnight” theme complete with silver and gold accents, a clock plate at every place setting to count down to midnight, confetti streamers and of course, Hershey Kisses so that everyone gets a kiss at midnight! Sparkling Cider or Champagne makes a great centerpiece. The non-alcoholic grape juice or apple juice versions mean you can bring this celebration into New Years Day for a lovely New Years Day brunch, or let the kids…

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    Chinese New Year Celebration

    Happy Chinese New Year!  Is it the year or the sheep? ram? goat?  Nobody knows! The Chinese word for all three of the above is “yang” which translates to ‘horned animal” so nobody is really sure which one it is!  That won’t stop us from celebrating the new year though.  Late last night the decorating fairy came through the house and transformed our Mardi Gras themed dining room into Chinese New Year!  There is something a bit odd about eating left-over King Cake for breakfast in China, but I guess this is what it would feel like to be a…