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Skriven 2008-12-25 22:17:50 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av NANCY BACKUS
Ärende: Re: stollen
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->  ->  RH> Too true.  I never had a cat try to climb a real Christmas
tree. 
->  ->  RH> They just seem to go for the fakes.
->  -> My parents have always gotten real trees.  I think they had maybe a
->  -> couple cats try climbing them.  Most of the cats were just happy to
bat
->  -> at the lower hanging ornaments.
->  RH> Cats that can get outside don't climb pine trees.  The fakes just
look
-> 
-> Cats that live outside DO climb trees... I've seen them use arborvitae

Too true; one of mine loves maples.  They just don't seem to climb pine
trees; the sticky sap isn't something kitty feet like much.

-> to get to a porch roof... and climb a spruce (that had been an indoor
-> Christmas tree before it was planted... I helped my neighbor plant that
-> one).  They also get into a little redbud tree... I think both the
-> latter are in hopes of squirrels or birds to stick around long enough to
-> be food.  They get themselves back down, too... contrary to commonly
-> held beliefs.

One of mine used to climb a big maple, since taken down when it started to
die, and hop on the roof from there.  It was a great way to scare the
squirrels.  He always got down, but did once or twice use a ladder; that
cat backed down ladders just like a human.
 
-> We had a cat climb up on the lowest branch of our artificial tree.  It
-> had looked more natural than most available at the time, and for various
-> reasons, a real one was not a good option that year.  He managed to
-> break the branch... lending even more authenticity with the lack of
-> perfection.  After that he stayed out of the tree... and as far as we
-> knew, none of our other cats then or later tried the same trick.  We
-> also always left the unbreakables on the lower branches, and tried to
-> keep the "irresistables" out of reach and out of normal line of sight
-> for the felines... :)

Out of sight, out of dustpan!
 
->  RH> Sounds fine to me.  I'll be eating ravioli; they're traditional in
my
->  RH> brother in-law's family.  My family doesn't have traditional foods
->  RH> unless you count prune whip, stollen and cookies.
->  
-> We don't have any really traditional foods for Christmas in our
family...
-> my husband's sister-in-law was Swedish, so for his family's Christmas
-> we'd always have a Christmas Eve smorgasbord, with many of their food

Sounds good to me!  My family's tradition is to cook too much of whatever
it is.

-> and have just had some variety of hearty hors d'oevres buffet.  I'm
-> thinking that for the two of us today, I'll just fix some duck leg
-> quarters with stuffing, and some sort of veggie... my family doesn't get
-> together until Saturday... and my Swedish s-i-l goes to spend Christmas
-> with her sister, now that my m-i-l is gone and the kids are grown and
-> don't always come home, so we don't have Swedish Christmas any more.

Aww, shucks.  I don't think I've ever cooked duck legs.  Whole duck yes,
but not just the legs.
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