Sharing Recipes for Comfort and Joy

By Barbara Rainey | December 7, 2020 | 10 Comments

  Food gives comfort and shared with others it brings joy.  There are recipes I make only in the month of December because they belong exclusively to Christmas. You too?  Perusing these collected possibilities brings joy as I remember the friend or family member who introduced the cookies or soup or casserole to our family. […]

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Dear Barbara: What About Santa?

By Barbara Rainey | December 3, 2018 | 26 Comments

Dear Barbara, How should our family handle the popular tradition of Santa Claus? I know Christmas is about Jesus, so is it wrong to talk about Santa too? Like many of you, Dennis and I kept our favorite childhood holiday traditions alive as we began growing our new little family: Santa, cookie recipes, all white […]

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Christmas Cookie Recipe from the Rainey Kitchen

By Barbara Rainey | December 20, 2016 | 7 Comments

Do you make Christmas cookies with your family? It’s one of our favorite traditions. I’m inviting you into my kitchen this afternoon to join Laura and me in cookie making. This year is a little different than the days of all 6 of our kids crowded in the kitchen to make Christmas cookies. But it’s […]

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