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It's Christmas Eve Here at Stollen Central!!!


And I imagine that Saint Nicholas will soon begin his yearly journey. So, I hope all of you have been well behaved this past year and are not expecting to find birch switches and/or lumps of coal in your stockings tomorrow morning. As for me, well. . . But, you never know. ;-) I've got to run now, to make us a big Christmas Eve brunch, and then I have a few dishes and pies to assemble in the kitchen for Christmas Dinner tomorrow. And the Grand Duchess is going to bake a second stollen since the first one was finished a few days ago. Have a lovely Christmas Eve everyone and be sure to tune in again to Radio Free Stollen during the Christmas Week when painting will return to normal and hopefully those cuirassiers inch along toward completion.

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marinergrim said…
Enjoy the day with your family Stokes and have a Great Christmas. Best to you all.
3:37 PM
Der Alte Fritz said…
Merry Christmas to you and your family Stokes. thank you for an enjoyable year of blogging and excitement.
10:01 PM
Steve-the-Wargamer said…
Same to you Stokes, have a brilliant day...
3:50 AM
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