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	<description>A holiday blog for Bellingham, Washington, and the WORLD! Tips on simplifying X&#039;mas, holiday recipes, decorating and gift ideas, free and low-cost W. Washington X&#039;mas events, free wallpaper, kids&#039; X&#039;mas coloring pages, and MUCH, MUCH MORE!</description>
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		<title>Bellingham Lighted Boat Parade, Dec. 4-5, 2009</title>
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What: Lighted boats sail from Squalicum Marina across Bellingham to the Alaska Ferry Terminal for a close pass and then return to the Marina. Part of the Bellingham Port Festival.


Where: Alaska Ferry Terminal, 355 Harris Ave., Bellingham, WA [map]


When: December 4, 2009, 6:00pm &#124; December 5, 2009, 5:30pm

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		<description><![CDATA[In an old abbey town, a long, long while ago there officiated as sexton and gravedigger in the churchyard one Gabriel Grubb. He was an ill-conditioned cross-grained, surly fellow, who consorted with nobody but himself and an old wicker-bottle which fitted into his large, deep waistcoat pocket.
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		<title>Lynden Lighted Christmas Parade, Sat. Dec. 5, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve attended the Lynden Lighted Christmas Parade several times, and it was worth standing in the cold each time. In fact, standing in the cold is part of what makes a Christmas parade special. Think, A Christmas Story, haloes of steam around everyone&#8217;s head in the crisp frosty air, Ralphie chomping at the bit because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simplyxmas.wordpress.com&blog=1917765&post=2598&subd=simplyxmas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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Courtesy of LaDonna (Donna) Elvig, Snohomish County, WA 

Ingredients:


1 large can pumpkin
1 12 oz. can evaporated milk
3 eggs
1½ cups sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
1 box yellow cake mix (dry)
1 ½ sticks melted butter

Preparation:

Mix together the first 6 ingredients and spread into a 13 x 9 well buttered baking dish.


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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the day after Thanksgiving. Out there across the nation&#8230;millions of pounds of  leftover roast bird. What are we going to do with all that turkey? Sandwiches are fine, but a week’s worth of turkey sandwiches can get old, as many a brown-bag lunch carrying kid will attest to in the week after Thanksgiving.
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