Christmas Tree Pin Forest

These two Christmas tree pins are this year's new ones to join the forest. 

Here is the thrifted Christmas tree quilt that houses all of the holiday pins. 

Close-ups of the pins. 

The candy cane pin is the one I most likely would wear at holiday parties. 

This pin is actually worn as a necklace. 

The green frosted pin is the one that started it all, I have had that one since childhood. The blue pin is one of the few bought retail. 

Starfish pin on the tree star. Deer head pin was a fellow eBay purchase. 

Day 5 recipe is from Norman Rockwell's Christmas Book (1977). 

FROZEN PUDDING

2-1/2 cups milk
1 cup sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup rum
1 cup candied fruit, cherries, pineapples, pears, and apricots

Cut fruit in pieces, and soak several hours in brandy to cover, which prevents fruit freezing; make custard of first four ingredients; strain, cool, add cream and rum, then freeze. Fill a brick mould with alternative layers of the cream and fruit; pack in salt and ice and let stand 2 hours.

What I am listening to - Christmas with Pavarotti Carreras (1999)