{"id":2881,"date":"2010-09-28T20:10:43","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T00:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2010-09-28T20:10:43","modified_gmt":"2010-09-29T00:10:43","slug":"searching-for-st-nichola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=2881","title":{"rendered":"Searching for St. Nicholas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-001_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"St Nick 001\" width=\"380\" height=\"507\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My daughter in law asked me if I have a cookie cutter for St. Nicholas.<\/p>\n<p>Or if I would consider making cookies for Aidan for that day in December.<\/p>\n<p>I looked at my cutters and I have many of St. Nick dressed up as Santa- but none in his bishop&#8217;s robes.\u00a0 So I am going to cut them out freehand and decorate the cookies with appropriate crosses and mitres and bishop&#8217;s crook.<\/p>\n<p>But seriously, I have hundreds of cookie cutters.\u00a0 I have made thousands of cut outs over the years I have been baking professionally and you would think I had at least one St. Nick.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-002_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"St Nick 002\" width=\"239\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-003_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"St Nick 003\" width=\"184\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have bears and soldiers, snowmen and bells, pigs and cats, flowers and horses-<\/p>\n<p>rabbits and lions and gingerbread boys and girls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-004_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"St Nick 004\" width=\"212\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-005_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"St Nick 005\" width=\"215\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>reindeer, woodland deer and moose- hands and feet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-006_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"St Nick 006\" width=\"207\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-007_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"St Nick 007\" width=\"207\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ra bbits and birds&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-008_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"St Nick 008\" width=\"239\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>teapots and teacups.<\/p>\n<p>And santas&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-009_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"St Nick 009\" width=\"239\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But not even one <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.stnicholascenter.org\/Brix?pageID=76\">St. Nicholas.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;Update&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>No, not one- but possibly two.<\/p>\n<p>I was w<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Documents%20and%20Settings\/Meredith%20Schley\/My%20Documents\/My%20Pictures\/New%20Folder\/St%20Nick%20010.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>or<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Documents%20and%20Settings\/Meredith%20Schley\/My%20Documents\/My%20Pictures\/New%20Folder\/St%20Nick%20010.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>king with some rather strange shaped &#8220;santas&#8221; last night and look what I came up with!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2884\" title=\"St Nick 010\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-010-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2885\" title=\"St Nick 011\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/St-Nick-011-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some cookie cutters just don&#8217;t look like anything specifically.<\/p>\n<p>Decorating them can be a real art project!<\/p>\n<p><input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/><input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My daughter in law asked me if I have a cookie cutter for St. Nicholas. Or if I would consider making cookies for Aidan for that day in December. 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