A DIAMOND Walnut advertisement in a hundred-year-old magazine said:
Be sure to have [walnuts] throughout all the holidays – a standing invitation to partake of the distinctive hospitality of your home. They are fireside companions that the entire family will enjoy.
Ladies Home Journal (December, 1925)
Some traditions don’t change (at least not much). I have a bowl of nuts — I went with mixed nuts instead of walnuts — ready for my family to crack and eat as we sit around the fire.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Merry Christmas!
We used to have pecans on the table, always ready to be cracked. They came from a big tree behind the house. Thank you for sparking that memory.
Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas! My goodness, your picture takes me back to my childhood. I’d forgotten that, for many years, my mother would put out a very similar bowl filled with nuts, along with the nutcracker.
Nuts are a daily offering in our home. However, walnuts in their shell are extra special, particularly at Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Growing up, we had a bowl of pecans.
We always had a bowl of mixed nuts.