Holidays can be stressful. From putting up decorations to shopping for the perfect gifts, seeing friends and family, and of course, making a wonderful Holiday meal. It can be a lot.
Why not take a little bit of stress off your plate with a Holiday meal from Blue Apron?
This kit, which is available now, gives you everything you need to create a memorable home-cooked holiday meal without the fuss of planning and shopping.
Looking for a Holiday Ham? Check out our Holiday Ham list with wonderful options from top meat delivery companies.
This box includes Three-Cheese Cascatelli Pasta Bake with Mushrooms, Spinach & Truffle Breadcrumbs, Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Calabrian Brown Butter Vinaigrette & Walnuts, Arugula & Orange Salad with Pistachios & Creamy Date Dressing, Smoky Delicata Squash with Pepitas & Almonds, and a Chocolate Mousse Pie with Whipped Cream & Candied Peanuts.
Serves 8 to 10 people
Price: $124.99 + FREE Shipping
Available: Order by Friday 12pm EST for delivery the following week
This box includes Baked Ham with Brown Sugar-Honey Glaze, Three-Cheese Cascatelli Pasta Bake with Mushrooms, Spinach & Truffle Breadcrumbs, Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Calabrian Brown Butter Vinaigrette & Walnuts, Arugula & Orange Salad with Pistachios & Creamy Date Dressing, Smoky Delicata Squash with Pepitas & Almonds, and a Chocolate Mousse Pie with Whipped Cream & Candied Peanuts.
Serves 8 to 10 people
Price: $164.99 + FREE Shipping
Available: Order by Friday 12pm EST for delivery the following week
Candy Caneswere met to keep kids quiet. Apparently, they were invented in 1670, when the choirmaster of the Cologne Cathedral commissioned candies shaped like a shepherd’s crook so they could be handed out to children attending the church’s crèche scene in order to keep them quiet. They were white then, with stripes added later.
Dutch people leaveshoes filled with foodfor St Nicholas’s donkeys, who leave small gifts in return.
Animal crackerswere first introduced in 1902 around Christmas. The string on the box was originally intended to be used to hang the boxes on Christmas trees.
The tradition of puttingtangerines in stockingscomes from 12th-century French nuns who left socks full of fruits to the poor.
Originally,fruit cakewas intended to last all year. They were originally baked at the end of the harvest season and saved to be eaten the following year.
In Japan, many householdseat KFC on Christmas day.
In medieval Germany, apples, wafers, and cookies were commonChristmas tree ornaments. As this tradition emerged, children began to notice the disappearance of these edible ornaments. The vanishing of decorations was blamed on Santa and it became a tradition to leave a plate of cookies by the fireplace to keep them warm for Santa’s snack.
Gingerbread housesoriginated in Germany during the sixteenth century and soon became associated with Christmas. The largest gingerbread house on record was erected at Traditions Golf Club in Byran, Texas, in 2013. It required a building permit and covered 40,000 cubic feet.
In 1607, thefirst eggnogmade in the United States might have been sipped in Jamestown, according to reports by Captain John Smith. And December is National Eggnog month! Cheers
Happy Holidays!
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