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Christmas Bears

My children have fond memories of making little dough bears from sweet bread dough at Christmastime. Early on the day we made them, I would get out everything we would need to bring the bears to life and give them personality: currants for the eyes, coarse sugar for the body, and pieces of colorful ribbons to tie as bows around their necks. What a time we had! I still make the sweet-tasting dough at holiday time, but I don’t have my children beside me to help. Still, every Christmas morning, I lay an army of little bears on the table and Beth and Chris are bambini once again.

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