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Vermont Cheesemakers Festival

Shelburne, VT July 24, 2011

Sample more than 100 cheeses from 40 local creameries, or try artisanal smoked meats, cider, and breads. Early bird bonus: Some creameries will open the day before for free tours.

For more information visit vtcheesefest.com


Great keepsakes cheeses are plentiful at Trendy Tree! Our gourmet section of cheese just keeps growing and growing! This year we've added Livarot, French Saint Marcellin and a French Blue Cheese. We also still have the old standbys of Gouda, Swiss, Roquefort, Goat Cheese, Camembert, Epoisse, and Cheese and Crackers.

SAY Cheeeeezzzzzzzzz!

World's Largest Brat Fest!

Madison, Wisconsin May 27-30

Old World Christmas Bratwurst - Retired

In 2010 a record 209,376 bratwursts were eaten with relish - 172 gallons worth, to be exact. The event starts at 6: am on Friday, a.k.a. Take Your Brat to Work day, when you can buy a brat-to-go!

For more information visit bratfest.com

Our Brats can be kept for years and years! Plain or with relish.... The Brat above is a retired Christmas ornament from Merck Family's Old World Christmas.....we only have a few of these left and they will be gone forever. The hang tag on this ornament reads: The word Bratwurst comes from two German words: "Brat" which means to fry and "Wurst" which means sausage. Cooked up crispy on the outside and hot and juicy on the inside, they are served with a variety of toppings. "Brats" are a favorite food at ballparks, at games and picnics.

This year, we received a dressed Brat from Inge-Glas of Germany. This is a Bavarian Brat on a bun with mustard. This ornament will be arriving this summer to Trendy Tree.

Inge-Glas of Germany Bavarian Brat

Georgia Peach Festival

What do you get when you mix 150 pounds of flour, 75 pounds of butter, 150 pounds of sugar, 32 gallons of milk and 75 gallons of peaches?

The world's largest peach cobbler! Visit Fort Valley, Georgia June 3-11, 2011 for the Georgia Peach Festival.

Little Red Riding Hood

Who would have ever thought that a tale so simple as Little Red Riding Hood, could cause so much mystique, cultural awareness ....and even have Freudian connotations. There is even a "politically correct" version....give me a break!

My suggestion is to stay with the Little Golden Book version and package the beloved book with a Christmas ornament of Little Red Riding Hood herself. We have three different ornaments to choose from, all in different price ranges. Perfect childhood keepsake gift......a book for now.....a collectible ornament for years to come.

Old World Christmas Little Red Riding Hood

The Old World Christmas ornament has a hang tag that reads: The fable of Little Red Riding Hood tells the tale of a little girl who always wore the red hood her grandmother made for her. On an errand one day, she disobeyed her mother and left the path - almost getting eaten by the big bad wolf. Rescued by a brave hunter, she reminds us to always obey our parents.

Inge-Glas Little Red Riding Hood

The Little Red Riding Hood from Inge-Glas was painted using the new Life Touch method of hand painting. The ornament is new for 2011 and from the Fairytale Forest collection.

Inge-Glas Little Red Riding Hood

This Little Red Riding Hood ornament was introduced in 2009 and is the most expensive of the three. It is also larger and packaged in a royal blue gift box.

Little Red Riding Hood on her way to grandma's with her basket of goodies. Ornament measures approximately 5". This heirloom Christmas ornament is from the "Fairy Tales" collection from Inge and introduced 2009.

This ornament was created using the new "Life Touch" Life Touch is introduced by Inge-Glas, an amazing development adding to their colorful 400 year family history of German glass blowers; a classy new and innovative painting technique known as "Life Touch." With precise and meticulous detail, skillfully trained Inge-Glas master artists apply ultra fine feather strokes revealing delicate life touches to enhance their uniquely beautiful Christmas ornaments.

Ornament is packaged in a royal blue Inge-Glas gift box.

If you want to know more about the controversial history of Little Red Riding Hood, visit Wikipedia and browse through the history there. For me.....I'm staying with the Little Golden Book)))

Friday the 13th!!

Today is Friday the 13th! Some say it is the unluckiest day of the year.....maybe....maybe not. But a brief search on the Internet showed these interesting Friday the 13th facts (facts can be taken with a grain of salt......these are Internet searches....don't go to the bank with them.)

May 13, 1648 Margaret Jones of Plymouth was found guilty of witchcraft and sentenced to hang.

May 13, 1779 The War of Bavarian Succession Ended


May 13, 1846 United States declares war on Mexico after fighting has already begun.




May 13, 1944 Allied forces in Italy break through break through the German Gustav line into the Liri Valley.


May 13, 1854 The first big American billiards match was held at Malcolm Hall, Syracuse, NY




May 13, 1880 Thomas Edison tested his experimental electric railway in Menlo Park.



May 13, 1911 The New York Giants set a major league baseball record when ten runners crossed home plate before the first out of the game against St. Louis.


May 13, 1917 Three peasant children near Fatima, Portugal, reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary.



May 13, 1918 The first airmail postage stamps were issued with airplanes on them. The denominations were 6, 16 and 24 cents. Hang Tag on the ornament reads: Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds," is engraved on the U.S. Postal Service building in New York. Americans send over 2.1 billion Christmas cards each year as a way of expressing how much they care for their family and friends.


May 13, 1975 Hail stones the size of tennis balls hit Wenerville, TN


So, Friday the 13th is not always associated with bad luck))) In fact, today could be your lucky day! If you're reading this post, and are in need of Christmas ornaments.....shop early.....right now we have a free shipping coupon for orders of $50 or more. It covers glass ornaments from Old World Christmas, Radko, Inge-Glas of Germany, Santa Klaus and Varsovia. It's good for the 48 Continental states (excludes Alaska, Hawaii, APO and International addresses). Just enter the code "free" in the discount coupon space on your checkout page. If you have any difficulties with the code, just drop us an email. The code is good through May 31, 2011.

Visit us at Trendy Tree today and take advantage of this free shipping on glass Christmas ornaments!

Georgia Peach Facts

Georgia Peach to us at Trendy Tree .....means the delicious peaches we get from Cherry Creek Orchards in the summer time that our grandchildren love so well and the Christmas ornaments we have in stock from Inge-Glas of Germany.

But, there are other uses and meaning of the words "Georgia Peach."

Ty Cobb, the American Major League baseball player was nicknamed "Georgia Peach."

"Georgia Peach" refers to beautiful Southern girls.

There are 40 different varieties of sweet Georgia peaches grown across the state of Georgia, producing 130 million pounds a year! It is the official state fruit of Georgia.

The Georgia Peach Festival in Peach County, GA is June 4-11, 2011

The Georgia Peach Award highlights and promotes the development of cooperative school and public library services for young adults in Georgia of high school age.

The Georgia Peach Shuttle operates out of the Atlanta airport.

Georgia Peach is an album released by female rap artist Rasheeda. (There are lots of songs out there titled Georgia Peach.)

The Georgia Peach is a restaurant and lounge at underground Atlanta. One of the menu items features fried green tomatoes served with Feta cheese and drizzled with a roasted red pepper, garlic and basil sauce......hmmmmm.

Georgia Peach is the color of a Heuchera villosa hybrid....more commonly known as the perennial Coral Bells.

Georgia Peach is a Ben and Jerry's ice cream. (Actually it's Peach Cobbler)

All this reviewing makes me want to look more closely at recipes with Georgia peaches......see y'all later!

The American Bible Society

Today in history, the American Bible Society was formed in 1816 in New York City. IT is non-denominational, nonprofit organization that translates, publishes, distributes the Bible, study aids and other tools to engage people with the Bible. It's mission is to make the Bible available to every person in a language and format that can be understood.

The American Bible Society placed the first Bibles in hotels and also provided Bibles to the soldiers of the Civil War. It also was the first organization to translate the Bible into Native American language.

The American Bible Society's main headquarters is housed in Manhattan, New York City and contains the largest collection of Bibles in the Western Hemisphere.

In the aftermath of September 1, 2001 and Katrina 2005, it sent over a million Bibles and scripture portions each time to people affected by these disasters. It has also maintained its commitment to military, including producing a pocket-sized military Bible, developed jointly with the aid of Catholic and Protestant chaplains from all branches of the armed forces.

Visit the website of the American Bible Society for more information. (Information taken from Wikipedia and ABS)

At Trendy Tree we have two styles of Bible Christmas ornaments that make wonderful keepsake gifts. The first shown in from Inge-Glas of Germany. It is a black Bible from the "Faith" collection and has gold glitter details with Bible written on the front and a gold cross.

Inge-Glas Bible

The other style of Bible is from Merck Family's Old World Christmas. It is available in three colors, black, white and red. It also has gold glitter details and has Holy Bible written on the front. The Old World Christmas Bible has this information on the hang tag: Considered to be the "word of God" by many religions, the Bible is a collection of 66 books written by more than forty authors over sixteen centuries. Telling the story of God's interactions in human history, it is the world's all-time best selling and most translated book.

Holy Bible Old World Christmas

Gifting one of these Bible ornaments is a wonderful way to acknowledge cherished events of faith. Either one of them could easily be personalized with a name or date. (We don't do personalization here at Trendy Tree, but it could be done with a special writing pen made for glass.)

Visit us a Trendy Tree for more great ideas for gifting Christmas ornaments!

National Nurses Week!

National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.

Florence Nightingale Pledge

This modified "Hippocratic Oath" was composed in 1893 by Mrs. Lystra E. Gretter and a Committee for the Farrand Training School for Nurses, Detroit, Michigan. It was called the Florence Nightingale Pledge as a token of esteem for the founder of modern nursing.

I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly, to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug. I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession, and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care.

It's been over 25 years since I repeated this pledge in a candlelight ceremony where I was "pinned." I can still remember the difficulty I had getting the words out. Not because of nervousness or not knowing what the words were....but of the difficulty of saying the words out loud while choking back the tears. My heart was bursting in pride and humbleness ....I truly was pledging to be the best nurse I could be.

If you have a favorite nurse, or know a nurse who performs her work with the Nightingale Pledge at heart.....please visit us on Facebook and make a comment about them. Once all the comments are in, we'll choose a nurse and send her a special Christmas ornament as a small token of appreciation. Please make your comment on the National Nurses Week post. Thanks!

Now GO HUG A NURSE!

Teacher Appreciate Day May 4, 2011

Tomorrow is Teacher Appreciation Day! May 4th, 2011. Actually the whole week is Teacher Appreciation week. There is a website dedicated to Teacher Appreciation Day. Visit it when you have some time, very interesting.

Small personal gifts are great for those favorite teachers. Home baked cookies and candy, small fruit baskets, gift certificates for food. Keepsake Christmas ornaments make special gifts and wonderful keepsake treasures.

“Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.”
Aristotle 

Visit us on Trendy Tree for more great Teacher Appreciation gift ideas.

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