Third candle

Well, now it's official - since Wednesday I am an anniversary edition! It was my birthday and I celebrated it with coffee in bed and binge watching "The Crown" on Netflix :-) My original plan was to relax in the Hot Tub and do some window shopping downtown but it was pouring with rain and I stayed on the couch. My special thanks to all who thought of me!

Btw my plan with the Christmas cookies didn't work out - I had to do another batch last weekend. Therefore I added another portion of waffle cookies (and in case anyone wants to try this at home: please be aware that the waffle iron gets pretty greasy and yuckie due to the butter in the dough), Angel Eyes (topped with raspberry jam) and nut macaroons - and as I wanted to use up some leftover ingredients I took ground almonds instead of ground hazelnuts and used some powdered sugar mixed with vanilla sugar which was left from my vanilla crescent cookies. Then I was short of whole hazelnuts and took walnuts instead - anyway, they were sooo good.

I finally made it! I managed to get all my Christmas mail posted today, jippieh!

And to celebrate the third advent please find another scene from my beloved movie "Life of Brian":

Scene 2: Three Wise Men with Bad Senses of Direction

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BABY BRIAN COHEN: crying

WISE MAN #1: Ahem.

MANDY COHEN: Ohhh!

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Who are you?

WISE MAN #1: We are three wise men.

MANDY: What?!

WISE MAN #1: We are three wise men.

MANDY: Well, what are you doing creeping around a cow shed at two o'clock in the morning? That doesn't sound very wise to me.

WISE MAN #3: We are astrologers.

WISE MAN #1: We have come from the East.

MANDY: Is this some kind of joke?

WISE MAN #2: We wish to praise the infant.

WISE MAN #1: We must pay homage to him.

MANDY: Homage? You're all drunk. It's disgusting. Out! The lot, out!

WISE MAN #1: No--

MANDY: Bursting in here with tales about oriental fortune tellers. Come on. Out!

WISE MAN #2: No, no. We must see him.

MANDY: Go and praise someone else's brat! Go on!

WISE MAN #2: We--

WISE MAN #1: We were led by a star.

MANDY: Or led by a bottle, more like. Go on. Out!

WISE MAN #1: Well-- well, we must see him. We have brought presents.

MANDY: Out!

WISE MAN #2: Gold. Frankincense. Myrrh.

MANDY: Well, why didn't you say? He's over there. Sorry the place is a bit of a mess. Well, what is myrrh, anyway?

WISE MAN #3: It is a valuable balm.

MANDY: A balm? What are you giving him a balm for? It might bite him.

WISE MAN #3: What?

MANDY: That's a dangerous animal. Quick! Throw it in the trough.

WISE MAN #1: No, it isn't.

MANDY: Yes, it is. It's great, big mmm...

WISE MAN #3: No, no, no. It is an ointment.

MANDY: Aww, there is an animal called a balm,... or did I dream it? So, you're astrologers, are you? Well, what is he then?

WISE MAN #2: Hmm?

MANDY: What star sign is he?

WISE MAN #2: Uh, Capricorn.

MANDY: Uhh, Capricorn, eh? What are they like?

WISE MAN #2: Ooh, but... he is the son of God, our Messiah.

WISE MAN #1: King of the Jews.

MANDY: And that's Capricorn, is it?

WISE MAN #2: Uh, no, no, no. That's just him.

MANDY: Ohh, I was going to say, 'Otherwise, there'd be a lot of them.' sniff

WISE MAN #1: By what name are you calling him?

MANDY: Uh, 'Brian'.

WISE MEN: We worship you, O Brian, who are Lord over us all. Praise unto you, Brian, and to the Lord, our Father. Amen.

MANDY: Do you do a lot of this, then?

WISE MAN #2: What?

MANDY: This praising.

WISE MAN #2: No, no. No, no.

MANDY: Er, well, um, if you're dropping by again, do pop in. Heh. And thanks a lot for the gold and frankincense, er, but don't worry too much about the myrrh next time. All right? Heh. Thank you! Good-bye! Well, weren't they nice? Hmm. Out of their bloody minds, but still.

WISE MEN leave

Look at that. Hoo hoo hoo.

WISE MEN return and grab presents

Here! Here! Here, that-- that's mine! Hee. Hey, you just gave me that! Oh.

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BABY BRIAN: crying

MANDY: Shut up. smack