YEARS HAVE PASSED since I thought about this observation: The angels are baking cookies.
Minnesota Prairie Roots file photo 2014.
But when a family member recently noticed the gold and pink tinge of the evening sky, she suggested the cherubs were busy baking Christmas cookies.
Unless you’re a Helbling family member, you’ve likely never heard this comparison of the sunset, or sunrise, to angelic bakers. It’s an interpretation attributed to my late mother-in-law, passed on to her children and then to her grandchildren.
Many times while they were growing up, my three kids directed me to look outside, to see the fiery sky, to see the angels baking cookies. It is a sweet part of family lore passed from one generation to the next.
This time of year, traditions and stories seem more important than ever. What are some of your family stories and/or traditions? I’d like to hear.
© Copyright 2017 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
A beautiful sky and lovely tradition to pass on. So many traditions seem to have slipped to the background but I’ll be baking my Aunt Rhea’s lebkuchen recipe and mailing it to my cousin. She passed last January at 101 and hasn’t been able to bake for years so I started to bake it for him since he loved it so. The recipe belonged to a German grandparent from the 1800s. I’ve a post about it somewhere. Have a good weekend.
Ruth, what a sweet and wonderful gift for your cousin. Yours is an act of love to continue this tradition.
Thank you Audrey.
Oh I love this idea! What a fun memory and one that keeps coming back with each sunset like that. I truly love it. And that picture is stunning.
I’ll admit to some photo editing with that tree image. But I love that oak tree, located on my nephew’s rural Faribault acreage.
Love a good sugar cookie 🙂 The skies down here have been putting on quite the show! Really makes you pause to take a breathe and just reflect on all the blessings. Happy Weekend – Enjoy
One tradition we have started down here is to take a walk on the beach. Plus we have been busy immersing ourselves into our new community too.
I love how you always embrace the place in which you live. You have such a great attitude and a deep appreciation for life and finding the joys therein. I love that about you.
Ahhh thanks so much for that compliment 🙂 Here’s to LIVING IT!!! (((((lovesandhugs)))))
You are welcome. And, yes, here’s to living it.
That is a fun story/tradition. I used to make gingerbread cookies and have the boys decorate them…all through high school! I’d invite their friends – guys and gals – to join in.
What a great idea, Valerie. And I bet your boys still talk about that gingerbread cookie baking tradition.
Did you take this photo? It is stunning. Since I love to cook the holiday season is another excuse to bake and share as many do not like to bake as much as me.
All of the images on my blog are taken by me unless otherwise credited. So, yes, long answer to your question. I took both photos posted here. But I edited the tree/sunset image to give it a more artsy vibe. I, too, like the results.
Beautiful!
Thanks. I do love that angels baking cookies story passed down from my mother-in-law.