Historical Holiday Cookie Hop
Cinnamon Cookies
INGREDIENTS:
1 c sugar 1/2 c butter 1 large egg 1 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 c flour 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt cinnamon sugar
DIRECTIONS:
In a mixer bowl, cream together sugar and butter; beat in egg and vanilla.
Combine flour, cinnamon, baking power, and salt. Add to the butter mixture. Blend well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm enough to roll into balls.
Shape dough into small balls about 3/4-inch in diameter.
Roll in cinnamon sugar to coat.
Set cookies 1 inch apart on lightly greased cookie sheets.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned.
Cool slightly on pans, then remove to racks to cool completely.
LONDON DAILY HERALD, 24 December 1938/1940
Due to the rationing of paper, the difference between the December 24th London Daily Herald in 1938 and 1940 could not have been clearer. In 1938, the paper was 16 pages, including an entire page of Christmas photos on the back page. In 1940, the paper was down to six pages and the Christmas photos were gone.
In 1938, the three-day holiday radio programs for national, regional, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, shortwave, etc. covered an entire page. In 1940, only a quarter page was allotted to radio programming.
Another page in 1938 covered pantomime, ballet, and other live shows. Only a small article on pantomime and ballet appeared in the 1940 paper.
While sports news and schedules covered two pages in 1938, it was down to just a small article in 1940.
The stock market shares report and letters to the editor were present in 1938; they were absent by 1940.
A 1938 story on 22 people rescued from a freighter in a gale was replaced in 1940 with a story on shipping losses — down 40% from the week prior. There was no mention of how many sailors were downed by U-boat attacks.
The international news was just as gloomy in 1938 as in 1940, only the locations of the conflicts had changed.
Christmas, 1938
Journalist Olivia Denis is shocked when she encounters Nazi-trained assassin Fleur Bettenard while book shopping days before Christmas. She is even more puzzled as Fleur slips her an encoded message to share with British counterintelligence officials. Now the clock is on to decode the secret that could seal England’s fate in the tense days before war….
A Christmas Mystery is a free short story Kate is offering readers to celebrate this holiday season. It features Olivia Denis, the heroine of The Deadly Series, and is a prequel to Kate’s latest release, Deadly Travel.
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Here are the simple directions for the hop:
Hop to each link which will take you to a historical author’s FB page, web site, or blog. While you’re there please like, follow, or sign up for a newsletter if you wish to stay up to date on our new releases and author happenings.
Learn a fun historical fact and discover a new cookie recipe on each site.
Collect all the names of the cookies, paired with the names of the authors, and e-mail the total list to Heather@HeatherMcCollum.com. Make sure to put Historical Romance Authors Are Sweet in the subject line. The list must be turned in by 11:59 PM ET on December 12th.
One grand prize winner, of a $150 gift card, will be selected randomly from those who collected and turned in the name of all the treats by the deadline. The winner must respond within 24 hours to claim the prize, and we will announce the winner hopefully by noon ET on December 13th.