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Gaithersburg NonProfit Called Out for Role in Foreclosure Crisis
Gaithersburg-based AmeriDream, Inc. is prominently mentioned in a Huffington Post story looking at seller-funded down payment assistance (DPA) programs for new home buyers. The programs allow home builders to give a three percent down payment to possibly unqualified buyers by laundering it through a nonprofit corporation, which takes a fee for the service. As the HuffPo concludes:
Defaulting at up to three times the rate of other FHA loans, they are one reason the housing agency's insurance fund is about to drop below its required capital level for the first time since it was created during the Great Depression.
Congress ended these programs last year, and the IRS has investigated the nonprofits since 2006. The ground has been plowed before—see The Wall Street Journal, for example—but HuffPo puts some meat on the bones.
Some basic truisms:
When down payment gifts come from a family member or a traditional charity, the buyer can shop around for the best deal on the best home. But seller-funded gifts were an enticement to purchase a specific house at a specific price, usually from a large company developing a huge tract of homes.
Of course, the "charitable gift" was nothing of the sort. Home builders merely raised their prices to cover the down payment and the vigorish paid to the nonprofit middlemen, thus helping to inflate the housing bubble:
Within a few years, the Government Accountability Office looked into down-payment assistance programs, finding that rather than making a true donation, many sellers were just factoring their contributions into the sales price. That was the practice confirmed in July by Beazer Homes, which said as part of a deferred prosecution agreement that it "accepts and acknowledges" that its former employees engaged in criminal acts by inflating the price of homes funded with down-payment gifts. Beazer agreed to pay $5 million to the federal government and up to $48 million to homeowners who'd been defrauded.
The story is surprisingly light on a key fact: the amount of losses. The story says current losses are $1 billion, though last spring HUD claimed $4.8 billion in "long term" losses. HuffPo's piece clarifies (not really):
[Editor's note 10/13/09: While HUD officials have said that mortgages with down payment assistance are defaulting up to three times faster than other loans insured by the FHA, the department has not provided all the data behind its calculation. However, available data and statements by FHA officials indicate that nearly 15 percent of down-payment-assisted loans were in some stage of foreclosure last year.]
There are a couple of useful graphs though, including a breakout comparing the amount of mortgages done through AmeriDream vs. Nehemiah. One of the scariest things is the "Losses by State," which shows that Texas is third largest, with about $150 million in losses. This is remarkable because Texas did not see much of a housing bubble, and prices there have remained mainly stable. That would suggest that DPA deals will more often turn out to be bad even in a relatively good housing market.
The HuffPo story focuses on California-based Nehemiah Corporation of America, the concept's originator and Hertz to AmeriDream's Avis.
Here's some videos AmeriDream has launched as part of its lobbying campaign to restore DPA. AmeriDream had revenues of about $144 million in 2007, according to its latest available tax return. CEO Ann Ashburn cleared about $350,000 that year. To put it in perspective, that's about what your average go-getter mortgage broker made that year to facilitate dicey loans.
One thing to realize: even though these home-builder-funded DPA loans are federally banned, low and no-down payment deals are still getting done on existing houses-and some of them are pretty crazy, as this deal suggests.
A 20-year-old woman with three jobs pays $183,000 for a "box" with no kitchen in Oakland, Calif., and claims it's now worth $250k 'cause she put in a kitchen. She's spending 54 percent of her income to service the mortgage and taxes. It's all backed by FHA.
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Berlin Whale is an indie rock band consisting of singer/keyboardist/guitarist Trevor Berkholtz, guitarist/singer Nate Bethel, bassist/singer Jesse Loeffler and drummer Matt Walk. There's no obvious comparison for the Berlin Whale sound, but it includes healthy doses of buzzing keyboards, hyperactive guitar melodies, frantic disco beats and driving bass. Lots of shouts and claps and crowd participation combined with a rhythm section that seems to be out to set a new land-speed record for dance rock makes for one of the most consistently energetic live shows you're likely to see in St. Louis.
I became an unabashed fan of Berlin Whale early last year when I followed a random MySpace bulletin to one of the many basement shows with which the band began its career. This was before the group changed its name from The August in December, a time when a full three-fourths of the band were too young to legally drink at their own shows. Now composed entirely of legal adults, Berlin Whale is preparing to release its self-titled debut album (recorded with So Many Dynamos guitarist Ryan Wasoba), so I was duly excited to sit down with Nate and Trevor and let them tell the story of the band and the new record in their own words.
Mike Cracchiolo:Back before Nate joined the band, you guys were a three-piece called the Forest Green. Had you played with Matt or Jesse prior to that?
Trevor Berkholtz:No. I met Matt at a solo gig I had that [my and Nate's] old band, Hazel Would, was supposed to play, and he was there watching the band I was opening for. We started IMing each other after that. I've known Jesse through mutual friends for a while, and I knew he played bass.
So when you formed the Forest Green, what was the goal?
Berkholtz: Hazel Would had broken up, and I didn't want to get in the habit of not playing music. I had some songs half-written, and decided to find a drummer and a bass player and just record an album. We did that before we ever started playing out; we recorded a five-song EP. It was really just to keep me busy musically.
I've heard that record, and it sounds very different from Berlin Whale, there's kind of a Pedro the Lion influence....
Berkholtz:I was listening to pretty much only Pedro the Lion then.
Right. But it's a really solid record, good songs. So even though it's very different stylistically, you guys were doing well with it. What prompted the change in the sound?
Nate Bethel: Me and Jesse became better friends through Trevor, and we would hang out and listen to punk rock music, and we thought it was really fun and funny that we were listening to it. We were always like, "Oh man, to be in a really crazy band would be really funny." And it just became what we wanted to do, and we started writing little things together. Me and Trevor had moved into a house together, and the Forest Green sound had changed by that point. That's when we changed the name to the August in December, when I joined, because I hated the name Forest Green. Trevor had taken an interest in playing Casio because he'd always played keyboards, and it just worked. When we started playing shows, we realized that those songs were way more fun to play, and we were getting a way bigger response from the crowd than any of our previous efforts ever had.
I realized that we [The Bureau] actually played the first show you guys ever played as Berlin Whale [a disastrous gig at the now-defunct Hi-Pointe]. Why the name change?
Bethel:August in December was a mistake. I'll take credit for that. [It] was a stupid name I'd come up with, and we were getting little comments from people like, "Oh, I always thought you were an emo band," and we were like, "Oh, bummer." That was totally not the intention of that name. So it became apparent that the name was more of a hindrance then anything else. We had a few different options but Berlin Whale just did it, and a lot of people said that it worked for us.
You mentioned the Casiotone, which is obviously a big component of your sound. At the same time it's also one of the shittiest, clunkiest keyboards you could ever dig out of a Dumpster (and I know because my band dug one out of a Dumpster). But you guys totally make it work for you, and there's that whole cult following around that keyboard nowadays. How important is the Casiotone to your sound as a creative element?
Berkholtz: Well, for starters it was just a convenience. My dad had bought a Casiotone 101 when he was younger, in the '70s or '80s, so that's what I learned to play piano on. We just had it around, and when we started using keys it was the only keyboard that we had. Then we realized it kind of helped develop our sound because of how weird and shitty it is.

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When it comes to exercising, there are definitely two camps when it comes to dress sense – people who like to stock up on extra-stretchy lycra with tiny pockets for house keys and iPod, and the rest of who wear disgusting baggy tee shirts with leggings that have seen better days.
Obviously if you're training for the Olympics it goes without saying you are appropriately equipped, but it looks like the Italian athletes are going to get EVEN posher P.E kits than ever before. That's because the company drafted in to make 'em is none other than EA7, a sportswear line that is part of Emporio Armani.
Blimey. What with Stella McCartney heading up the design team over here in GB and Cedella Marley, fashion designer and daughter of reggae legend, together with Puma, working on the Jamaican uniform (bet you didn't know THAT, fact fans), would it be such a bad idea to start awarding medals for the best dressed competitors? We think not! Apparently we'll have more info on this on July 20th so watch this space!
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- September 30, 2012 at 8:25 AM
- ºoºSheenaºoº said...
People will always have something to say about what we do/wear/weigh.. blah! And for some reason they feel the need to express said opinion. I don't do it to people! Oh well! You look great, so happy!! Yay!! Good luck to you and your husband on his job hunt!
- September 30, 2012 at 8:25 AM
- Kenzie Smith said...
I think that you look absolutely wonderful and glowing :D Who cares what other people say! Don't let them get to you :)
- September 30, 2012 at 8:56 AM
- pipersrun.com said...
I feel we are in the same boat. I'm done with people telling me I "look really big" or "are you sure your not having twins?". I find it's mainly people that I work with who have children of their own. Are they jealous? maybe. Are they comparing me to other - yes - they are. Why else would they say these comments. One person I work with (who's daughter was due in a week) said that I looked bigger then her daughter who was ready to pop.
It sure gives you a negative blow when people say these things. I've been pretty upset after people make these comments to me lately.
I've put on just under 30 pounds (will be 30 weeks in a few days) and I'm doing my best to not listen to those comments and be proud of my growing belly.
Personally, I think you look pretty cute and healthy. Hats off to you for running for so long and walking. When someone say's something negative about how big I look now - I'm either just going to walk away from them as I don't need that negativity in my life or share how proud I am to be carrying this baby (more then likely our last).
Happy thoughts to you.
Anna @ Piper's Run
- September 30, 2012 at 10:23 AM
- Sheila Lynn said...
You look absolutely fabulous! :)
- September 30, 2012 at 10:51 AM
- Melissa said...
You look great! =)
- September 30, 2012 at 11:11 AM
- mienkintoshfairie said...
Next time someone insults you about your weight gain, get "hormonal" on them! They will leave you alone then.
You look great, and you're healthy and that's all that matters ^_^
- September 30, 2012 at 12:34 PM
- runnergirl said...
The 20 pounds must be ALL baby as you don't look like you've gained anywhere else!
It's sooo exciting that our babies will be the same age. I was really excited after I had been reading your blog for a bit and then found out I was preggo and the same as you! Fun! :) You are looking great by the way xx
- September 30, 2012 at 2:53 PM
- Kristina said...
You look fantastic!!!! My sis in law just had her son and she gained much more this time during her 4th pregnancy. She was fine, he was a healthy and happy baby. Bodies are are different! I wouldn't worry about it.
- September 30, 2012 at 5:49 PM
- Carole Rae said...
Gah. Hun you look great! I have no idea where that 20 lbs is....lol. If I was to ever be preggo I would want to look like you. lol. Ignore those stupid people.
- September 30, 2012 at 7:31 PM
- Katie said...
You look beautiful! I love your baby bump!!!
- September 30, 2012 at 9:47 PM
- Susan said...
Shame on them...you look amazing!
I gained so much weight with my first, my obgyn threatened to send me to a nutritionist. I still remember that! Crazy.
- October 1, 2012 at 4:59 AM
- Marina {Yummy Mummy) said...
Oh you are looking so fabulous and happy!!! I'm so happy for you!
- October 1, 2012 at 10:48 AM
- Jennie said...
I think you look beautiful :)
- October 1, 2012 at 6:13 PM
- Kel said...
You look great!! Ignore those who feel the need to comment, they're just being silly x
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Far Cry 4's open-world provides ludicrous moments and enough chaotic fun to make it worth your while.
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Many hapless heroes have ended their days in a gloomy dungeon looking for rat's bones to pick the lock with. Dungeons appear in many games often as a location from which the main protagonist must escape.
A rural settlement that is smaller than a city.
The homeworld of Humanity, and a popular vacation destination for galactic travellers in-the-know. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines Earth as "mostly harmless."
Japan is an island country located in Eastern Asia and the Western Pacific Ocean. In the video game industry, Japan has for a long time been one of the most important territories for the development and sale of video games.
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A thoroughfare that is lined with buildings. Sometimes people fight in them.
Asia is the largest continent in the world, it spans from part of the Soviet Union all the way down to Indonesia. It goes from Japan to the Middle East.
An area, such as a prairie or meadow, of grass or grasslike vegetation. Common in fantasy JRPGs.
Buildings that have fallen in to a state of disrepair.
Underneath a planet's surface is considered to be underground, especially if it is near the top of the surface. Some of the games have you digging through the dirt.
A large building constructed of stone, used as a defensive structure. They usually date from the Middle Ages.
Home is where the heart is, and a good place to go back to when you want some rest. A home can also be a good place to save your game, change your clothes, and change your options.
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The place up high with the clouds and the birds and so on, also the primary area to find helicopters.
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This quaint, barred-spiral galaxy is home to hundreds of billions of stars and is centered around a supermassive black hole. Located somewhere in the inner-rim of the Orion Arm, Earth is merely a speck of dust in this immense celestial cloud.
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This article describes the formula syntax and usage of the PRICEMAT function (function: A prewritten formula that takes a value or values, performs an operation, and returns a value or values. Use functions to simplify and shorten formulas on a worksheet, especially those that perform lengthy or complex calculations.) in Microsoft Excel.
Returns the price per $100 face value of a security that pays interest at maturity.
PRICEMAT(settlement, maturity, issue, rate, yld, [basis])
Important Dates should be entered by using the DATE function, or as results of other formulas or functions. For example, use DATE(2008,5,23) for the 23rd day of May, 2008. Problems can occur if dates are entered as text.
The PRICEMAT function syntax has the following arguments (argument: A value that provides information to an action, an event, a method, a property, a function, or a procedure.):
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Which did you discard?
(Is there anything you wished would be in your stocking that was not?)
As far as I can recall the only edible item ever was a tangerine in the toe of the stocking.
My mom was a bit of a control freak regarding sweets - and their absence would not have seemed at all odd to me.
I never wished sweets to be there, probably because it never occurred to me that they could have been.
But now you've raised the subject I can see that I was deprived of a childhood right and I shall be seeking therapy.
My mother always put in three oranges symbolizing wealth (See: Traditional English pawnshop sign) and nuts symbolizing prosperity as well as some chocolates and at least one candy cane. (I was never a fan of either as I don't have a sweet tooth.)
There were small "stocking stuffer" gifts, too, chosen for me by "Santa." I was not expected to share these with my sister and brother. One year I got a watch. Mmmm...perhaps that's why I still treasure small treats.
And I always looked forward to the Danish butter cookies that still come in a round tin:)
One year my brother got coal in his stocking. Yes, he was quite a handful as a child!
re: Seeker19104
Thanks for bringing back some great memories -- me sister, brother and I received the same sort of things in our stockings and until I read your post it never occurred to me that there was a tradition behind them.
First of all, we did not have a "Christmas stocking." We used an old sock, or if we were allowed, one of our father's socks. We usually got "Necco" Wafers, gum and maybe an orange. I cannot say that I looked forward to anything in the sock. We were more interested in what Santa was bringing. I grew up in the 50's without a TV until I was 12yo. We were not influenced by TV ads. In looking back it seems like it was a simpler time. Dolls, trains, skates were the treasured items.
re: barb2007
tangarine fillers, some toffees, candy cane and the rest included small games, toys, school supplies. I remember it was fun as part of christmas ritual but we were consumers at a small age, waiting to see all the presents. Now I wish for less consumerism at the holiday period, and we have as a group decided to curtail gift purchases to focus on other parts of christmas celebrations.
re: barb2007
My mother used a sock when she was a child as well. They didn't have designated socks, just picked one out of the drawer on Christmas eve and according to my mother's telling of the story, my grandmother always had to remind her to pick one that was clean, and without holes. The church also gave everyone "Christmas bags" after the Christmas pageant every year. Each brown paper lunch bag was filled with an apple, an orange, a bag of peanuts, and a chocolate bar. Most churches in the area still give the bags to kids, and deliver them to elderly church members.
re: mpjmph
I recently read a story someplace about Christmas traditions and there was the story from an elderly man about getting the paper sack at church with in the shell peanuts, an apple, an orange and ribbon candy. We got the exact same thing at church when I was a kid. I moved away from my hometown many years ago but I wonder if they still do that at the church I went to as a kid.
re: John E.
My family is from Eastern North Carolina, if that helps localize the tradition. It's deeply seated enough here that the church groups on campus at my alma mater (and now employer) let parents buy them for their kids/students during fall exams.
I don't recall all that much about what my brothers and I got from Santa in our Christmas stockings. As we got to be older I do remember that's where we got underwear and socks. We also usually got an orange and an onion. The oranges were because apparently that's what my parents got in their stockings and it was considered quite a treat in the Depression. As I recall, the onion was in lieu of a lump of coal. A lump of coal was not really available to Santa in our area and as I recall it was Santa's way of telling us that although we were pretty good boys, there was always room for improvement. I don't think the onions started showing up until long after the actually belief there is a Santa was over.
re: John E.
We didn't get the onions (my sisters and I were perfect angels every year ;), but we always got the orange in the toe of the stocking. And mom did say it came from their days as children of the depression, when an orange in winter was quite a luxury. We didn't really understand it as kids, spoiled kids who had fresh oranges year round.
As far as other food items in the stocking: there was always a Christmas-themed chocolate and a candy cane and those clear taffies (barley pops?) in Christmas shapes/colors.
re: gaffk
I don't remember too many specifics anymore about what was in the Christmas stocking. Santa always brought the toys that we asked him for (well, maybe not all of them), the under-the-tree gifts always came from family. I do remember, or more precisely, i remember my mother telling the story about how when I was about 5 years old I changed my mind about what I wanted Santa to bring. Apparently, I changed my mind on about December 23rd and on Christmas morning I took one look at my stocking and I said, "That's not my stuff". My kids used to find that story amusing when my mother told it to them.
re: Island
Yes, those lollipops were still around months later. And yet I still buy them every year. Ah nostalgia.
re: Island
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re: Island
We would also get an orange, and those old fashioned lollipops, they were in odd shapes too like a boot, a glove… there's fair that we go to at a Mennonite farm every fall, and one of the vendors makes them still from those antique molds… Love them! (though ours never came in flavors)
We sometimes got the lifesaver books but always, ALWAYS chocolate coins!
re: cgarner
Every year my aunt buys us the GENERIC lifesaver books-blech! We all appreciate the thought but I'm 46 and I wish she would stop.
re: dmjordan
Does not sound like you appreciate the thought. Years from now, when she is not around to give you them, you will think back and reminisce about how you joked and lauged about those lifesaver books.
re: wadejay26
TRUE My Nan and Pop used to give us each a chocolate Santa with our Christmas presents... the chocolate was TERRIBLE, even as a kid I knew it... but it's just one of those things that we miss about our grandparents every Christmas.
re: wadejay26
I actually SAID that I appreciate the thought. We still joke a laugh about these books and she is still alive and kicking and still buying the generic livesaver books. The only reason I wish she would stop is that I hate wasting food and I throw them out every year.
re: dmjordan
Well, this Christmas Eve my aunt proudly announced that on Black Friday she scored the real Lifesavers books! We all hooted and had a good laugh. She even knows the generics aren't as good. It's all in good fun.
re: dmjordan
Funny! You have me craving one of those. Any newfangled Lifesaver flavors in there?
re: Island
Nah, but I was so excited to get the tropical fruit. That is never included in the generics.
re: dmjordan
Total +1 on the tropical fruit!!
re: jbsiegel
I got Life Saver candy canes this year, all tropical. The pineapple were the best!
re: Island
I got them at Walgreens I think, there were a dozen of six different flavors and colors.
re: tracylee
Your post brought back a vague memory from grade school. We must have done some sort of small gift exchange with a spending limit. I remember those Lfesaver books were a favorite, probably by the mothers as well because it was an easy solution to the gift buying problem.
re: tracylee
Santa occasionally left storybook lifesavers in our stockings, and those were by far my favorite candy present. We always got oranges, and usually we got those mini candy canes that come attached in columns (I'm having trouble describing them, the wrappers were attached end to end). I never really cared about the candy canes.
re: rusty_s
We used those little candy canes to stir our hot chocolate. Mom always stocked up on them at Christmas and we had minty hot chocolate all winter.
Think I'll go out and get those little candy canes again; haven't had minty hot chocolate in years.
An orange, candy canes and chocolate coins were always there and make up part of my daughter's stocking these days (and the one I do for my mom). In my youth,'Bonnie Bell Lip Smakers and as a kid, a few sets of batteries that matched the toys Santa brought.
Same thing every year. An apple, an orange, a bag of fancy hard candy, and a bag of nuts. Plus a small toy.
Always saved the stocking for last and it always had an orange or tangerine in the toe, linty ribbon candy, a Gertrude Halk solid milk chocolate Santa or other figure on a stick , and a candy cane on the top. A treasure trove of other small treats like gum or the Lifesaver book, toys or trinkets in between like a small doll, super ball, slinky, Rubik's cube, and when a little older maybe an ornament, costume jewelry, nailpolish or lip balm. I remember my brothers always had Hot Wheel cars and doll freak younger sister once got a little doll in a plastic locket that was supposed to smell like strawberry , lavender or something pleasant, but it reeked and she continued to collect more of those stink bombs!
Mr Island thought the fruit "filler" was a weird tradition and he still puts a piece in the toe of my stocking. It's the original stocking I had as a kid and boy is that antique beat!
Ahhh, thanks for the memories.
re: Island
Someone mentioned chocolate coins. I've no idea why, but it seems every kid in New Zealand got "chocolate money".
re: pippimac
That is actually Chanukah gelt. :-)
re: pippimac
We always got chocolate money, too...and my mom was from Dixon, MO! I get it for my kids' stockings, too. The thing I miss is the can of Smokehouse almonds. For some reason, a can of almonds was my mom's definition of 'special'. There was always a can in our stocking, she'd tuck a can into your basket of clean laundry when you went back to college after a weekend home, if you'd had a really hard day she would often leave a can of them on your pillow. Aw, sniffle, now I want a damn can of Smokehouse almonds.
re: Island
Did we grow up in the same house!?! For some reason we always had nuts of some kind in the stocking, too.
I remember the stinky dolls in the locket! I had all of them, too. That's a smell memory that doesn't go away easily.
re: tmlarsen
Your smell memory comment reminded my of my own. When I was a little kid I remember getting Fuzzy Wuzzy Bath Soap in my Christmas stocking, my brothers did too. We were at my grandmother's house and my Fuzzy Wuzzy went missing. I looked everywhere for it. I even looked on subsequent visits to Grandma's house. I'm pretty sure one of my cousins swiped it.
re: John E.
That's funny!
re: Island
Kiddles! Those dolls were Kiddles and I loved them. I had Kiddle Kologne and Lemon lolipop and a whole jewlery set with bracelet, necklace and ring. Of course my parents didn't buy me these things; they came from the Santa at the Scotiabank Christmas party! I always got the stuff I wanted most there.
An orange, candy canes and some small gifts...and ALWAYS a toothbrush! I've passed it along to my offspring as well!
When I was young, always an orange for some reason, then all sorts of small stuff. Toothbrushes, candy, socks, lip balm, small toys, etc., etc. And since my dad was head of Exxon's (Standard Oil back then) "coal" department, sometimes a lump of hard coal as a joke.
As I got older, my parents dispensed with the actual stocking & packed my "stocking" gifts in a big box. LOTS of foodie items - Lumpfish caviar, small cooking gadgets, sardines, treats for my horse/cats/dogs/bird, etc., etc.
Now that my parents are into their 80's, I'm the one sending a "stocking" box to them!!!
re: Breezychow
Hey Breezy thanks for the idea. My Dad is also in his 80's and I usually send him some $, candy and gift certificates. This year I think I'll send them in a stocking with his name on it.
Lots of different candy, most notable were gold chocolate "coins" and a pez dispenser with plenty of refills. Those were my favorites, I still have all my pez dispensers. I also got packets of nuts like cashews and almonds.
Non food items were always fruity lip balms and hand lotions. I think it was Santa's way of telling a little girl to take care of her dry and chapped skin ;)
I also always got an orange (which I never ate). Growing up in Southern California, an orange wasn't really a "treat," but just a tradition my mom kept going. I don't remember any other foodstuffs in the stocking; I think candy was reserved for Easter baskets, which appeared Easter morning on the dining table.
re: John E.
The Easter bunny would leave it next to our bed until we started sleeping with the door closed and then it was the hallway outside our bedroom. My mother is still a stickler for keeping the magic alive. Santa and th Easter bunny still come although we are 27 and 24 and each own our own houses etc. I am assuming once we have children this will end.
re: emily
Ditto for Southern California upbringing, emily. "Santa" used to go out into the backyard and pull citrus from our trees. It always seemed like a nothing gift even when my mother explained what a delicious treat it was when she was growing up. It was everyday food for us, so not special. The ribbon candy was a treat but my favorites were the See's candy chocolate & caramel lollipops. Candied nuts and dates also made an annual appearance.
re: Sherri
I gotta tell you Sherri, the orange wasn't a big deal to a kid in Minnesota either.(Although I always ended up with 2 oranges because my older brother would not eat fruit of any kind but he was willing to peel his orange for me to eat and thus avoid having to eat it himself).
re: John E.
Not a big deal for a kid in PA either. I never knew the symbolism and as a kid I thought it was filler. Love oranges but never ate the one in my stocking.
I remember popcorn balls wrapped in colored cellophane. That was a standard in premade stockings given at school or neighborhood children's Xmas parties at the American legion. Hated those,but would probably like them now.The stocking was like a red plastic mesh with a decorative cardboard "cuff" stapled on the top. Anyone remember those?
I don't remember. I really don't. DH and his siblings got things like socks, toothpaste, a new toothbrush, deodorant, and so forth. Plus some candy.
When I was a kid one of our standard stocking items was the much anticipated personal jar of olives.
It's funny remembering this. My mom always told of how she and her sibs got oranges and nuts in their stockings, the orange being the real treat of winter, as many have noted. She told me once that my father never had a stocking, which struck me as terribly sad at the time.
While we kids always had stockings, with the requisite candy cane hooked over the top, they never contained other foodstuffs. We usually had toiletries in ours; occasionally the "big" gift, a ring or a watch or whatever, would be stuffed inside, to throw us off guard. Sometimes, we'd find a note with a clue as to where to look for some other coveted treasure.
I still like the sentimental romance of stockings, so I hang them from the mantel, but generaly fill them w/trinkets and not food.
We got clementines and little chocolates. We also got things like small dime-store type toys and combs or brushes...we always had stockings chock-full of goodies. It is a tradition I carried over to my kids. Stocking stuffing continues to be a fun part of christmas.
re: JReichert
Yes those disgusting cherry cordials! My husband loves a few of those at Xmas, but I think it's more about the memory than the taste...it's got to be. I always get him a little box for his stocking.
Always an orange in the toe, plus a potato that was used to make potato pancakes for breakfast. Santa didn't put candy in our stockings. We had a pair of wooden clogs my dad got in the Netherlands while on leave from military service in Germany. They lived on the hearth year round, but on Christmas Santa filled them with chocolates. Eventually, Santa started bringing nicer chocolate in smaller quantities that wouldn't fill the clogs, and left them in the stockings.
I always got Whitman's chocolates, a pez dispenser, a lifesavers book, as I got older, I got make-up, and a few small toys.
I've loved reading all your answers. My sister and I got our first stockings when we were about 17 & 20. My parents never did this but my dad married #4 when I was 21 and she was big into holidays. We loved it! Her kids all had handmade stockings and when I got mine I was so jazzed! One of my step-sisters made it and put my favorite things on it. At that time it was a monkey hanging from a tree with a can of Budweiser in his hand! 30+ years later I still use it each year. I remember we always got a toothbrush, new underwear and candy from England plus tons of other stuff. I remember so vividly my step-mother telling me there have to be at least 20 things in each stocking. I took it to heart and have never looked back. I enjoy shopping for stocking stuffers more than presents trying to live up to her example.
Sorry this was a little off subject but it brought back such great memories.
re: julesrules4food
To julesrules4food:
This was an awesome post! I have never heard of the 20+ rule, but if I ever have children or nieces and nephews, I am going to employ that rule.
Thanks for sharing!
Oh this has been a topic of many jokes over the years in my family. My mom worked at health food stores when my brother and I were growing up. Every year we would get carob Santa Claus candies (yes carob), Panda brand licorice and Wetsoy brand soymilk drinks (they had some sweet ones like mint and chocolate that were actually pretty good). Yes, really quite sad.
re: virtualguthrie
My fiance's (just a fiance as that wedding never happened) mother was a health food nut (I'm sure she'd have ended up hating me had I ever become her DIL!), and I got a stocking from her one year, and it was filled w/carob "fudge" and lots of different, horrible tasting sugarless "cookies." (My BF told me he and his sibs had been getting those for years and pretending to like them--but even their dogs wouldn't eat them.) But she really was a nice woman, and I'm a firm believer in it's the thought that counts so I choked a few down and thanked her profusely. I remember my BF's sister whispering to me, "don't encourage her."
I had not thought about carob in years.
As a kid, the tangerine in the toe was always there, I remember once finding one that had mummified. Maybe left over from the year before? Always a little box of cereal for breakfast. The lifesaver book sometimes. As I got older, Yardley makeup was added. When I got married, my MIL got me a stocking at her house; she always had more doodads and funny stuff than treats, but always included a few tiny bottles of different cordials. I liked that tradition!
We always received an orange in our stocking because my mom always received one as a child. They were very poor and having an orange was a huge treat. We five kids always received a box of cereal as a gift. Don't laugh! We didn't have a lot of money and the sugar cereals were to more expensive than the generic rice krispies and cheerios. I always asked for Count Chocula. Then we would trade bowls being careful that the other sibling didn't take even a smidge more than we got from them. My sister always had trouble trading the granola she always requested. It's one of my favorite Christmas memories.
re: dmjordan
I had an orange in the bottom of mine, but it was one of those English chocolate ones, wrapped in orange foil, and when sharply rapped on a hard surface it magically separated into 'orange' segments. Also chocolate coins, and nuts - those Brazil nuts were a nightmare to crack...
After reading how oranges/tangerines are so universal, while wondering why, I had to google and found this interesting story.
re: nomadchowwoman
You're welcome, I loved the story of St Nicholas and will add it to my repertoire of trivial facts for our family gathering this holiday season. Don't think my husband got the orange/tangerine treat and am looking forward to reminiscing with his brother and sister. This is a great topic for the holidays!
We had a candy cane at the top and a tangerine in the toe, and a bunch of little toys and doodads in between. My particular bane was emery boards, of which I had several hundred before I was deemed too old for a stocking.
There was always a tangerine in the toe. Every year I also got mixed nuts in the shell. Gold foil covered chocolate coins (Geldt) and a Book shaped box of assorted Lifesavers. There were also assorted small toys.
We didn't have Christmas stockings but we would find a treat in our house shoes (placed neatly in front of the bed the night before) on December 6. for St Nicholas. It was usually an Apple, Nuts, some Cookies, stuff like that.
edited to add:
apropos St Nicholas - how can one ever forget the very funny Loriot's Advent poem ( german speakers.....)
Don't forget the Whitman's Sampler!
At some point my "Santa" started going with a big pomegranate in the toe--that must have been when they first became available in far flung places like MN. I still remember the first time I saw and ate one--it probably came out of my stocking. I still look forward to buying them this time of year. Prior to that it was always the biggest apple or orange you had ever seen.
My brother and I always got oranges too, and probably some nuts. I think there was often a fifty-cent piece, as well. And something no one else has mentioned--maple sugar candy. I try to put it in my son's stocking when I can find it, but I can't always. We got other little things, as well, usually including a little Hallmark calendar--I think they used to give them out free with a purchase, maybe?
re: Cliocooks
Had forgotten the Hallmark calendars--those were in our stockings too!
re: Cliocooks
I actually went to my small candy shop for barley pops and maple sugar candy--and the free calendar--after reading this thread. No One Ever Finishes A Barley Pop.
re: Island
For my 21 year old son I always do a deck of cards, gift cards to subway and whatever else fast food places he's into now, toothbrush, cool socks from skateboard or surf stores, cool boxers, itunes or xbox points cards, See's candy and whatever else I find that he won't say "epic fail" to.
re: Island
I don't know, as I'm now old :{ But I do give my great nephews barley pops and argyle sweaters. Twenty years from now they'll laugh.
re: Island
My 15-year-old likes to make himself "lattes" using our single-serve coffeemaker, so recently I've been giving him flavored coffees--he likes mocha. Also travel-size toiletries, which are boring but he doesn't complain. I guess those aren't new traditions, though, so much as adapatations to an older child.
re: Cliocooks
I got single serve cocoas in college. Forgot about those.
If any of you still have stockings please let us know if you get anything novel this year!
re: Island
I actually have 2 single pkgs of peppermint cocoa in my sister's stocking this year. Great idea about passing on ideas of new things that show up this year. Since I'm the 20+ rule person I'm always looking for help.
re: julesrules4food
This year, I received sugar-cookie Teas by Celestial seasonings, socks, chapsticks, more socks, a car air-freshener, gum and mints, and soap.
Other good things I have gotten: chocolate (this was missing, I wonder if that is a message.. just kidding), floss, bobbypins, ponytail-holders, Panda licorice, calendars, nailpolish, individual special condiments (not ketchup but international mini bottles of maple syrup and fruit spreads... like from World Market), ornaments for the tree, and those cheap stretchy gloves that actually work ok..
re: John E.
Think that's a whole different barley pop . . . those I have been known to finish (though not as a child ;)
One of those "books" of Life Savers, a box of plain M&M's (back when blue didn't exist and there was tan) and one of those chocolate orange balls (wrapped in foil that divided into sections).
A giant navel orange, a giant (mealy, tasteless) Red Delicious apple, one of those large, fat peppermint sticks, and mixed nuts in the shell.
For many years I got everyone a pair of black panties. Boxers for the men, giant granny panties for my mom , and something lacy for my sister.
I received Kinder Surprises (chocolate eggs with the tiny toys inside) in my stocking. I wasn't one of the younger kids by then but I still loved those kinder surprises. Another item I really loved as a kid was mini sticker book...
Something I've been wanting to use as a stocking stuffer treat are those chocolate oreos. I have seen them at Peets and Bloomingdales. They are delicious.
re: chocomel
I spent a few Christmases in Europe, chocomel, and I loved those eggs w/the the tiny toys inside as much as the all the kinder did--but I have never been able to find those here though I've seen lots of other candy made by that company.
re: nomadchowwoman
Kinder Surprises are illegal in the U.S. It is illegal to have a non-edible item inside an edible food item. I am quite sure size is the biggest reason for this law. (I cannot believe it would be illegal to sell a full size chocolate basketball with a real baseball inside it.) The small surprise inside has been labeled a choking hazard. I remember about a year ago I first learned of these candies when someone had their Kinder Eggs seized at the border while attempting to enter the U.S. with the contraband.
re: John E.
Mystery solved--thank you, John. I have smuggled them in myself, to the utter delight of my niece, not realizing I was smuggling (or I'd have disguised them better!)
My friend's Austrian mother used to send them--illegally, I now realize-- to her grandchildren when they were little. Who knew Oma was a criminal? ; )
We all marveled at the (relative) intricacy of those little toys--and their logical tiny instruction sheets. But for the kids, they were the double bomb--a toy AND a chocolate candy.
re: nomadchowwoman
I remember reading last January about a woman crossing the U.S.-Canadian border in the eastern U.S. with some Kinder Eggs. They were confiscated and she could have been fined $300. The penalty might be worse for smuggling through the U.S. Mail. ; )
re: John E.
I received one from a friend in Canada a few years ago when a bunch of us forum (not this forum) moderators would exchange gifts. It was quite a surprise to find a toy inside! I guess the post office wasn't as strict as customs might have been for someone carrying it in person.
My sisters and I got ribbon hard candy and a 'japanese orange' (only once a year) and some unshelled peanuts and a candy cane.
Yeah those 'books' of Lifesavers were fun. Does anyone know if there's a business that still makes some of the candies etc mentioned here using the original recipes?
When we were kids, there was usually a marshmallow santa, gum and orange tictacs (we all loved the tictacs - I could have done without the gum!). Then mom would fill it out with new socks, little toys, etc.
Now that we're older, we still get socks and other little gifts (toiletries, socks, gloves, etc.), and always a book of stamps, even though we've told our mom that we pay our bills online and can't use them up, lol. My sister still gets orange tictacs, too (I don't eat much sugar anymore so mom stopped getting them for me).
This will be our first Christmas where my nieces will be old enough to understand getting a stocking, so I'll be interested to see what my sister gives them!
Grew up in Kentucky, and citrus wasn't available year-round, so I thought that's why we got an orange & in-shell nuts in our Christmas stockings. Didn't know of the traditions elsewhere. We also got those (awful) giant peppermint sticks, maybe 1 1/2" wide and had to be smacked w/ a hammer to get any candy at all.
I don't recall why, but we began getting 1 penny each year, with that year's date. We kept that tradition for decades (the stockings got too heavy to hang properly!), and Mr P and I continue to do that now, for the nearly 40 yrs we've been together.


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Rain caused some havoc at Ramdev's agitation venue at Ramleela ground today. Some TV channel is mocking Ramdev and saying that he shouts so much against black money but is helpless against rain. What are your comments on this?
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None can overrule nature and withstand its' fury...!Answered by Dil Se, 11 Aug '12 07:52 pm
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