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"Here at WD we recently got an unusual request from a number of readers: They loved the candy canes on the cover of our December 4 issue and wanted to know where to get them. They are pretty\u2014they curve under in a scroll-y way and the stripes sort of swirl around them artistically\u2014but still, they&amp;#039;re candy canes. Would you have called us? (Would you have noticed?) &amp;#039;Tis the season to be perfect. If there&amp;#039;s ever a time to fuss over the details, it&amp;#039;s Christmas. My mother, who is very devoted to The Big Christmas, has always sweated the small stuff (if you&amp;#039;re over 40, chances are your mother has too). She&amp;#039;s the one who taught me the proper way to wrap a package (no cut edges\u2026always fold them over before taping). When Della Robbia wreaths were the newest thing in the suburbs, she bought a kit, made one\u2014and, deciding it looked sparse, added extra apples and pears. And did you know that when you address a card, you don&amp;#039;t center the address, you move it a little to the right? That&amp;#039;s what she said, anyway. Not everyone is that driven, but admit it, you&amp;#039;re probably a little crazy in one area. There are baking queens who practically apply every sprinkle on their cookies with tweezers. I&amp;#039;m a tree princess myself: I treasure my mother-in-law&amp;#039;s vintage ornaments.  So I may have been a little surprised by the candy cane request (in case you&amp;#039;re wondering, you can buy them from Altamarie&amp;#039;s Candies at candycornerusa.com), but I guess I understand it. And I&amp;#039;ll bet you do, too. &amp;quot;Eat, Drink, and\u2026&amp;quot; follow-up: My September 28 post was about the trials of the holiday food season. The zipper on my jeans is already, uh\u2026sticking, so I&amp;#039;ve started a food diary. If &amp;quot;1 large brownie plus batter scraped off bowl&amp;quot; doesn&amp;#039;t scare me straight, nothing will. I&amp;#039;ll let you know how it went in January.\u2014Diane Oatis  Which of your holiday preparations is a little obsessive? Which would you part with in a second? &amp;#039;Fess up in Comments. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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