BPL Blog: December 2012

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Holiday Movies

In addition to a plate of warm cookies, there is nothing that gets me more in the holiday spirit than a great holiday movie. I have some personal favorites, most of which date back to my childhood.

If you and your family are in the mood for a festive film, why not come to the library to see what we have? Below are some of the titles we carry. What are some of your favorites?

If you have any questions please contact us at (317) 852-3167 ext.128 or askus@brownsburg.lib.in.us!

All I want for Christmas - Request this item
All mine to give - Request this item
A Christmas carol: the musical - Request this item
Christmas in Connecticut - Request this item
Holiday affair - Request this item
Holiday inn - Request this item
How the grinch stole Christmas - Request this item
It's a wonderful life - Request this item
The polar express - Request this item
White Christmas - Request this item

Friday, December 7, 2012

Christmas Cookies!!

This past Tuesday night we had a Cookie Exchange program at the library. It was a lot of fun! If you have never been to one, here's how it works:

each person chooses a cookie recipe and brings a few (or more) dozen of that cookie to the exchange party (depending on how many people are going)
at the party, all of the cookies are set out on a table, where everyone can go around and grab 1 of each cookie, to taste!
then, you'll often have a contest for best tasting or most unique cookie
sometimes the host will present fun baking facts or trivia
finally, everyone goes around and takes an equal amount of everyone else's cookies, along with a copy of the recipe-that's a lot of cookies!

So if you have never experienced one, why not plan one yourself? And it doesn't have to be at Christmastime-do one in July! Here are some helpful websites if you ever decide to tackle one yourself:

Below are some pictures of my favorite holiday cookies-what are yours? Comment below!