Soft Cute Snowmen with Green Scarf

This little Cute Snowmen stands or sits about 5 inches high. Having grown tired of skating he seems to have found a new interest with a large snowball. These Snowmen are made of soft white cloth material with wooden skates glued to his feet. He has a green fuzzy scarf on and a blue fuzzy stocking cap with a sparkling white pom-pom on the end of it. Also he has the traditional carrot nose with pink cheeks and a playful grin on. This Cute Snowmen is sitting down with a large sparkling snowball in front of him that has a plastic snowflake design on the front of it. Select this link to view our Christmas Ornaments.

The Icicle.
It is said that one winter a little child was wandering in the forest during a terrible snowstorm. A gentle fir tree welcomed the child into its branches and sheltered the child through the night. In the morning, the child was very grateful and thanked the tree many times for its shelter. After the child left, the tree learned that the child was a Christkind, an innocent child of Christ. Proud of its act, the tree wept with joy. Icicles formed and glistened beautifully in the sun. Icicles symbolize the strength of winter and the brilliance of a good deed. Select this link to view our Christmas Gifts.

Types of Candies.
Candies vary in their ingredients and the way they are made. There are four major types of candies, chocolate candies, hard candies, chewy candies and whipped candies. Candies also may be grained or nongrained. Grained candies, such as creams and fudges, have fine sugar crystals. Nongrained candies have o crystals. They include caramels and some types of hard candies. Sugar is the main ingredient in most candies. The most commonly used sugar is sucrose, which comes from sugar cane and sugar beets. Manufacturers also sweeten candy with corn syrup, honey and invert sugar. Invert sugar contains the sugars fructose and glucose. Some candies also contain cereals, fats, flour, fruits, milk products, nuts and peanut butter. Such natural ingredients as cocoa, peppermint and vanilla give the flavor and color of many confections. But some candies contain artificial dyes and flavorings. Select this link to view our Christmas Figurines.

Chocolate Candies are the best selling confections. Solid chocolate and chocolate and chocolate covered bars are the most popular. Chocolate consists mainly of cacao butter, sugar and chocolate liquor. Chocolate liquor is made by grinding cocoa nibs or shelled cocoa seeds, with cocoa butter, the natural fat of the cocoa bean. In making chocolate candies, additional cocoa butter, sugar and chocolate liquor are mixed and ground into fine particles. To form chocolate bars, melted chocolate is poured into molds and left to harden. A process called enrobing is used to make many chocolate covered candies. In this process, pieces of candy or cookie are placed on a screenlike conveyor belt and melted chocolate is poured over them. Shell molding makes chocolate candies, with liquid centers. In this process, molds are partly filled with melted chocolate, which then cools to form chocolate shells. Then the shells are filled with syrup and sealed with a layer of chocolate. Hard Candies include fruit drops, mints and sticks. They are made form a solution of sugar, corn syrup and a small amount of water. This mixture is boiled and forms a hot syrup, to which flavoring and color are added. After the syrup cools somewhat, it becomes easy to shape. The candy is then pulled into long, thin cords and cut into various shapes. Select this link to view our Snowman Christmas Ornaments.

Butterscotch and brittles are hard candies made wit butter or vegetable fat. Most brittles contain peanuts or some other kind of nut. Some include milk. Candy canes are peppermint flavored hard candies that are shaped like a shepherd�s crook. They are made from two separate syrups, one of which has been colored red and the other white. When the slightly cooled syrups become easy to shape, they are placed together and pushed through a circular hole, forming a striped rod. The rod is cut into sticks, which are then bent into the crook shape and allowed to harden. Chewy Candies include caramels, toffees, jellies and gums. Caramels and toffees contain milk cooked with sugars and vegetable fats. The cooked mixture is flavored, cooled and cut into pieces. Jellies and gums are made with a solution of sugars and a felling agent, such as gelatin or starch. The solution is boiled and the jelling agent, color and flavoring are added. The mixture is then poured into molds