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This light show is just brilliant.

We’re gearing up for our big Thanksgiving feast. That’s what the kids are calling it, and it’s probably apt because I’m following my personal motto: “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.” I’ll list details later in the week if we survive it.

Both sets of parents have other plans, and all my friends are celebrating the holiday with their own families, so it will be just the four of us.

“Seems like a shame to have all this food just for us,” remarked my spousal unit, observing the list of dishes I was jotting down.

“But the best part of Thanksgiving is the leftovers,” I exclaimed, continuing to jot.

I put my spouse in charge of obtaining wine, as he knows more about it than I do. I also asked him to get me an inexpensive double boiler. Saturday he set forth to accomplish these tasks. He was gone over four hours; I assumed he had gone to see a movie while he was out, or something. Nope, it was all just fighting the teeming hordes to get a double boiler and some wine. Every year I make an effort to avoid the retail stores as much as possible during the Christmas-shopping season. Looks like it’s that time again.

This, my friends, is a Crunchie bar. It has a honeycomb-like center covered in Cadbury chocolate, the same kind you get at Easter around those creme eggs. It’s right up there in my top three favorite candy bars.

Alas, however, they are not available in the States. Cadbury is not as large a distributor here as Hershey and Nestlé; mostly we only see them around Easter with the afore-mentioned creme eggs. Some of their candy bars, such as the Crispy Crunch, the Caramilk, and the afore-mentioned Crunchie, are not available here. I have to get my Canadian relatives to smuggle them across the border when they visit.

It’s not just Cadbury, either. Nestlé has many lovely brands which are not marketed to Americans—Aero bars, Coffee Crisps, and Big Turks to name a few. If you’re ever north of the border make sure and give one a try. You can also order them online, from a store which specializes in selling favorite foods that Canadians miss when they move down here, like Tim Horton’s coffee and St. Hubert’s barbecue sauce.

And while you’re kicking back with your Canadian treats, you can waste some time playing PopCap games. My current obssession is Zuma. All worship the mighty Inca frog god!