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Peppermint Punch  Ingredients: 1/2 gallon of Peppermint Ice Cream, softened 1 quart eggnog, cold 1 quart soda water, cold (I used Ginger Ale)  Put Peppermint Ice Cream in punch bowl.  Pour the eggnog and soda water on top. A fun thing to do is crush up some hard peppermints, wet rim of glasses and dip in crushed peppermint.   Makes about 12 - 16 cups of punch (depending on size of cups)

This was Mark's birthday cake.   Yep, Mark is 17 TODAY!  The cheesecake turned out very yummy.  Even our waitresses wanted some - so we shared!  Here is the recipe: White Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake 12 oz. Oreos 3 TBSP butter, melted 3 (8 oz EACH) cream cheese 3 eggs 4 oz. white baking chocolate 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup crushed candy cane Directions: Crush oreos in food processor.  Add melted butter, stir then pat on bottom of 10 - inch springform pan.  Bake crust for 10 minutes.  Cool. Mix cream cheese and 3/4 cup sugar until just blended.  Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each. Melt white chocolate and stir into cream cheese mixture.  Gently fold crushed candy cane into cream cheese mixture and pour over crust.  Bake 45 - 50 minutes at 350 until center is almost set.  Completely cool then refrigerate at least 4 hours. When ready to serve, spread a thin layer of whipped topping on top of cheesecake...