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French Location, English Food

Welcome to 2016, sleuths! I hope you had a great Christmas and New Year’s Eve! We are back in the office from our vacation, ready to work on and talk more about about Nancy Drew. I want to share some great fan photos we received: This is is of Ashley W. who took a picture […]

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The End of 2015!

Hey all! We have returned to the office for a day this week for a visit before we go back onto New Year’s vacation break. We will return on Monday, January 4th of next year. Here’s what’s happening: We posted this Christmas poem video from nancydrewsleuth.com: Also, don’t forget about the Cookie Contest! It ends […]

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Posted in: Blogs, Contest, Holiday

A Gift for a Detective

What do you suppose the best kind of gift would be for a fellow detective? What do you suppose Nancy would want for Christmas? Check out this quick video and Christmas greeting! We will be out of the office the rest of this week. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas! -Little Jackalope

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Posted in: Blogs, Holiday, video

Bruma 2015

The longest night of the year is tonight! (That is, if you live in the northern hemisphere. If you live in the southern hemisphere, it is the shortest night.) It is Winter Solstice, and in Latin, is called “Bruma.” We learn this in Curse of Blackmoor Manor, so in honor of this, we have the […]

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Video Work: Christmasy Things (And Weekend Puzzle #294)

Today I’m working on a Christmas card kind of video. It won’t be ready for a few more days. But, I thought it might be somewhat interesting to show you what my computer screen looked like today: Don’t forget to work on your cookie contest entries this next week! Also, here’s your weekend puzzle. Haha, […]

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Cookie Inspiration and Fishing

Anyone have a great idea for the cookie contest this year? Even though I can’t enter (because I work here) I am trying to think up an original KoKo Kringle-style cookie recipe. So far crisped rice just doesn’t sound too great in a cookie… haha. If any of you want some inspiration, you can look […]

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A Cookie Tradition

Hey all! We have begun our annual Christmas & Holiday cookie contest! This time it lasts until January. My own family’s favorite tradition is to make a few dozen assorted cookies. Yum. You can learn more about the contest here. -Little Jackalope

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Christmas Video, An Art

I have taken an interest in the art of stop-motion. While I’m still a beginner in the style, more practice is the key to perfecting the cleanliness and beauty of the art. Anyways, I tried it again and made a quick video of our Christmas sale here: And here’s the up-close shot of the Christmas […]

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Posted in: Blogs, Holiday, Sale, video, YouTube

Spying or “Detectiving”

Welcome back, sleuths! Christmas is next week!! Have you ordered any games for your friends? I remember years ago when I gave Nancy Drew games as gifts. I do believe Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake was the one I gave the most because I thought it was soooo cool. (Well… I still think it’s sooo […]

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99 Problems…

Happy Friday! (I was out sick yesterday, so no Thursday post.) In case you missed it, Geek Wire wrote an article about Codes & Clues with an interview with Penny here! Since I don’t have a weekend puzzle for you today, I hope you will equally enjoy this meme from Ghost of Thornton Hall…even though […]

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