On a recent
shopping trip to Trader Joe’s I discovered they had some lovely chocolate
cookies on sale. I savored each one a day at a time until they were gone. Happy
Christmas season for me!
It is
officially winter of 2013. Christmas is so close we can already taste it I am
betting. In our house is a real tree with no edible ornaments but I know those
are popular.
One year I
made cinnamon applesauce ornaments. That was fun. That year or in another one
we strung popcorn and dried fruit. I grew up with none of these traditions.
My parents
had a fake tree that lived in its box fifty or so weeks a year. There were
boxes of ornaments and lights but never any personalized ones. I do not
remember trimming the tree much or ever buying any.
Christmas
was small with my tiny nueclear family so far from the grandparents and other
kin in Oklahoma or on the east coast. We would eat a nice festive dinner and
have some holiday dessert but that was about it.
The fun of
the season came in every day simple things.
I spent one
night this week helping a minor cousin bake cupcakes for her holiday party.
She
topped them with crushed candy canes so they were festive to look upon but of
course I did not try them. I prefer my mint in candy isolated from other
flavors and sensations.
Another
favorite delight of ours for this season are giant candy sticks.
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