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- baking christmas cookies
- picking out the proper cookie cutters--how 'bout the ornament shape? or maybe the christmas tree.
- staring at the oven, watching the cookies turn golden brown
- stealing bites of cookie dough and licking the bowl filled with confectioner's sugar
- stirring the homemade icing and carefully picking out the sprinkles
- carefully cutting paper snowflakes
- helping the little hands of the children around you
- snowflake cutting contests
- christmas carols and winter songs
- christmas feasts
- hams and turkeys brined in buttermilk
- hot cross buns, the smell resonating under your nostrils
- loaves of pumpkin cinnamon bread
- mashed potatoes and chives
- rice pudding filled to the brim
- warm mulled cider
- warm, golden brown fig pies
- winter kale salads in ginger sauce
- creamy hot cocoa
- or hazelnut creamer generously poured in
- perhaps even a few mini marshmallows to make it even sweeter
- with peppermint chips sprinkled within
- fuzzy blankets to wrap up in
- hearing the stories of christ--both his birth and his life
- holly berries
- icicles hanging from the rooftop
- reading classic christmas books such as
- a christmas carol
- how the grinch stole christmas
- rudolph the red nosed reindeer
- the night before christmas
- the polar express
- snowy mittens and boots
- the crackle of the fire as it warms you from your head to your toes
- the first snow of the season
- making snow angels
- making snow sculptures and igloos
- sticking your tongue out
- watching the flakes slowly dance to the ground
- the fuzz of a christmas sweater in all of its "ugly" glory
- the gleam of the lights hung on the christmas tree
- the scent of cinnamon
- the soothing taste of a peppermint stick
- the sweet smell of gingerbread
- trimming the christmas tree
- bending the branches to point up and face the heavens
- cautiously placing the ornaments and bulbs
- finally, reaching up and putting the star on the top
- hanging the shiny white lights
- velvet ribbons on the christmas wreath
- waiting anxiously for santa
- wool socks
- or to go inside of your sheepskin boots
- to keep your feet warm on a chilled night
- wrapping gifts
- gleeful prints of santa claus's and reindeer, the occasional "ho, ho, ho!"
- kraft paper and tinsel
- name tags dressed in calligraphy
- ribbons, galore
- writing letters to santa claus and his helpers
nov 7 2012 ∞
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