- Warm baths ( with wintry bath melts! ) for a body chilled from the cold.
- Gingerbread cookies right out of the oven.
- Being wrapped up in plaid, flannel blankets with a heavy Russian novel.
- Christmas parties with classmates.
- Boys offering to give you their coats if you appear cold. (Even after you insist that it's "okay".)
- Going to the ballet.
- Eggnog and crème de menthe liqueur.
- The scent of a real fir tree at home.
- Beloved homey, winter classics: "It's a wonderful life" and "shop around the corner".
- Building gingerbread houses!
dec 21 2011 ∞
dec 24 2011 +