It's beginning to look a lot like December

[rj_anderson]

Thanks to the anonymous benefactor who gave me my first virtual snowflake cookie of the day, as well as tartanshell and izhilzha for supplying the others. Very fitting on a day when we're getting our first real snowfall of the season here in southwestern Ontario...

I hear that there are storms a-brewing to the south, but at present the snow is drifting from the sky in a picturesque fashion, and the green is still showing through the powder, and I think I shall put on some seasonal music* and make a cup of tea. I might even do some baking -- Snickerdoodles, perhaps.

What about you? What special treats does your family make at this time of the year, and which one is your favorite and why?


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* That would be actual Christmas carols with some dignity and meaning to them, not the annoying ditties that pass for inoffensive seasonal content. I really think that if I hear anyone's cover version of "Santa Baby" one more time, I will climb up the wall of my local department store and knock the loudspeakers off the ceiling.

Comments

[thremma.livejournal.com]

We would make lots of cookies; mom now does that with my niece and nephew, though they use mixes instead of from scratch. There are a couple of Christmas albums from childhood that Dad ripped from the old vinyl onto CD's so I could have them. And recently when it is cold I make "real" hot chocolate - not powdered, start by melting good baker's chocolate in a double boiler and scalding milk. If I do it right, it's like a thin chocolate soup and stands in well for supper. I like mine with a not too much sugar, but that is definitely an acquired taste.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

...thin chocolate soup would stand in well for MY supper any time! Wow.