it’s December!

Each year I come up with ideas to help the celebratory spirit of Christmas be more of a month-long thing. This year I made a (short) list of things I associate with Christmas (music, decorating, etc), so that I can work on doing some of them throughout December. (A lot of this is less about the doing, and more about recognizing the doing as a “special event.”)

One of the things on my list is cooking — which I definitely associate with Christmas, but I don’t actually love doing. I like the idea of cooking, but the reality is often less fantastic. (And then you have to wash all the dishes!)

Modern conveniences to the rescue! I bought some break and bake cookies at the grocery store, because they smell just as good cooking in the oven as homemade. And I’m trying out making caramelized onions in the crock pot (not to eat with the cookies). Other than a brief moment when I woke up last night, smelled them cooking, and panicked that I was going to burn the place down, that’s been going fine. Probably another few hours to go, though. Full report pending!

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