When it comes to Christmas cookies and music, I tend to want the classics. The flavors that I only get to have once a year, sugar cookies with icing and decorations, butterballs, thumbprints and gingerbread. They almost taste like Christmas. Music for years has been very similar. Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, A Very Special Christmas […]
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Traditional Butterballs & A Charlie Brown Christmas
I mentioned that I’m a Christmas ‘purist’, I also really love Christmas traditions. My family had so many things that were special and traditional around Christmas time, I really owe my love of Christmas to my parents. They crafted an incredible experience for us growing up centered around family, experiences that only happened at Christmas […]
Brown Butter Coconut Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies & The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album
As an adult, Christmas can sometimes lose some of its magic or lose its innocence perhaps. (Caution for anyone reading this, if you know that Santa still exists, STOP reading immediately.) The magic of waking up Christmas morning to find the tree full lit, the bottom bursting with presents and the stockings filled to the […]
Orange Cardamom Shortbread & Blue
Christmas is only one week away. This season has flown this time around. It has always been and will always be my favorite time of year. The whole world seems to celebrate. Large Christmas trees adorn street corners or the insides of Seattle’s skyscrapers, Christmas music is a distinct addition to whole month of December […]