So I'm having a hard time getting in the Christmas spirit this year. Perhaps it's the late nights, or perhaps I'm just getting aged. JK. I know I'm only thirty but man- I'm becoming a Scrooge. My husband grew up in a family where they had very little. I mean they had very little at Christmas time and I'm afraid his feelings around the season are wearing off on me. But, I'm trying to see it differently and get over the fact that I can't go up to Canada-my fav. place at Christmas. Perhaps the best way to have a great Christmas is to create new traditions. One thing we started this year was creating a gingerbread house. I thought, my boy likes treats so why not. But half-way through the gingerbread house fell totally apart. A friend had suggested to make a Christmas ornament with my son for the tree. We found the few items at the craft store and that were on my list and then when I went to look for the pieces of the ornament Mark and Peter both had melt downs so we left the store with no ornaments. Then I thought we'll make my Grandma's signature Almond Rocca. I didn't want to call my Mom for the recipe but my husband encouraged me and I thought ok sourpuss, you need to try. So I called My Mom, got the recipe which was vague- (something about smoke rising when it's finishes)my husband looked up the temp. and I heard it wrong. So guess what, my husband got busy, I used the wrong temperature and let Mark help and the candy was crystalized and overdone. This week we're going to get a tree and if that proves hard I think I'll throw in the towel. Merry Christmas anyways! Hope this doesn't make you feel scroogeness but makes you count your own blessings.
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