Creative Christmas Coziness

Streamlining Christmas to meet us where we are.

It was a low-on-spoons Christmas. No one could quite muster up the energy for a full tree set-up. So, instead, I designed what hopefully passed for a cozy backdrop with Lil' Bro's tabletop tree and some holiday throw blankets (to hide a multitude of sins), and thank goodness for easily accessible Yule Log options on television and YouTube.

Even low on spoons, there were enough for leisurely experimental cooking. I used almond flour for the first time (Sissy brought some with a "best by" date of 2021 in hopes we'd make something with it somehow), and leftover Thanksgiving cranberries, for brunch pancakes to fuel us through last minute gift wrapping (mine made easier by reusing the holiday fabric remnants from Christmases past - switching from wrapping paper to fabric still stands as one of my best holiday decisions ever!).

And we did it, pulled off a lower stress, less demanding celebration that still had the hallmarks of Christmas. So that's another one in the books.