Mini was over here last week and ♀ was having a cup of chai tea (not to be confused with ‘tai chi’). He said it smelled nice and asked if he could have a cup. When I brought it to him, he inhaled deeply and said with a contended sigh, “it smells like Christmas”.

We went to the kids house for dinner last night and they had a real tree decorated in their living room (‘real’ as in once was living). The first thing ♀ said when we walked into the room (even before lovin’s for the grand-baby) was, “it smells like Christmas in here”.

I think my ‘Christmas smell’ happens much later. After the gifts and the visiting and the drinking and the laughs and/or tears and the big dinner and good, bad or indifferent the main event is over and everyone has gone to sleep, I take the turkey carcass and the bag of greens I’ve been saving in the freezer and an onion, and some garlic, pepper-corns, a few bay leaves and I make stock. It cooks for hours and I love how it makes the house smell.

Why am I mentioning this now? Well, the first of three (yes 3!) turkeys that will be cooked here in the next 10 days, is at this very moment (5:40 in the A of M) roasting in our oven. If you ask her, ♀ will have a very good reason for why we are cooking 3 turkeys and why the first of these needed to be in the oven at 2:30 this morning, but right now my big concern is what the hell will I do with all that stock?!

What about you? Is there a smell you associate with Christmas?  Maybe mincemeat or gingerbread…

I don’t suppose you’d be surprised to hear that we’ve pillow-talked the non-gingerbread version of this scenario.

Cheers,

♀ & sss

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1. 

   The smells of Christmas …. gingerbread. Turkey. Something burning on an element. The smells of too many family members colognes and perfumes. The smell of sexual tension as we wait for the children to go to bed, so we can check our personal naughty and nice lists.

   I’d eat any of those gingerbread perverts you posted.

   Comment by Jennifer — December 20, 2010 @ 11:57 am

2. 

   That picture is drop dead hysterical. Gingerbread bukkake. Outstanding!!!

   Comment by Sapphire, Elegant Slut — December 24, 2010 @ 11:20 pm

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