Many people think of the holidays and their mind immediately thinks of the taste and smell of peppermint.
Candy canes
Red and white
Minty tastes and smells
And I’ll admit that much of Christmas does tend to have been enveloped by peppermint. We have read books about candy canes, studied gingerbread houses that are decorated with candy cane or peppermint drops, and made nutcrackers decorated with candy canes.
We have a nutcracker that is the peppermint nutcracker, holding peppermint drops. He’s a definite favorite.
We have candy canes on our tree and as part of some of our ornaments.
When I was growing up, I had a holiday countdown that had one mini candy cane tied to each day. I know I will have it but have not come across it this year. The girls wanted me to put it up but I just haven’t found it.
But, for me, cinnamon is as much a smell and taste of Christmas and holidays as peppermint, if not more. We have made suckers in our family for much longer than I have been around. It is one of our long standing traditions.
Bizcochitos are yummy cookies that tend to have a bit of a cinnamony smell to them and since they are a staple of the holidays in New Mexico, it is a cookie that I love to smell baking. Of course, I love to eat them, too.
Cinnamon sugar nuts is another favorite to make. We make them any time but that cinnamon smell just permeates the house and makes it smell like the holidays.
Cinnamon candles, cinnamon brooms, cinnamon pinecones – these are all smells that bring me right back to the holidays at my parent’s house, tucked up by the fire watching the snow come down. We don’t get to enjoy that this year but the cinnamon smell will take me back there. And my middle girl made me cinnamon sugar nuts today while I was doing the grocery shopping so I came home to that beautiful smell of the holidays.
Happy holidays. Merry Christmas!
Blessings,
Lori, At Home.
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I’m not a huge cinnamon person, but those cinnamon sugar nuts sound intriguing.
They are tasty. Nuts and cinnamon with a bit of sugar? Yum!
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Yes, I do believe that cinnamon is definitely a smell of Christmas too! What great traditions. I have also “lost” Christmas decorations, but know that they were definitely in the Christmas boxes only to find them a few years later.
I am certain it is around but we just didn’t get as much out this year.