On 12/23/2010 4:05 PM, Dimitri wrote:
> For about 15 years now I have been making the German sweet & sour red
> cabbage for the holidays. This was a hold over from the "Boss' "
> grandmother who passed on at the ripe old age of 105.
>
> I started a batch this morning as one of the sides I'm taking to the
> get together on Xmas day.
>
> As I opened the lid to allow for some evaporation the comment came in
> " It smell like Christmas".
>
> So I was thinking - (bad idea sometimes) What smell signifies the
> holidays to you & yours?
>
> Dimitri

The smell of ham, mother's fruitcake cookies, cranberries, tamales.

Becca