sf wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 15:44:18 -0700, el dia del Cristo >
> wrote:
>
>> AHHHH...that sounds like perfection defined!
>
> It was. We always have a fire in the fireplace for Christmas, so it
> was a cozy scene worthy of Norman Rockwell.
>>
>> A chill day this is and the crackle of wood and smell of the smoke is
>> like a spell that wafts in the back door and mixes with the mulled cider
>> and remaining bizcochitos.
>>
>> I managed not to chomp on a clove this year and that makes it all good.
>
> I made mulled cider too. I bought a giant sized "tea ball" this year
> and all my spices except the cinnamon stick went in that. I suppose I
> could have broken it up, but I didn't think it would be hard to avoid.
>
>
> DIL made rugulah and oh, my - they went well with the cider. Santa
> got the last two.
>

Heh, sounds homey for sure.

Those canela sticks we get here are fun to suck on a bit too when the
cider's gone.