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Category Archives: christmas

Perfectly irregular little Christmas trees.

Most people know I’m a New Yorker. I’m a New Yorker through & through- I like my clothes black & my coffee expensive, I walk fast & hate eye contact with anyone unless I know them. What most people don’t know is the history of one of New York’s most beloved traditions: the Rockefeller Center [...]


December 09, 2011

Family Circle.

Seemingly, my grandmother saved everything. We always knew she was a bit of a pack rat. Remember when I found the untouched, still-in-plastic Sunbeam mixer? I’ve also got some of her vintage jadeite in perfect condition. So we knew she liked to keep things, and she definitely was the queen of saving things, and some [...]


December 03, 2011

It’s a marshmallow world.

In case you hadn’t noticed, I take holiday’s seriously around here. Both on my blog & in real life. I come from a long line of holiday enthusiasts; my great-grandfather had custom made lights for his trees & built a village for underneath it himself, long before Dickens’ Village® was a household term. He was [...]


December 01, 2011

A Christmas HCCM – hot cocoa cupcake moment.

About a month ago, me and my brain-twin Sami went to go see Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, Part 1. Before she arrived in Manhattan, I went to Starbucks and grabbed a peppermint hot chocolate to drink while I wait, since it was so cold. When she got there, she asked me what I [...]


December 24, 2010

Now bring us some figgy pudding, & bring some out here!

So, if you’re like me, that line from ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas‘ always made you giggle as a kid. I mean, I’m sure most of us, especially us Yankees here in America, have asked ourselves at one point or another: “What the hell is a figgy pudding, exactly?” Figgy pudding is a pudding [...]


December 17, 2010