Rec
1. Everyone picking one present to open the night of Christmas Eve.
2. Making my grandmaās kringla recipe!
3. Reading my cousinās illustrated book from the 70s, The Tiniest Candle, about a candle that nobody in Bethlehem wanted because it was so little and pathetic and it gets really sad and discouraged but then the night baby Jesus is born they use it for light and warmth in the manger. Lol picturedā¦
4. Watching shitty low budget cartoons like Annabelleās Wish (ummm I canāt turn the words into a link sorry it keeps glitchingā¦ full movie here https://youtu.be/GbHkww5Zf7g?si=bYIDMqqZDr2hJh_n) and Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (trailer https://youtu.be/D4mIpgWrRXE?si=7lDrpQ8RzzI6muaH )ā¦ and also real Christmas movies
5. My freshman year of high school, the semester final project for my pre-AP biology class was to make a double helix model and I decided to be quirky and use colorful fluffy pompoms for the base pairs and put zebra print felt on the base of the model. After it was graded I took it home; my dad was decorating for Christmas and he saw the model and decided to be quirky too. He put it in the center of the dining room table and put Christmas lights and ornaments on it and tenderly clasped his hands together and said in a Martha Stewart voice, āItās a Christmas miracle.ā So every year we would do it again and call it the Christmas miracle. I wish I had pictures in my possession but I donāt!!
6. Oh and for a Christmas tree topper every year my parents used a star I made out of popsicle sticks and glitter in kindergarten š
Dec 11, 2024
Related Recs
Rec
šRecently hosted a yuletide party and other than accidentally inviting too many people, it was a hit. The cherry on top? An insane amount of popcorn, dried oranges and ribbons strung up all around the apartment. People notice stuff that clearly required extra thought and attention. Plus it's kinda fun making a massive pot of popcorn, putting on a movie and stringing it all up.
Dec 12, 2023
Rec
šWhen I was a kid, we'd always open family gifts on Christmas Eve. We've adapted that tradition now that we are all adults into Secret Santa. I have 5 siblings, three of us are married, and my mom joins. None of us have the cash money to be buying everyone gifts, so for the past decade we've just done SS. Since we're never all together on the holiday anymore, we do a group facetime to open the gifts. I love gift giving and the challenge of finding the perfect gift for someone. The surprise element makes it even more special! I used to do "clues" before the actual reveal, but I was the only one doing it and it was always a give away it was me. It was fun though, maybe I'll start that back up...
Dec 11, 2024
Rec
šIt makes me feel so festive when people have their Christmas lights and stuff up and I wish we did that kind of thing for all holidays, like went more all out for them yk? I think we need to invent more holidays in general, or make existing holidays more widespread, but thatās a different thing. Iāve noticed less and less people decorating the outsides of their houses each year, and I miss seeing even like paper garlands in windows or childrenās drawings of Santa or whatever. Idk. Like I can see your lovely tree through your window, why not use those cool chalk pens to draw smthn on the window for me? xxx
Top Recs from @taterhole
Rec
It lends a reflective and wistful tone to written communications imoā¦
Jul 10, 2025
Rec
My dad teases me about how when I was a little kid, my favorite thing to do when I was on the landline phone with somebodyābe it a relative or one of my best friendsāwas to breathlessly describe the things that were in my bedroom so that they could have a mental picture of everything I loved and chose to surround myself with, and where I sat at that moment in time. Perfectly Imperfect reminds me of that so thanks for always listening and for sharing with me too š
Feb 23, 2025
May 28, 2025