1. a pile of carefully selected presents to hand out.
2. giant wool shawls.
3. cats that play with wrapping paper.
4. sitting around the table after a great dinner, listening to leonard cohen.
5. our first christmas together.

1. exploding down pillows.
2. laughable bad customer service.
3. driving down a very familiar road.
4. licking the bowl.
5. dancing with my mama.

1. annual value village trips.
2. finding a vase my mother made 22 years ago, in a thrift store.
3. getting distracted by lolcats.
4. having a date with a fireplace.
5. recipes that call for condensed milk.

1. freshly baked bread.
2. driving down country roads.
3. siamese cats.
4. sitting in front of the fireplace.
5. the glorious things external hard drives can hold.

1. middle of the night walks in the snow.
2. laying in a warm bed watching british comedies.
3. walking dogs.
4. learning how to make bread.
5. the first day of vacation.