It’s not the snow that does it. It’s not the Christmas lights. It’s not the parades, it’s not the Christmas muzak in the malls. I do love all those signs of the season, but it really doesn’t feel like Christmas until you get that first festive paper cup from Tim Hortons.
As I’ve previously lamented, I lost my taste for coffee when I was about six weeks pregnant. Loved the smell of it, craved the idea of it, but whenever I tried to drink it, it always tasted like the worst cup of six hour old diner coffee you’ve ever forced yourself to drink so you’d at least benefit from the caffeine hit. I haven’t been able to finish a cup in three months.
Rather than give up my morning routine, I swapped my morning beverage of choice. I still queued up at Timmy’s, but ordered a bagel and steeped tea instead of a muffin and coffee. It’s been my breakfast every weekday since Labour Day.
Now that I’m unpregnant again, I’m patiently waiting for my taste for coffee to return. I’ve genuinely missed it. Yesterday afternoon, I found myself craving a midafternoon java jolt, and figured my taste for coffee was finally returning. I ambled over to Timmy’s and even got one of the festive cups.
Despite more years of coffee drinking than I can count, apparently it’s only taken three months to confuse my brain into expecting the distinctly sharper bite of steeped tea instead of the mellow roast of coffee.
It still doesn’t taste right. It’s not awful, but it’s not worth craving. Oh well, at least I can get a tea in a festive cup.
What says “it’s Christmas” to you?
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The lights at night say Christmas for me. I love watching families put up their lights then turn them on for a nice glow along the streets. My living room is situated that I can look right down the street at all the sparkling lights. It is very beautiful and puts me in the mood everytime.
The lights at night say Christmas for me. I love watching families put up their lights then turn them on for a nice glow along the streets. My living room is situated that I can look right down the street at all the sparkling lights. It is very beautiful and puts me in the mood everytime.
For me, it’s seeing that festive red colour show up in the stores, and the Christmas Lights. I like walking around the neighbourhood to look at them, and this year my 5 year old says he likes walking in the dark so I’ll have a buddy to walk with.
I have to make myself wait until Dec 1st to decorate the house, otherwise Dec 25th seems to far away.
I also love Christmas baking – esp Christmas cookies. And my daughter loves Christmas music – she plays it in July to get in the mood!
Can you tell I love Christmas too!
For me, it’s seeing that festive red colour show up in the stores, and the Christmas Lights. I like walking around the neighbourhood to look at them, and this year my 5 year old says he likes walking in the dark so I’ll have a buddy to walk with.
I have to make myself wait until Dec 1st to decorate the house, otherwise Dec 25th seems to far away.
I also love Christmas baking – esp Christmas cookies. And my daughter loves Christmas music – she plays it in July to get in the mood!
Can you tell I love Christmas too!
wow – this is the second post on coffee, and losing the taste for it, that I’ve read in a row… weird.
For me, it’s starbucks – when they bring out the christmas cups and the christmas sleeves and the christmas goodies with which to tempt me, and the eggnog lattes…that’s when I know the season has arrived.
wow – this is the second post on coffee, and losing the taste for it, that I’ve read in a row… weird.
For me, it’s starbucks – when they bring out the christmas cups and the christmas sleeves and the christmas goodies with which to tempt me, and the eggnog lattes…that’s when I know the season has arrived.
Festive Special at Swiss Chalet.
Hands down.
Festive Special at Swiss Chalet.
Hands down.
Christmas lights on the houses in the neighbourhood, seeing eggnog on the grocery store shelf, and boxes of clementines in the produce section. When I was little, my sister and I always had clementines and hazelnuts in our stockings as well as chocolates and little toys. So clementines always mean Christmas to me.
And the Christmas jazz CD that my ex made a few years ago. It’s got lots of Oscar Peterson and Diana Krall on it, and when I want to feel Christmassy, I put it in the CD player.
Christmas lights on the houses in the neighbourhood, seeing eggnog on the grocery store shelf, and boxes of clementines in the produce section. When I was little, my sister and I always had clementines and hazelnuts in our stockings as well as chocolates and little toys. So clementines always mean Christmas to me.
And the Christmas jazz CD that my ex made a few years ago. It’s got lots of Oscar Peterson and Diana Krall on it, and when I want to feel Christmassy, I put it in the CD player.
And pomegranites!
And pomegranites!
I love the lights, but it’s a jewelry store jingle on the radio that says it’s Christmas time. They’ve been playing the same jingle for 50 years. I’ve lived in this state for 25 years and have heard it every year. All the kids know the words – it might as well be one of the Christmas carols!!
I love the lights, but it’s a jewelry store jingle on the radio that says it’s Christmas time. They’ve been playing the same jingle for 50 years. I’ve lived in this state for 25 years and have heard it every year. All the kids know the words – it might as well be one of the Christmas carols!!
SHOPPING!!
SHOPPING!!