Christmas oranges were a big deal for my family growing up. Everyone always got an orange in the toe of their stocking. And then somehow tower the years they became chocolate oranges. To this day, the taste of orange chocolate is the taste of Christmas for me. Christmas is not complete without a chocolate orange in my stocking.
This year I saw an opportunity to create a new tradition for our family. It started with the revelation that oranges are actually harvested in December. Really. I had no idea anything was harvested in December.
Anyway, the orange tree in our backyard grew a few oranges this year. Some were picked early by over-eager little children, but on Christmas morning there were three ripe oranges just waiting to be picked.
So right before Christmas Breakfast, we all went outside and made a big deal of picking the Christmas oranges off the tree. One for each of us. We brought them back inside and ate them with Christmas breakfast. It was perfect. I hope we can do it every year.
And Drek still put a chocolate orange in my stocking.
Merry Christmas, one and all!
Good for drek. He just won big bonus points with that one.
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ReplyDeleteYou two have a "fruitful" relationship! :)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, Lynn, it was like you were leading up to that joke from the beginning. Well played.
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