Hot Cocoa Tasting Party -

As a child, I anticipated Christmas with great excitement, and eagerly awoke Christmas morning to have breakfast, banana bread and hot cocoa, with my family.

As a young adult, Christmas meant, a break from school, and a family ski trip. While I was no longer eager to wake up early, I still looked forward to the breakfast of banana bread and hot cocoa.

With many changes taking place this year, Christmas morning will once again look different. Instead I’m excited for a morning where no alarm clock goes off, where I CAN and WILL sleep in. It means a day of doing whatever I want. And while there may be no banana bread ( that one is up to my husband) there will be hot coco ( that is one of the few things that I will take the time to make) .

Hot chocolate meant that it was Christmas

It meant that there was snow on the ground

Hot cocoa meant that it was a snow day or that it was time go skiing

It meant that my brother and I just spent all day sledding, and were now tired and freezing

Hot Chocolate carries with it good memories, and only good memories. It brings comfort, and the scent billowing from the kitchen stove is calming and soothing. It’s perfection.