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This Week's Question
What is your favorite holiday
beverage to drink while you're
reading?
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My Answer
This is my favorite time of year!! It's that time when all good, kind, warmhearted, and lovely things are suddenly very much 'in style'. It is indeed "the most wonderful time of the year"!!
Even though we don't have snow down here in South Florida (boo-hoo.....) the Christmas spirit -- as well as that of other holidays -- is felt all over the place!
Reading becomes very special to me during this beautiful holiday period, because I turn to Christmas-themed romances to the exclusion of all other genres. I just can't help it; I NEED to read HEA Christmas stories! Yes, I do need to get my warm fuzzies!
My favorite beverage to drink as I read is, of course, eggnog -- spiked, that is! It's not fun if it's not spiked, is it? Lol. If not eggnog, then I usually drink hot chocolate, with 3 teaspoons of sugar, and generously spiced with cinnamon (which I like to sprinkle on my eggnog, as well). I also love to top off my hot chocolate with whipped cream. Oooooh....WHY do holiday beverages have to be so darn FATTENING?!
When in a more sensible state of mind, I don't drink either of the beverages mentioned above. Besides, Miami isn't exactly "Blizzard Central", lol. So these beverages are not all that appropriate for a hot climate (UGH!) such as ours.
It's funny how I have always wished I could have lived up north, and actually experienced snow...... So the beverages mentioned above are pure wish fulfillment. They're my way of wishing for some cold weather down here! I mean, really, what kind of Christmas can it possibly be if we have 80-degree Fahrenheit temps?! And I do NOT like thinking about Santa on a surfboard. It just doesn't compute.
If the weather is too warm to warrant drinking the beverages mentioned above, then I'll go with some herbal tea, laced with some honey and half-and-half, with cinnamon, too, naturally! And I prefer it hot, of course, although not TOO hot.
I have never been an iced tea fan, so, no matter how hot and muggy it is outside, I will NEVER drink this, at any time of year! In fact, there's something about iced tea that just won't let me focus on a book. Lol. I have no such problem with warm or hot tea.
I might be getting some eggnog (with a bit of rum) for this holiday season. But I'll go easy on it. After all, I dnn't want too many extra calories, nor do I need too much of a buzz. Lol. I DO need to be able to concentrate on the book I'm reading, right? Lol.
Happy Reading to all!!! (And to all a good night!)
Even though we don't have snow down here in South Florida (boo-hoo.....) the Christmas spirit -- as well as that of other holidays -- is felt all over the place!
Reading becomes very special to me during this beautiful holiday period, because I turn to Christmas-themed romances to the exclusion of all other genres. I just can't help it; I NEED to read HEA Christmas stories! Yes, I do need to get my warm fuzzies!
My favorite beverage to drink as I read is, of course, eggnog -- spiked, that is! It's not fun if it's not spiked, is it? Lol. If not eggnog, then I usually drink hot chocolate, with 3 teaspoons of sugar, and generously spiced with cinnamon (which I like to sprinkle on my eggnog, as well). I also love to top off my hot chocolate with whipped cream. Oooooh....WHY do holiday beverages have to be so darn FATTENING?!
When in a more sensible state of mind, I don't drink either of the beverages mentioned above. Besides, Miami isn't exactly "Blizzard Central", lol. So these beverages are not all that appropriate for a hot climate (UGH!) such as ours.
It's funny how I have always wished I could have lived up north, and actually experienced snow...... So the beverages mentioned above are pure wish fulfillment. They're my way of wishing for some cold weather down here! I mean, really, what kind of Christmas can it possibly be if we have 80-degree Fahrenheit temps?! And I do NOT like thinking about Santa on a surfboard. It just doesn't compute.
If the weather is too warm to warrant drinking the beverages mentioned above, then I'll go with some herbal tea, laced with some honey and half-and-half, with cinnamon, too, naturally! And I prefer it hot, of course, although not TOO hot.
I have never been an iced tea fan, so, no matter how hot and muggy it is outside, I will NEVER drink this, at any time of year! In fact, there's something about iced tea that just won't let me focus on a book. Lol. I have no such problem with warm or hot tea.
I might be getting some eggnog (with a bit of rum) for this holiday season. But I'll go easy on it. After all, I dnn't want too many extra calories, nor do I need too much of a buzz. Lol. I DO need to be able to concentrate on the book I'm reading, right? Lol.
Happy Reading to all!!! (And to all a good night!)
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