It smells like Christmas when…
My first answer is that the smell of Christmas to me is Cinnamon Apple. But frankly, that’s the scent I like in my home all year long.
Smell is a funny one of our senses. I think it’s crazy how a smell can immediately take you back to a location. I can pull something out of a tub in my garage and it smells like one of my previous houses. That usually happens when I get out my Christmas decor. It smells like the older home I lived in, in Arkadelphia.
My mom’s house has a scent that just smells like home to me. It’s the lingering scent of the oven being on mixed in with a few essential oils. I wish I could find a way to capture the scent, I’d call it, “mamas house.”
There is a scent called Pineapple Orchid that I had in a wall plug-in when I was going through chemo. To this day I can smell anything floral, fruity and super sweet and I’m back climbing the stairs in my apartment that summer. And if it is around someone I know and trust, I ask them to put it away.
But Christmas is upon us and the smells we have going involve – Mulled Cider, Tis the Season (this one I burn all year), Leaves, Hot Apple Toddy, and Sweater Weather. And in the diffuser, we have thieves and orange. Keeping our spirits high and immunity strong!!
What about you, what is the smell of Christmas?
- December 1 – What is Advent
- December 2 – Nativity
- December 3 – Lights
- December 4 – Fruitcake
- December 5 – Ornaments
- December 6 – Cards
- December 7 – Smell
- December 8 – Office Party
- December 9 – Gift Exchange
- December 10 – Family Pictures
- December 11 – Stocking Stuffers
- December 12 – Party Food
- December 13 – Favorite Tradition
- December 14 – It’s Christmas when…
- December 15 – Christmas Wear
- December 16 – Christmas Cookie
- December 17 – Christmas Carol/Music
- December 18 – Christmas Charity
- December 19 – Community Traditions
- December 20 – Bah-Humbug
- December 21 – Grown-up Christmas List
- December 22 – Elf on the Shelf
- December 23 – Nostalgia
- December 24 – Christmas Eve
- December 25 – Christmas Day – How will you spend the big day – where will you be? Who will you be with? What’s on your mind?
- December 26 – Dreams for the Year Ahead
