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Some Gifts You Unwrap. Some You Remember.
A Christmas note from Laura
Ask someone to tell you about a Christmas gift they received years ago, and something lovely happens. They rarely start with what was inside. They start with who gave it to them. The way the paper was folded, the handwriting on the tag, the look on a face waiting for the lid to lift. The gift itself has often long gone, but the moment has stayed.
I think about this a lot at this time of year, because so much of what I make is meant to be eaten. A box of cookies disappears. A cake is cut, shared and finished. And I have made peace with that, because I have come to believe the cake was never the whole gift.
The Moment Lives On
The edible part of a gift is enjoyed, and then it is gone. What lingers is the unwrapping: the ribbon being untied, the quiet pause before the first look, the "you shouldn't have" that really means "thank you for thinking of me." That moment is tied to a person, and people are what we remember.
Years from now, nobody will recall the exact flavour of the biscuit they were handed. They will remember who handed it to them, and how it felt to be thought of.
The Smell of a Kitchen at Christmas
Then there is the aroma. Butter and vanilla warming in the oven, spice, sugar just starting to turn golden. A kitchen filled with something freshly baked is one of the most powerful memory triggers I know. You can walk into a stranger's house and be a child again in your own family kitchen, all because of a smell.
That is the thing about handmade food at Christmas. It carries a person with it. When a gift has been baked by hand, you are not just receiving something sweet. You are receiving someone's time, their care, and their thought of you, wrapped up and tied with a bow.
Giving Something That Is Remembered
It is easy to feel pressure at Christmas to find the perfect, lasting, impressive gift. But some of the most treasured moments come from simple things given with love: a small box of cookies for a neighbour, a hand-decorated treat for a teacher, a Christmas cake handed across the table to someone who has been there all year.
This year, our Christmas gifts are made with exactly that in mind. Each one is baked by hand and wrapped so that opening it is part of the gift, because the moment of unwrapping is the part that stays with us.
Some gifts you unwrap. Some you remember. The very best are both.
Merry Christmas,
Laura
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