Chimeric Dream » holidays http://chimericdream.com My multi-faceted reverie Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:14:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Holidays Are (Officially) Here http://chimericdream.com/2009/12/the-holidays-are-officially-here/ http://chimericdream.com/2009/12/the-holidays-are-officially-here/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:11:05 +0000 Bill http://chimericdream.com/?p=234 Everybody has a different definition of when the “holiday season” actually starts: Thanksgiving Day; Black Friday; Halloween (if you ask most major retailers); when they bring home a their freshly cut tree; and so on. I am no different. My sign arrived in the mail today — galettes!

Galettes are a cookie that has been a holiday tradition in my family for as long as I have been alive (and for almost 100 years before that!). These cookies are made by hand, one or two at a time, and sent all over the country to members of our family. For years, my grandmother was the official galette-maker, but a couple years back, my dad took over. I don’t even want to know how many hundreds of these he has to make each year for our growing family (the galette iron he has handles two cookies per batch), but I certainly am glad he does it.

What holiday traditions do you celebrate?

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