IT'S BEGINNING TO SMELL A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS

Twenty One years ago, when I first came to live in America, to Connecticut in fact, I was assailed by many new sights, sounds, experiences and yes, smells.  In the approach to my first Christmas in the USA, I wandered around the malls and grocery stores and my nostrils would fill with an aroma unlike anything I had ever experienced before.  It practically made me want to gag, and upon investigation, I discovered the cinnamon scented pinecones that seemed to be so beloved, and seemingly a necessary part of the Christmas decor.  It seems American's like Cinnamon a lot, they put it in their apple pies (my Mum could not believe this), and they love it in their Starbucks coffee drinks. Well, to me, at least back then, it was horrible, horrible, horrible!!  But flash forward to today, now in Virginia, time has mellowed me, I have learnt to go with the American flow and somewhere along the way, I have come to quite like the pong.  Today, I got my first whiff in the grocery store of the Cinnamon scented pinecones and I smiled.  Christmas is coming.  Still not bringing any home though.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE

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