Story 16/24: Mine and my husband’s favorite tradition is making neighbor gifts together. We love baking our neighbors something from scratch to wish them a Merry Christmas.

We turn on YouTube and watch music videos of some of our favorite Christmas singers.

Mariah Carey joins us while we make bread and homemade jam. Wham! is right there, sitting on the kitchen counter, while we whip up chocolate fudge and wrap caramels.

Today, we are celebrating our twenty-third wedding anniversary. Next week we’ll make neighborhood sweets together. I wouldn’t have either of these traditions any other way!