Open gathering and chat post!

[capri0mni]

(Consider this journal entry properly bedecked).

This "Christmas season" is hard on everyone -- even those who enjoy & celebrate it can find it exhausting. And for those of us who don't -- or can't -- celebrate it (for whatever reason) it can be especially isolating -- particularly for those of us whose primary social connections happen through these here Interwebs.

So:

I'm posting this entry as an open discussion/chat thread, so that we have a place to chat and commune through the comment threads.

Come sip a warm (or cool, depending on your season) spiced beverage of your choosing, and grab a plate full of virtual goodies.

I'll be checking back in frequently over the next 72 hours or so.

Welcome! Welcome!

Edited to add:

I also can't forget (or, rather, I can, but should not) that today is also the first day of Hanukkah. So have a video that ysabetwordsmith posted a couple of years ago:

Watch on YouTube

Because I also know many are over saturated with Christmas songs, by now...

Comments

[capri0mni]

Well, that sounds very much like the original Irish Coffee, as my memory is confirmed by Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_coffee

Have you ever had black cherry juice (unsweetened)? In my opinion, that makes a nice carrier for cocoa powder, if you want a sans milk version, for whatever reason, once you add sugar to taste.

[alatefeline]

Oooooooh. That sounds delicious. I'll have to try that!

(Though unlike a lot of people, I can do dairy. I still need to find delicious non-dairy things to have and to share!)

[capri0mni]

I love dairy.

But sometimes, it can be cloying. And it can also blunt some of the flavor of chocolate/cocoa. So having a non-dairy alternative is also pleasing.

[alatefeline]

Precisely! The more Good Things I know how to make from real ingredients, the more good (as opposed to meh) meals and snacks I can have ... there is no drawback here. :)

[capri0mni]

Precisely!