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What smell is the best holiday smell to you? Mine is cinnamon (Original Post) debm55 Dec 4 OP
Latkes! mucifer Dec 4 #1
I made some last night. with sour cream and applesauce as toppings. Thank you mucifer debm55 Dec 4 #3
Wow you did that early mucifer Dec 4 #5
What can I say , I like them debm55 Dec 4 #6
I have no sense of smell. underpants Dec 4 #2
Sorry. underpants. debm55 Dec 4 #4
I'm just kidding underpants Dec 4 #7
I thought it was covid. but I think that is taste. Thank you. debm55 Dec 4 #9
Pine. 🎄🎅🎄 CrispyQ Dec 4 #8
Thank you CrispyQ Yes , pine. But is does give me a cold. debm55 Dec 4 #10
I love those scented pine cones. Hubby hates them. LeftInTX Dec 4 #11
thank you LeftinTX. debm55 Dec 4 #12
A fresh Christmas tree NEOH Dec 4 #13
Thank you very much NEOH. debm55 Dec 4 #14
Evergreen trees and cardamom. Ocelot II Dec 4 #15
Thank you so much , Ocelot II debm55 Dec 4 #16
I Delight in All the Great Examples Here The Roux Comes First Dec 4 #17
Yes you may, Thank you The Roux Comes First. debm55 Dec 4 #18
Balsam...love it. yorkster Dec 4 #19
Thank you yorkster. What a great smell. debm55 Dec 4 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author yorkster Dec 4 #20
Yorkster. I had this problem yesterday of a double post. so far so good with me today. You must really like Balsam. debm55 Dec 4 #22
Oops, a dupe...will remove if I can. yorkster Dec 4 #23
I had a lot of dupes yesterday. No problem , I just figured you really like Balsam. debm55 Dec 4 #24
Yes and of course all the loverly food smells.. yorkster Dec 4 #27
oranges lynintenn Dec 4 #25
Thank you very much lynintenn. The smell is perfect. debm55 Dec 4 #28
Fresh cookies baking. Yum debm55 Dec 4 #26
Cinnamon for a baking aroma, and the smell of yeast... 3catwoman3 Dec 4 #29
Thank you very much 3catwoman3 Yes the cooking smells, wonderful. debm55 Dec 4 #31
Fine Rye whiskey. Groundhawg Dec 4 #30
Thank you Groundhawg. Great smell. debm55 Dec 4 #32
Fine rye whiskey is to die for. Groundhawg Dec 7 #49
Vanilla, cinnamon and fresh baked bread are my favorites TommieMommy Dec 4 #33
Smells wonderful. thank you TommieMommy. enjoy. debm55 Dec 4 #34
I remember when my grandmother was blind and deaf and applegrove Dec 4 #35
Oh how wonderful of you . You have a very kind heart. applegrove. debm55 Dec 4 #36
2-3 TLBS of mulling spice in some water, simmer low. Hotler Dec 4 #37
Thank you Hotler m I an going to try, debm55 Dec 4 #38
Be careful not to let the pan dry out while simmering. Look for the cheap bags of spice. Hotler Dec 4 #39
Thank you very much, Hotler. debm55 Dec 4 #40
turkey cooking.christmas pine trees . AllaN01Bear Dec 4 #41
Thank you Allan01Bear. Love your choice of the two smells. debm55 Dec 4 #42
Ducks roasting justaprogressive Dec 4 #43
Dear justaprogressive. I always wanted to own a sheep farm. We went to look at one. As much as I wanted one, It hit me debm55 Dec 4 #44
Homemade bread mwmisses4289 Dec 6 #45
Wonderful smells , Thank you mwmisses4289 debm55 Dec 6 #46
Big Fan Of Cinnamon, But... ProfessorGAC Dec 6 #47
Thank you Professor GAC debm55 Dec 6 #48

underpants

(187,347 posts)
2. I have no sense of smell.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 01:39 PM
Dec 4

and frankly I’m offended by this. You didn’t consider that at all when just HAD to post your little “oooh look at me. My nose works” now did you???!!!!






underpants

(187,347 posts)
7. I'm just kidding
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 01:43 PM
Dec 4

I don’t have any sense of smell though. Probably due to smoking and breaking my nose 4 or 5 times when I was a kid. I ran into things - first baseman, elementary schools, trees, catching a football with my face, etc.

NEOH

(97 posts)
13. A fresh Christmas tree
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 01:54 PM
Dec 4

I love the smell of a fresh Christmas tree, especially when it is first brought into the house. 🌲

The Roux Comes First

(1,589 posts)
17. I Delight in All the Great Examples Here
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 02:05 PM
Dec 4

And they're on my list, too, but in order to expand the list, may I add Nutmeg.

Response to debm55 (Original post)

debm55

(38,425 posts)
22. Yorkster. I had this problem yesterday of a double post. so far so good with me today. You must really like Balsam.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 02:25 PM
Dec 4

3catwoman3

(25,664 posts)
29. Cinnamon for a baking aroma, and the smell of yeast...
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 02:44 PM
Dec 4

...when mixed with the warm water to get it going.

Fresh evergreen branches, trees, wreaths.

applegrove

(123,610 posts)
35. I remember when my grandmother was blind and deaf and
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 03:12 PM
Dec 4

living 20 years in a nursing home I found a Christmas tree decoration that smelt of Christmas spices and got it for her.

Hotler

(12,388 posts)
39. Be careful not to let the pan dry out while simmering. Look for the cheap bags of spice.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 04:40 PM
Dec 4

debm55

(38,425 posts)
44. Dear justaprogressive. I always wanted to own a sheep farm. We went to look at one. As much as I wanted one, It hit me
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 06:16 PM
Dec 4

that I could sell them to a butcher for meat, I would sell their wool but not them. They were not pets. but sources of food. I gave up on the idea.. I guess we are both alike.

mwmisses4289

(190 posts)
45. Homemade bread
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:45 AM
Dec 6

Cinnamon bread, to be exact. Family tradition, it isn't the holidays without.
Also, rum balls. Sadly, can't do the rum balls anymore.

ProfessorGAC

(70,599 posts)
47. Big Fan Of Cinnamon, But...
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:40 PM
Dec 6

...I use cinnamon in so much of my cooking, I don't think of it as a holiday smell.
But, it is a great aroma!

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