The Neumann family tradition on Saint Nicholas Day was a weekend long get-together. It was an annual reunion everyone looked forward to, but more to the point, it was a generations-old, clever solution as how to get everyone together without the obligation of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and a typical summer gathering.
For Clarisse, however, the week before held the prosaic and boresome job of baking ten dozen Lebkuchen and of painstaking application of tiny icing swirls to each cookie. To say the least, it was a laborious task resulting in hand cramps, an aching back and regular doses of Tylenol.
Thought I’d jump into the two-prompts game with this one. First is this week’s UnOLWG prompts: prosaic; laborious; boresome. The second prompt comes from this week’s Carrot Ranch flash fiction challenge: In exactly 99 words, write about family holiday tradition.
I love pfeffernüsse: a lebkuchen variant in that it is rolled into a ball and glazed with powdered sugar post baking. I could eat ten dozen all by myself and then go looking for more! Your post makes me hungry.
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Luckily, it’s dinner hour
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And … close to the holidays
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That reminds me of when I make Cannoli from scratch. It is a laborious event indeed. A fun read.
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I like the idea of making holiday cookies, then I make a batch and one dose of Advil, and I’m done! I like the idea of finding a neutral weekend to gather as a family.
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Thanks for reading! 99 words is a little bit of a sentence-structure challenge, for sure!
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I loved this! My grandparents and I celebrated St. Nicholas when I was a child. I remember all the baking too. Smelled heavenly. Thanks for sharing some lovely memories. ❤
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Thanks for reading!
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That does sound like a good tradition, and let the smaller family groups do their own thing for the other holidays. But of course there has to be a labor intensive pain inducing special food made to make it a true holiday.
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Thanks for reading!
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