This year Carol made chocolate crème brûlée for Christmas desert. It was her first attempt with chocolate and it was perfect. I wish Carol would make crème brûlée once a week but then again I wouldn't ever lose any weight.
This year we purchased LED Christmas lights for our real Christmas tree. I don't like the look of the new lights. They are not as warm and inviting as the old incandescent lights.
We have two Christmas trees in our house. The small artificial tree in the living room is decorated with M&M ornaments and nothing else. It's clear we are a consumer driven society inclined to obsess over the strangest items. Even though we said no more M&M's we still received some more M&M items as gifts.