I love the sound of your soap tradition. My husband isn’t in to Christmas but this year I’ve decided to make our home look really festive and start some new traditions for me/us
Fiona

: I am *loving* these posts from you,
: Allison!!

: We have four young cats, and don't
: dare do an Xmas tree or much in
: the way of indoor decorations
: right now, so I've been feeling
: very deprived in the
: Christmas-izing the house area.

: But Christmas soap, I never thought
: of that! And the cats will
: definitely not come into the
: shower with me to mess with it. :)

: I *love* looking at /feeling yarn,
: too, but I never learned to knit.
: Maybe I can take that on over the
: Xmas break this year. I've been
: wanting to have something to do
: with my hands while I sit on long
: conference calls, and I think
: knitting something lovely and soft
: would also be soothing, which
: might be a very good thing!)

: Thanks for all these ideas!!
: Pam