Christmas With Gingerbread, a Rock Star Santa and Zero Chill
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Christmas Shop is the Fun & Sassy Gifts collection for the season she has been quietly planning since August. Every design here is a Whatever holiday joke with a picture to match, and together they cover the whole month: the baking, the decorating, the parties and the part where everybody finally sits down.
The baking marathon
December starts in the kitchen. Whatever Ginger's Your Bread lines up three gingerbread friends in icing buttons and candy trim, looking extremely pleased that nobody has taken a bite yet. Whatever Frosts Your Cookies fills a platter with decorated cookies and candied fruit, and Whatever Warm's Your Cocoa serves hot chocolate crowned with whipped cream and a cinnamon stick. Whatever Yule's Your Log settles a snowy log among the pinecones for the woman who attempts the fancy dessert every single year.
The decorating frenzy
Then the boxes come down from the attic. Whatever Lights Your Tree dresses an evergreen in every ornament color at once, Whatever Brightens Your Star shines in ornate gold, and Whatever Jingles Your Bells ties shiny bells under a big red bow. A reindeer perches on a snowy rooftop in Whatever Hooves Your Roof, while another reindeer leans on his snow shovel in Whatever Shovels Your Snow, looking like he would rather be anywhere else. Whatever Lights Your Rudolph brings the famous red nose, big antlers and a very goofy grin.
The party circuit
By mid-month the calendar is full, and so is this collection's guest list. Whatever Rocks Your Santa gives the big guy an electric guitar and a stage. Whatever Jolly's Your Follies features a Santa who has spent the off-season lifting weights. Mrs. Claus arrives in red velvet or little black party dresses, wine glass up, for Whatever Fa La La's Your La. Whatever Roast's Your Marshmallows puts a snowman dangerously close to a campfire, Whatever Shiver's Your Timbers bundles another snowman in a plaid scarf, and Santa trades his reindeer for a red dragon in Whatever Sleighs Your Day. Whatever Up Up and Aways Your Sleigh closes the night with his silhouette crossing a big blue moon.
For the woman who makes Christmas happen
Let us be honest. Christmas does not just appear. Somebody buys the tape, hides the gifts, remembers the teacher, and bakes at midnight. She does it with a playlist on and a joke ready. Picture her unwrapping one of these on Christmas morning, finally sitting still for five minutes, laughing at a snowman who is about to melt himself for a marshmallow. She earned the laugh. She earned the whole tin of gingerbread, too.
Written by Lily. Thanks for reading.