Today's OneWord: Gingerbread

Let's make a blanket fort in the living room. Let's set up thirteen Christmas trees, string up so many lights that we'll glow like a multicolored sunrise. Let's build a gingerbread house, laughing at the fact that we certainly couldn't be architects in the real world, but hey - gumdrop roofs are a great aesthetic in Winter Wonderland Real Estate. Then let's make tea and cocoa and watch the classic films again and again.

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