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The sense of smell stirs the greatest memory. What is your favorite Christmas smell.? Mine is cinnamon. [View all]

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The sense of smell stirs the greatest memory. What is your favorite Christmas smell.? Mine is cinnamon. [View all] debm55 Thursday OP

The smell of the tree Mad_Dem_X Thursday #1

Thank you Mad_Dem_X. Was there a special Christmas tree smell you liked? debm55 Thursday #2

Just the smell of the pine. :) Mad_Dem_X Yesterday #27

Stuffing, turkey & tree SheltieLover Thursday #3

Thank you very much SheltieLover for sharing the smells that bring back your memories. debm55 Thursday #12

Evergreens. Ocelot II Thursday #4

Thank you very much, Ocelot II for sharing with us. Love those smells debm55 Thursday #11

Grandpa Whyisthisstillclose Thursday #5

Thank you for sharing with us, Whyisthisstillclose. debm55 Thursday #10

Mine is Ginger, justaprogressive Thursday #6

Thank you very much, justaprogressive. I want to cry. That is so nice for posting the recipes for us. You are wonderful. debm55 Thursday #9

Just some work I'd already done... justaprogressive Thursday #13

Sugar cookies MustLoveBeagles Thursday #7

Thank you very much. MustLoveBeagles. debm55 Thursday #8

I See, well then justaprogressive Thursday #14

Wow 😲 MustLoveBeagles Thursday #19

the smell of the tree. the turkey quietly cooking for hours . and the dressing. psst close the door AllaN01Bear Thursday #15

Thank you very much, Bear. HAHHAHAHHha debm55 Thursday #20

Pine tree smell, I have Christmas candles Tree Lady Thursday #16

Oh that smell is wonderful. thank you very much Tree Lady. debm55 Thursday #21

The tree smell.... electric_blue68 Thursday #17

Thank you very much, electric_blue68 Love your choices, Now sing that carol debm55 Thursday #22

🎵🎶 "Deck the Halls with.." electric_blue68 Yesterday #24

HAHAHAHAHHAHha, debm55 Yesterday #38

Love The Smell & Taste Of Cinnamon, Too ProfessorGAC Thursday #18

Thank you ProfessorGAC, Did you try to get a patent for it. It sounds delightful debm55 Thursday #23

While I Was Still There... ProfessorGAC Yesterday #25

Thank you very much for answering my question. debm55 Yesterday #37

Cooked goose. OLDMDDEM Yesterday #26

OLDMDDEM , thank you very much for your post. I love the smell of cooked goose and the raspberry sauce on top. debm55 Yesterday #39

Gingerbread cookies C_U_L8R Yesterday #28

Thank you very much C_U_L8R.for sharing with us. I can right now while reading your post smell the gingerbread cookies. debm55 23 hrs ago #40

Anise Bmoboy Yesterday #29

Thank you very much, Bmoboy, I love Anise pizzelies debm55 23 hrs ago #41

mmmm... Pizzelles C_U_L8R 23 hrs ago #42

My Grandma made Springerle Anise cookies Bmoboy 23 hrs ago #46

In the fifties when my mother, grandmother and Mrs Wagner would take over the kitchen and make several hundred ... marble falls Yesterday #30

Oh wow, marble falls. What a wonderful array of food smells. Did they make the pirogis for a church group? I like the debm55 23 hrs ago #44

Nope. We were a big familie in a family of big families. We ate pirigi's often. ... marble falls 19 hrs ago #47

Wow, thank you marble falls. Is it still there? Your foods sound like mine. But were is the Haluska? debm55 18 hrs ago #48

Absolutely. But it's filled now with ironic hipsters and gentrifiers. They drove out my favorite restaurant, the ... marble falls 18 hrs ago #49

Thank you very much for posting that. marble falls. debm55 18 hrs ago #50

Gingerbread and sugar cookies. The warm pine smell from candles. Polly Hennessey Yesterday #31

Thank you so much , Polly Hennessey. The smells you selected say Christmas. debm55 Yesterday #36

Pine from the tree that my dad chopped down and mom's brown sugar Christmas cookies baking. catbyte Yesterday #32

Thank you very much for sharing with us. catbyte. Pine and fresh cookies baking are the ultimate smells of debm55 Yesterday #35

Pine from the Christmas tree. Itchinjim Yesterday #33

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Itchinjim. That is a very unique smell. I wish I could enjoy it, but it gives debm55 Yesterday #34

Pine sap and the smell of baking gingerbread. Aristus 23 hrs ago #43

Thank you Aristus. for your selections. I can't do the pine anymore as it gives me migraines but I can do the freshly debm55 23 hrs ago #45

Wassail in a Crockpot. Sneederbunk 17 hrs ago #51

Thank you Sneederbunk.Yummy debm55 17 hrs ago #52

I got a cinnamon smelling decoration for my grandmother applegrove 16 hrs ago #53

Thank you applegrove. That was very kind of you. debm55 14 hrs ago #54