Two days ago we hauled the fake tree out of the basement. The first thing that I noticed when I walked into the living room after the tree had been set up, was that it does indeed have a smell. It filled the room with it's own aroma - it smells like fresh plastic. You know, the way a new toy smells, just out of the box. And so my natural irony concluded that perhaps it is appropriate that a heavily commercialized holiday should smell like plastic! Imagine it now - Plastic scented holiday candles, plastic scented potpourri. They wouldn't call it "plastic," but instead, "the true scent of Christmas." Out with pine and cinnamon - let them go the way of wassail and sleigh rides, nostalgia for times past that mostly just live in songs. There is a new tradition in the making! What do you think? What other scents could be added to my new line of "True Scent" holiday candles?
Too much candy barf candle! Yeah sorry I went there ;) Seriously though when I was a kid all the Christmas decorations were stored in the rafters of our garage, so as the boxes came into the warm house from the cold garage it filled with a musty cold smell that I always associate with the beginning of the holiday season.
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