Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Christmas cookie making in a time of COVID-19

Suburbs are not cold, impersonal places. Suburbs are filled with people. This should not come as a surprise. And people are gregarious. They like to get together. And they do.

Each fall some of the ladies on my court get together to do some Christmas baking. It was tough this year. COVID-19 made the ladies think twice. But their group is small, only three ladies, and all agreed to wear face masks. The province advises no more than four at such a gathering.

Despite the cold fall weather, windows were left open around the home and cool air moved constantly through the stove-hot kitchen. Much of the time, the ladies practised social distancing. And masks were worn constantly.

1 comment:

William Kendall said...

Back in the day, my mother would have backed a hundred dozen cookies before Christmas.