Christmas Journaling : Hot Drink Traditions
Welcome to another peek inside my Christmas journal. I’m using the “Joy to the World” journal in classic green wreath.
My cousins and I were having a recent discussion on Facebook about a hot drink we all grew up drinking at our grandparents’ house. I’d never really stopped to think of the emotional importance of different warm drinks in our lives. It made me pause and turn back in my journal.
Originally, I started keeping this book on December 1. But who says I can’t just open the rings and tuck in a November 30th memory?
Here’s what I did in the front of my journal last night:
The left page is one of the 4×4 inch scrapbook-style papers that come in this journal; the left is an Italian Christmas paper also enclosed.
Journaling reads: I have no idea where the nearest Starbucks is to our house in the tire, but I know it’s at least an hour away. And call me cheap, I’d rather get Milchkaffee in Berlin. (My Starbucks lingo is worse than my German!) But once a year, I do find a Starbucks. I get a holiday drink.
Materials used: left page: journal, black pen, coffee sleeve, scraps of ribbon, and double-sided tape. right page: journal, black pen, scrap of green paper, gold star, and double-sided tape.
I’m a huge fan of journaling on different types of papers of different sizes. It adds so much dimension. It makes the process a lot of fun!
Tonight, I’m turning to a writing prompt in the book that’s all about cold temperatures and hot drinks. I think I have an old family story to document about drinking Tom and Jerrys at my grandparents’ house!
Have you ever heard of a Tom and Jerry? What’s your favorite hot drink this time of year? Do you have a memory of drinking it when you were younger?
Come peek in more pages of my Christmas journal here.
Since living overseas, I CRAVE gingerbread coffee/latte drinks at Starbucks, since we can’t get them here!!
So what IS a Tom and Jerry drink??
Naomi, I’ll share it in the next peek into my journal FOR SURE!
Ok! Can’t wait to see!
Haha! My Starbucks lingo is also worse than my German! I tried to order a milchkaffee at a Starbucks in Hamburg recently and was met with a blank stare. What the heck??
Yesterday I tried a new hot drink at one of the Berlin Christmas markets. It was called “eierpunsch” and it is definitely NOT one of my favorites. I thought it would be like Egg Nog, but it wasn’t. Although there so many great hot drinks here in Germany at Christmastime, I really miss egg nog. It is nowhere to be found!
Okay, you stumped me Katie….. what is a Tom & Jerry drink? I know the cartoon very well.
Looking forward to your answer….
Thank you for the lovely journals! We are enjoying our Christmas journal quite a bit and look forward to filling many more!
My family’s tradition was always hot Tom and Jerry’s too! I was just thinking that I should make a batch for my book club at my house on Sunday. Yum! I don’t collect or keep much of anything, but I do have an antique Tom and Jerry bowl and mug set tucked away that my mom gave me a while back. I’ll always remember sprinkling the colored sugar on top and helping my mom fill the mugs. And when I graduated college and had my first holiday party, I broke my hand mixer making my first big batch by myself! Thick and delicious!
For all others, it’s a hot eggnog drink with rum or brandy and it’s sweet and delicious with or without the alcohol. So good!
Oh that’s a good way to describe a Tom and Jerry, Lindsey! I think I’d add that it isn’t as sweet as eggnog, too.
You have me excited for drinking them this year!
Katie,
Will you be sharing a recipe for hot Tom & Jerry’s?
YES, Andrea :)
A peppermint mocha really is like Christmas in a cup. Also here in Czech they have this wonderful drink called svarak (sorry for the lack of proper diacritical marks). It’s a hot wine with cinnamon and other spices and is often served with a slice of orange and the option to add sugar or not. Soooo amazingly good and warming. A much better choice than the eierpunsch which I have also made the mistake of buying in a Christmas market. Nothing like eggnog at all!