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Sabrina Heise

Editorial Assistant

True confessions: * Not as politically aware as I should be. * I bite my nails. * I didn't love the Sex and the City movie. * I am actually, really addicted to sugar and should probably be in a 12-step program. * By addicted, I mean, I lash out at people and get grumpy when I haven't had my sug...

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My Ode to the Gift Basket

The holiday season brings many things: debt, traffic, crowded malls, present-wrapping carpal tunnel, the strengthening of multi-tasking abilities...and with these comes the breathtaking, the awe-inspiring GIFT BASKET. skirt!, with its holiday goodies that arrive daily, has been simply inundated with gift baskets (no worries...this is nothing that 12 ladies with a healthy appreciation for goodies can’t take care of--in fact, the only person who’s probably burning calories is the mailman who has to carry these baskets up the 3 flights of stairs to get to us).

Oh Gift Basket, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways...

1. Chocolate-dipped pretzels, chocolate-dipped nuts, chocolate-dipped toffee, chocolate-dipped chocolate (see the theme?)
2. I’ve been able to go entire days eating only things from the gift baskets--don’t worry, I’ve been thinking of nutrition: MILK chocolate for dairy (calcium) and all those candied almonds make the perfect way to get my protein! 
3. The crinkle of cellophane and the popping open of cookie tins are like a sweet symphony of Christmas.
4. Ribbons and tinsel and foil, oh my!
5. Cheese straws. Golden, crisp, melt-in-your-mouth perfect.

Happy Holidays! (and, Gift Basket, I love you.)