Ready or not, here comes Christmas

The eggnog pie with the gluten-free "graham cracker"-style crust is made. A wide assortment of cookies, both gluten-free and glutinous, have been acquired. A replacement candle has been purchased for the Secret Santa gift. After much searching, I realized that a Christmas-themed shoe box/photo box that I purchased but never used (or even took out of the cellophane) several years ago would be the perfect size to hold the candles. I wrapped each candle carefully, padded the inside of the box to minimize rattle, then wrapped the box itself. (The box becomes a bonus present.) Then my mom, whose first job was making bows at Woolworth's for a few cents an hour in the late 1940s, carefully tied a ribbon around the box, created a bow, and tricked it out with filigreed bits of curled ribbon. It will probably take a solid five to ten minutes to get through all the layers to the actual presents inside. I hope the recipient likes them!