Merry Merry: Christmas Favorites

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Merry Christmas Eve, y'all! I hope everyone is gearing up for a relaxing, fun, delicious holiday. It's pouring rain and nearing 70 degrees here in Virginia, but I'm pretending that it's snowing.

I'm excited to not be spending hours in the car this year (last year we logged close to 30!). Todd and I had our own little celebration in Richmond last night, sharing oysters, champagne, and crab legs at Pearl Raw Bar before exchanging gifts. I'm thinking that might need to be a new Christmas Eve Eve tradition.

Here are a few Christmasy things I'm liking this year:

• I love a good Bûche de Noël.
• An introvert's guide to surviving holiday madness.
• Related: This recipe for bourbon milk punch (just as tasty with spiced rum).
• I love the idea of gifting British-style Christmas hampers.
• An underrated Christmas movie. 
• Listen to David Sedaris read his classic story "The Santaland Diaries."
• Crazy gift-wrapping hack.
• This Christmas Story-inspired dinner party.
• Cute free printable gift tags.