December Is the Craftiest Month

New prompt.

I like to be crafty this time of year. Or I like the idea of being crafty. On December 1^st I have great hopes of making gifts for all. I get out my glue gun and potholder loops. I dislodge the cookie cutters from other unused kitchenware. (Hello, potato masher.) I gather old magazines and wrapping paper, planning to make holiday cards.

Today, December 7^th (first night of Hanukkah), I’ll do some panic buying online.

I married into an incredibly crafty bunch. They participate in juried art shows and receive commissions. I’m playing with pipe cleaners and my husband is carving a sculpture out of a cherry tree he felled. (This is not an exaggeration.) One sister-in-law makes gorgeous art out of felted wool, a painstaking process involving tiny bits of fiber stabbed with needles at breakneck speed. Another makes sweet-smelling soaps from …