{"id":8681,"date":"2026-01-28T02:42:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=8681"},"modified":"2026-01-28T02:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:42:57","slug":"festive-flavors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=8681","title":{"rendered":"Festive Flavors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The holiday season is known for some pretty distinct tastes and smells. Many people have very divided opinions about which they like \u2013 and dislike \u2013 as well as which of these count as \u201choliday flavors\u201d at all. As the author of the article and thus the ultimate decision maker for what counts to me as \u201choliday\u201d enough, I wanted to take the opportunity to present to you my favorite three holiday flavors!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In third place is gingerbread. I find most gingerbread cookies themselves to be a bit too strongly flavored for me. The smell, however? Absolutely incredible! I love the cinnamon and spices mixing with sweeter notes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second place goes to hot chocolate and marshmallows. This drink is almost exclusively made during the holidays in my house, so it\u2019s pretty special to me in that way. A big mug of hot chocolate after a day playing out in the December snow is hard to beat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But something does beat that for me \u2013 peppermint! Candy canes are everywhere during the holiday season, and I could not be more delighted. I love the burst of fresh mint in my mouth, especially when paired with smooth chocolate. There\u2019s a reason why I like peppermint mochas so much!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever your holiday flavor preferences may be, I hope you all get the chance to indulge in your favorite treats this season!<\/p>\n<p><\/span>Ren Monin<\/p>\n<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holiday season is known for some pretty distinct tastes and smells. Many people have very divided opinions about which they like \u2013 and dislike \u2013 as well as which of these count as \u201choliday flavors\u201d at all. As the author of the article and thus the ultimate decision maker for what counts to me&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/holiday-food.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}