As always, I really enjoy this time of year because it's the perfect excuse to put up Christmas lights, haha. If it were up to me, I would have them all year long. As for the rest, well, I think that any time of the year is a good time to see friends, family, and to meet new people, but since almost all of us are on vacation during these days, it makes it easier for us. Another thing I love about Christmas is that I have time to cook the traditional dishes and desserts of my country and prepare seasonal drinks, so spiced coffees are on the menu. I pour all kinds of coffee in my Christmas mug, and as soon as I hold it in my hands, many memories come to me. I really appreciate this as my memory is really bad. I am the kind of person who needsa photo album, a scent, a sentence to remember fragments of the past that, although dear to me, go to a deep place in my memory where they could be anchored forever.

This mug came in a can that is an piggy bank. I look forward to using it to save money the old school way. It's been almost ten years since I received it as a Christmas gift from my good friend who brought it to me from Germany--where she moved to over twenty years ago. Even today I still hope to collect that money; sometimes hope doesn't die, haha.

For several years I treasured this mug. I loved the material (ceramic) and texture and how it held the warmth of my black coffee every morning as I took long, leisurely sips from it, but now that I don't have it, I've discovered that what I treasured was the moment: all the greenery around, the silence and some gentle sea breeze blowing into the kitchen at home. How I miss that; if I ever see a mug like this, I think I'd buy it so I can remember it more vividly.

My comadre gave me this mug. I use for my masala chai. I love my comadre so I love everything she gives me. No need to say anything else, right? I remember when she brought this mug I was having my 45 birthday, my last birthday in that old house. I will surely remember this moment.

The coffee they bring me when I'm working is special. I will probably remember this little cup because this is the one they ususally have for me at the office when they buy my coffee at the café we have there.

I even have a magic mug, hehe. I didn't remember I had it or what kind of mug it was. I was picking up the last things needed to move house, so I was choosing which mugs to take and which ones to give away when I saw this black mug; I loved the color and the shine, but I didn't know it changed color as the temperature rose until I used it in my new home. So I think I will remember this mug for quite a while...

My favorite nephew gave me this witch mug last Christmas. I totally relate to the message. I don't believe in witchcraft, but I think where the belief comes from and I'm all for it. We are so many witches in this world and we are so good, hehe. We witches prepare delicious and powerful magic potions, coffee being one of the ones I enjoy the most. Its influence keeps people close and charms them to return. Some don't come back only because they never leave. I told you: powerful magic.

Oh, but we should know that the cup is not what matters. I hate disposable cups and more so lately since I learned how harmful they are to our health when they come in contact with the hot drinks, but oh how I treasure coffee time with my students, disposable cups and all.

I'm always ready to contemplate and appreciate a nice coffee cup and even more the good gesture of someone offering me coffee. "I's a food group" 😁 Love that 👇❤️

Do I have a favorite coffee cup?

I've had it for days--I mean a favorite coffee cup. I can spend many days, months, even years attached to the same mug. Then I leave it for a while and I might go back to it, unless it's broken, as some of us tend to go back to old habits... But always good habits, my dear coffee friends. It cannot be otherwise when it comes to a delicious cup of coffee, for me, the inexorable companion of memory, even one as bad as mine.

All text and images are my own. I have taken the pictures with my Redmi 9T cell phone. And if any GIFs here, I've used GIPHY for all them.

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