[nutmeg]

I'm in Ireland, and when I was a child and my late departed mam would see X-mas she would do her nut!

She said to me as a child..'X-mas...X is the sign of the divil. Never, ever send me a card with X-mas on it!'

Hmmm... I'm part of an Irish Catholic American family... my mother always said the same thing about "X-mas": It's the sign of the divil! ;-)

Like you - to this day - I don't even use the word X-mas for an informal abbreviation, ie. when writing up a list of Christmas gifts, etc... I've been programmed not to use that word, LOL.

[Happygal]

Nutmeg!!!

Everytime I see your username I think of Christmas.

Only my Mam (God rest her soul) ever used the spice was at Christmas...and then she'd use LOTS and LOTS of nutmeg! :-)

Warms me heart just thinking about it.