Nic<p>I started my tradition of making lemon marmalade on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WinterSolstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WinterSolstice</span></a> years ago and it&#39;s become one of my favorites. It started by accident when I wanted to make a kind of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fruitcake" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fruitcake</span></a> that called for 1/4 cup marmalade. Since I didn&#39;t have any I decided to make some, but I didn&#39;t pay attention to the yield at all. After simmering lemons all day I needed to make a trip to the store to get the five pounds of sugar the recipe called for, and ended up with four quarts of marmalade. 😆 Luckily, friends were happy to share. </p><p>The tradition has become so meaningful for me during <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/yule" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>yule</span></a>. It&#39;s a process of simmering brightness and light right into the air, all day long. The final product is a little bit bitter, a little bit sweet, a golden preservation of light. It goes perfectly on so many holiday sweets (like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stolen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stolen</span></a> in this picture) and is lovely to share with friends.</p><p>And I still make the fruitcake as part of my tradition, too, but that will need to be it&#39;s own toot. 😊</p>