I hate Christmas, I really do. I don't talk to most of my MAGA family and I worked front-end in a post office. So in general it's just all shite to me.

However, in the past couple months I reached out to my aunt who isn't a diehard MAGA for help to get out of a really shitty situation. And surprisingly, she's helped me a tonne.

Now I'm in contact with her at least every couple days and we go out for breakfast and stuff.

Now, usually I spend Xmas alone or with my partner. Don't have a partner right now, and I find myself invited to my aunt's for Xmas.

And I kind of feel the need to go. (I originally was going to cancel saying I'm feeling sick but have decided not to do that.)

I'd like to get them some cheap gifts despite having not a lot of money. I don't just want to show up empty handed even if that'd be okay. I can spare a bit.

So, any ideas?


PS:

I have one idea for her, which will probably be a plant since I know she likes plants and gardening. But for the uncle and cousin+ his partner I kind of have no clue.

Under different circumstances I might do some art but I moved with very little and don't have any art supplies which would be more expensive then the gifts at this point. So any art suggestions while appreciated are kind of out for now.

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[–] 3 points 10 months ago*

Yesterday I made orange marmalade without following any specific recipe, I just went by instinct from my experience with other types of jams.

Ingredients:
2Kg of oranges
2Kg of sugar

This yielded 6 jars of 450ml

I used juice oranges because they're the cheapest available right now.

Juice the oranges and keep all the pulp and the peels. Cut the peels into thin, inch long strips.

Put the orange juice, the pulp, the peels and the sugar on top into a cooking pot. Turn on the heat and stir until it starts to boil. At first it will be rather solid but soon enough it will turn liquid. Once it starts to boil, lower the heat so it boils slowly and at this point you just have to keep stirring to keep it from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Keep at it for 45 minutes or 1 hour.

Then prepare the jars. I usually boil them for a few minutes, fill them immediately and put the lid tightly on. Then I boil the closed jars in a big pot for about 30-45 more minutes.

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