Snickerdoodle

For the last time this season we all baked the regular chewy snickerdoodle cookies as we usually do and made the perfect vanilla chai tea. The tea was topped with whipped cream and a cinnamon stick to add a typical flare. Putting my mouth to the rim of the mug my nose was filled with the smell of the spices; cinnamon, cardamom, ginger and cloves. We sat around our television set and watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas one last time. Taking in the taste of the snickerdoodles and tea, the smell of the spices in the air and the warmth of the red blazing fire, I realized that I would have to wait a whole other year for this to happen again. But as I watched the television and slowly dozed off I realized it would all be worth the…

Sherlock went to the window and pulled up the blinds to let light into the pitch blackness. “Well, you have been standing at the door I have found what I think might be the locket.” Sherlock said to Watson with a smirk. “Then why haven't you gotten it yet?” said Watson looking around cautiously. Sherlock moved over to the cupboard and pulled the handle. Nothing happened. He pulled it again and then it opened. There lay a gold locket decorated with a very large ruby set into the window. “Well,…