Fam’s Xmas Involves Doing Not Buy

There’s no waking in the wee hours for Black Friday shopping at the Craig household. The Liberty Lake family’s day-after-Thanksgiving tradition involves doing – not buying – for others. And, at the center of the favorite family activity are tiny, pistachio-colored ingredients: Guittard Green Mint Chips. They’re the key to the Craigs’ annual holiday mint chip pancake mix as well as mom Julie Craig’s signature birthday brownies. She buys them by the case. The day-after Thanksgiving, the Craigs come together assembly line-style to make up some 250 batches of minty pancake mix, which they deliver to friends and family members. The ritual has helped get them into the spirit of the holidays for more than 10 years now/ Adriana Janovich , SR. More here .