While I was growing up, my mother made cinnamon rolls at Christmas time. Marking days off the calendar is all well and good, but the smell of cinnamon rolls baking was how we knew Christmas season was getting serious and the big day was nearly at hand. [Recipe updated Jan. 7, 2018]
rolls from a long roll of
dough. (Photos by Eric
Crump/H-F Chronicle)
Christmas smells like cinnamon.


