Two days ago, I was lamenting the lack of Christmas goodies in the house. Now they have multiplied faster than Omicron. Suddenly we've got two varieties of sugar cookies, chocolate-covered peanut butter balls, peanut clusters, summer sausage, the 2lb fancy mixed from Nifty Nut House in Wichita, tin of caramels. It is going to be a few days of serious trash-canning.