From: The New York Times
Can You Find Awe in Christmas Cookies?
December 2, 2024
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I’m not sure it’ll be enough to elicit wonder, but it’s worth trying. According to Michelle Shiota, a psychology professor at Arizona State University who has researched the impact of awe, a psychology professor at Arizona State University who has researched the impact of awe, “You got to push the boundaries.”
Elaborate icings and decorations become daily backdrops around the holidays, so Dr. Shiota suggests leaning into creative approaches, as she and her friends once did when they built a gingerbread Tower of London instead of the usual Cape Cod house.
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