Dear Stoner: I'm trying to do a cannabis version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" with my girlfriend this year. Any ideas or suggestions outside of a pre-roll or vape cartridge? I'm willing to do some work. Not a lot, but some.
Yoanna
Dear Yoanna: If only advent calendars were more popular in dispensaries. Cannabis serving and sales limits make this a pain in the ass for businesses, though, so weed advent calendars are pretty hard to find in America and nonexistent in Colorado dispensaries, which are banned from selling more than an ounce of flower or eight grams of hash to the same customer in a single day. Since you've already shown initiative to make your own, though, let's get started.
Seasonally inspired edibles, a half-gram rosin vape cartridge and a pre-roll infused with rosin or bubble hash are all safe bets at the dispensary for each day of stoner gift-giving. Homemade edibles, like Christmas cookies or hot chocolate, usually impress the ladies, as do THC and CBD self-care products like topicals and bath bombs, which can be bought at dispensaries or made at home.
I once crafted a gingerbread house made with THC-infused vegetable shortening and then decorated the house and landscaping with dispensary edibles. That's something fun you could do together — or just make Christmas cookies with cannabutter if ginger bread is too complicated. Whatever you do, make sure to secure the ingredients and recipes first, to really impress.
Leading up to December 25, find out her favorite terpene profiles and then buy a gram or two of prime rosin. On the big day, go all out with an electric dab rig from Dr. Dabber or Puffco to dab that rosin with (and put a ten-gram novelty joint from Green Sativa dispensary in the stocking, just cause).
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