No, I meant to say cake ... And sorry, I do know you're Jewish. I actually never heard of a Christmas pie or thought of pie that way; I was actually thinking of the nursery rhyme where the kid stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum from the pie! Okay, it's a stretch ...
Simply - like with white twinkle lights everywhere and birch branches with red bows
Play music in a marching band (my kids did this, and I'll never forget my oldest daughter's first time trying it, in about the 5th or 6th grade. She said to me afterward, "Mom, I couldn't get one note out." LOL. The director had never rehearsed them playing and marching at the same time, and managing her breath for both pursuits ... well ...
Would you Rather be a beauty queen on a float in a parade or the star twirler in the same parade?