I made spiced chocolate biscotti, which came out better than I expected. Quite pleased with them.
They weren't difficult enough for me to mind making them for special occasions, but annoying enough that I wouldn't make them just because I was craving them. Which is pretty much perfect.
My family does a brunch. For the past 3-5 years we developed the new tradition of just ordering Chinese for dinner, because cooking is too much effort when everyone is in a brunch coma...