As you may know the season of Christmas lasts for 12 days. It goes from 25 December to the 5 January. I personally leave my Christmas tree up until the 5th January. No doubt we have the song The Twelve Days of Christmas because of the season being 12 days long. When we were in… Continue reading Celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas
Advent starts this Sunday 1 December and goes through until Christmas Eve. In this post I'm going to share advent ideas for families, that I've bookmarked and collated from around the web. Last year I shared Advent ideas for households and included a video that explains Advent. What is Advent? Advent is a time of… Continue reading Advent Ideas for Families
Epiphany means "shining forth". The season of Epiphany goes from January 6 to Lent. Epiphany is one of the oldest Christian holidays, celebrated since the second century in the Eastern Church. Epiphany was a double celebration of the birth & the baptism of Jesus. The Western Church adapted the focus to the visit of the… Continue reading Ideas for Celebrating Epiphany
We're going to my brothers house on Christmas Day. There will only be 12 of us for lunch. We've divided up what everyone is bringing. We're having prawns, cold meat and salad along with lots of other goodies. Since we're away at the beach until Sunday most of my baking is going to happen on… Continue reading Christmas Baking
The season of Christmas is actually from 25 Dec to 5 January. Though many Christmas activities can happen in the lead up to Christmas. I've shared some advent ideas, so I thought I'd also share some ideas for Christmas activities: Angel & Shepherd Nativity Playdough Mat - download, laminate & use Angel Craft - make… Continue reading Christmas Activity & Reflection Ideas
Advent starts on Dec 2nd this year. Here are some ideas that you can use with the people in your household.
What do you do with your Christmas Cards at the end of the season? Today I've pulled down my Christmas Cards. The last couple of years I've made a string tree by taping the Christmas string to our glass bricks, with mini pegs to peg the cards on with. I've added a star decoration at… Continue reading Christmas Card Prayers
What biscuits or baking do you associate with Christmas? For me, growing up we always had shortbread, lemon crunch slice, melting moments & chocolate afghans. All of these recipes were in my mothers recipe ring binder. I think most of them came from my Grandma & I have photocopies of the recipes from my Mum. … Continue reading Baking Up a Storm
The potato salad that I make is always popular but so easy to make. It is a recipe that my mother taught me & in fact she'll be making the potato salad for Christmas Day. You can also make this recipe with sweet potato as well. On Christmas day I'll be making a different sweet… Continue reading Potato Salad
This gluten and dairy free shortbread recipe, is another of my go to recipes that people who aren't gluten & dairy free also enjoy eating. My husband likes these biscuits iced but shortbread is of course usually eaten without icing. At Christmas time I usually make Christmas tree or star shaped biscuits with this recipe. … Continue reading Gluten Free & Dairy Free Shortbread
