In keeping with the season, we were talking about Christmas traditions at work recently and how without certain things it just wouldn't feel like Christmas.
For me it is the Christmas tree, Christmas carols and our annual Christmas brunch.
So what makes Christmas feel like Christmas for you?
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Decorating the tree is one of my first Christmas loves, I wish we had a real one but left it a bit late and, to be honest, might just become a tradition when the kidlets start spawning. Other things include smelling freshly mown grass on a hot day, I dunno why but it just gives the essence of Christmas to me and makes me feel more in the spirit.
I was saying to the man the other day that it didn't really feel Christmassy this year, I dunno why. Even with the tree up, decorated and adorned with presents I just can't help but feel it's not as festive for me as it usually is.
I was saying to the man the other day that it didn't really feel Christmassy this year, I dunno why. Even with the tree up, decorated and adorned with presents I just can't help but feel it's not as festive for me as it usually is.
For me, it isn't Christmas without our family's 'secret recipe' Christmas Biscuits. This recipe has been heavily guarded and passed down through the generations from my great-grandmother (I don't know how many more generations is goes back), but these are "hard work" biscuits ... they take two days to make, as the dough has to marinate overnight before it can be rolled out, cut into festive shapes and baked.
There's something about the spicy smell of these biscuits that brings back happy childhood Christmas memories and I actually find myself looking forward to making them each year (with Christmas Carols playing in the background, of course).
There's something about the spicy smell of these biscuits that brings back happy childhood Christmas memories and I actually find myself looking forward to making them each year (with Christmas Carols playing in the background, of course).
There's also something about mulled wine and Christmas. I know mulled wine is usually a winter thing but it seems to smell like Christmas with all those fruits and spices.
I've been trying to find some of the elusive mulled wine powder that my hubby was told about a few months back. Apparently, it's a powder concentrate that you simply mix with water. It's supposed to be available from Pak 'n Save but when I asked at my local, no one knew anything about it and I looked in both the wine & beer section and the Brew Your Own section and there was nothing. Has anyone seen mulled wine powder (concentrate) anywhere? Or has anyone tried it?
I've been trying to find some of the elusive mulled wine powder that my hubby was told about a few months back. Apparently, it's a powder concentrate that you simply mix with water. It's supposed to be available from Pak 'n Save but when I asked at my local, no one knew anything about it and I looked in both the wine & beer section and the Brew Your Own section and there was nothing. Has anyone seen mulled wine powder (concentrate) anywhere? Or has anyone tried it?
Lol! I have no idea what the mulled wine packaging looks like, I've never managed to find it. My hubby and a work colleague happened to be chatting and hubby mentioned the awesome mulled wine that we had in a restaurant when we holidayed in the Coromandel and the colleague said we should try the mulled wine concentrate that Pak 'n Save sells.
I've looked in 3 different stores but still haven't found it. I'll look in LiquorLand next time I'm near one. Because it's been such an elusive product, it's just making me even more keen to find it and try it!
I've looked in 3 different stores but still haven't found it. I'll look in LiquorLand next time I'm near one. Because it's been such an elusive product, it's just making me even more keen to find it and try it!
For me it isn't Christmas until we do the Secret Santa at work (which was today, and awesome).
Thing I love about it is we always do a present and a poem, it means you can be as creative as you like and make something up for the reason for the present. It always gets really funny and it is my favourite part of Christmas. I feel really really Christmassy now!
Thing I love about it is we always do a present and a poem, it means you can be as creative as you like and make something up for the reason for the present. It always gets really funny and it is my favourite part of Christmas. I feel really really Christmassy now!
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