I have actually no idea why gingerbread houses appear at Christmas – after all, the story of Hänsel and Gretel is not really a Christmas tale! But whatever the reasons be hind it, come Christmas we have to have one, or two, or even more gingerbread houses under our tree, in increasing states of disrepair.…
With only a week to go, time is running out for making gingerbread: the dough needs to rest over night and the finished biscuits, too, need some time to mellow. If you have been planning to make a gingerbread house, you better get going – we’ll be making ours at the weekend, in case you…
Only last Week my friend Frau Dietz from Eating Wiesbaden ran a fabulous round-up of German Christmas Treats You’ve Probably Never Hear Of, where a range of English-speaking expats introduced range of treats available in Christmas markets in Germany. Some I had never heard of – I haven’t really visited the North and East of the…
Like many German families, we enjoy playing card games. It’s such a great way to let off steam – beating your partner at Canasta makes up for him forgetting to bring out the bins; my son, unfortunately, seems to enjoy beating me at games far more than I consider to be healthy. I suppose it’s…
I’m afraid that today’s Blogvent calendar is not as Christmassy as you might have hoped for, but December is not an easy time for my family, at least not for the adults, as all our birthdays bar one fall into this month. And Christmas, too. You will hopefully forgive me this rather uninspired idea of…
Today we spent a few hours playing a new board game: Scotland Yard. It’s a real classic – I grew up playing it and now my son asked for one, too, having played it on holidays in Germany. Fortunately for all of us, Granny kindly sent him one – which meant we could spend a lazy…
Advent calendars have been part of the German Christmas tradition for over a century: by opening a little door, one for each day, children would be able to gage the amount of time they had to wait until Christmas Eve and their presents. In recent years, they have made an appearance in Britain, too, and you…
The fourth Sunday before Christmas marks the beginning of the German Christmas time: on that day, the first of four candles are lit on the advent wreath, followed by another one on each of the Sundays right up until Christmas Eve. We do like our advent period: long gone are the days of fasting –…
After going against tradition with my allotment-style wedding cake and the Spiderman cake I made for my daughter’s birthday, here is the proof that I can do ‘traditional’, too: Can you guess the theme of this 3rd birthday party? I promise I’ll post a ‘Hello Kitty’ picture to the first person to write the correct…
The brief for my daughter’s birthday cake was remarkably simple: she wanted Spiderman, a cheeky girl, and a flower. So much easier than my son’s request, a couple of years back: he had insisted on Santa having a car crash, with a train. And Piglet. Still, I’ll have to work on my cheeky girls.
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