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I help Santa by writing personalized letters to delight Aussie children; it's fun to share the magic and work for Santa! Come share Christmas cheer in our blog!
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3y ago
A friend gave me this recipe a few years ago and I have finally tried making some of these biscuits a few times this year. Pepparkakor are a Swedish Christmas biscuit that somewhat resembles gingerbread – Kakor is equivalent to biscuit or cookie in Swedish.
While the recipe I was given said it made 20 biscuits, I have found it makes heaps more – and it would want to with the amount of flour and sugar involved! As it is hard to halve this recipe (given it uses one egg), I make the full recipe and then freeze half of it to cook another day – I still get 30-40 biscuits per batch depending on the ..read more
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3y ago
A Bellbird in a flame tree
by Kilmeny Niland
Cornstalk Publishing, Sydney, 1994
Age group: 3 and above Format: hardcover, 32 pages
An Aussie version of the twelve days of Christmas, illustrator Kilmeny Niland includes not one partridge in sight!
The story
On the twelfth day of Christmas, a Christmas true love sends a bellbird in an Illawarra flame tree (Brachychiton acerifolius). This is followed by koalas, dingoes, quokkas, numbats and other Australian creatures over the course of twelve days leading up to Christmas.
My review
While the tune and concept are well known, it is nice to have 12 ..read more
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3y ago
We’ve had colourful rainbows and spoons with personalities, and now we have painted rocks to cheer us up!
My favourite painted rock – complete with COVID-19 mask!
2020 has been a challenging year in so many ways – and sadly, things are deteriorating in many places. although improving in Victoria and Australia – so it is heart warming to see people making efforts to cheer others. Like with Christmas lights and external decorations, it’s all about sharing kindness and cheer in simple ways so we want to share that.
Lately, we have spotted some rocks of different sizes popping up along walking t ..read more
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3y ago
I love Spoonville and have been happy to see more of them popping up as I go on walks around my area and from others sharing their local Spoonville images with us.
Hmmm, maybe I should create a Christmas Spoonville!
Anyway, I couldn’t resist sharing some updates of the Spoonvilles I previously posted about as they have grown somewhat in the last few weeks…
Park Spoonville
We had some major works done to the sewers in our area lately, which included trucks needing to access our local park. I thought it was very sweet that the workers moved Spoonville to another part of the park, did their work ..read more
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3y ago
the little reindeer who lost his presents
by Jedda Robbard
Little Hare Books, Richmond (Melbourne), Sept 2017
Age group: 2 to 5 year olds
Format: 12 page board book with lift the flaps
I don’t recall how I came across this book, but it is sitting amongst my other Christmas books, and is very cute!
The story
Little reindeer is helping Santa – until he lost some of the presents that is!
My review
This book starts with the little reindeer receiving a note from Santa, asking him to deliver the presents on Christmas Eve:
I like how the book shows how proud little reindeer is at being ..read more
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3y ago
Santa’s Christmas charm
text & by Diane O’Hanesian
illustrations by Lee Krutop
Ice Water Press, Australia, 01 October 2012
Age group: 3 to 8 years old
Format: 24 page hardcover picture book
This is another op shop purchase I made leading up to last Christmas.
The story
Santa has lost his lucky charm and it’s Christmas Eve – how will he make all those deliveries without it?
My review
This is a cute little story about Santa leaving for this big Christmas Eve trip. Elf is trying to get Santa to hurry but Santa is distracted by wondering where he left his good luck charm t ..read more
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3y ago
As Victoria remains in lock down and everyone is finding their own way to manage with everything that is 2020, many thoughts are heading towards December and Christmas.
Perhaps even more than usual, Christmas 2020 is both a sign of the end of the year (something more are looking forward than usual this year!) and the start of summer, and a sign of happiness, celebration and Christmas spirit.
Christmas 2020 may be somewhat isolated…
But what will Christmas 2020 be like?
Here are some changes we will probably have to accept…
wearing masks is likely to be recommended or required while shopping ..read more
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3y ago
Walking through our local park recently, I spotted a new addition – Spoonville.
I have no idea who put this into our park, but am very grateful to them – I know that it turned my day around and gave me a huge smile when I first discovered it. And I have seen so many other people stop, smile and admire the growing Spoonville village.
Like the teddy bears and rainbows we shared earlier in the year, Spoonville is a very simple idea that many people can participate with to build community and create smiles in the challenging times that 2020 and COVID-19 have brought us. Adding a face and decorati ..read more
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3y ago
We’ve had teddy bears and friends in windows and on lawns, and now we are finding rainbows popping up to cheer us all on during these unusual times.
Where have you seen rainbows in your area?
I have seen rainbows in chalk on the footpath, on paper stuck to windows and fences, flags hanging in windows and over verandas, and even rainbow dream catchers in windows.
Some other posts you may enjoy:
A Christmas smile
Sharing some teddy happiness
Festival of Christmas tree decoration ideas!
Making Christmas green...
Christmas in Norway
The post Rainbows make the world smile first appeared on Lov ..read more
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3y ago
We are in the midst of a global pandemic which brings with it sadness, worry, new rules and tensions. It is a tough time.
However, there are lots of positive signs, too. People are connecting around the world as we all watch and experience the Corona virus. By staying apart, we are staying together is the new slogan – social distancing and reducing gatherings is a way we can protect each other and especially the most vulnerable in our communities. Our frontline responders are standing up and doing what must be done, and people are finding ways to show our gratitude.
And teddy bears are h ..read more