by Santaelf | Dec 2, 2021 | Christmas Memories
I remember watching the TV show Blue Peter as a kid. That was in England – I’m not sure if you watched it in Australia. I always knew it was almost Christmas when Blue Peter started lighting candle on the candle garland (or maybe it was called an advent...
by Santaelf | Dec 17, 2019 | Christmas Memories
Walking along the river in the city yesterday, the kids and I came across a pop up activity titled This Christmas. Run by the TAC as part of their towards zero campaigns, the pop up had rainbow ribbons to attach to rings. The idea is that you select up to three...
by Santaelf | Dec 5, 2019 | Christmas Memories
Tinkles had found a new friend and they like playing together! This morning we found a chopping board leaning against the couch to enable Tinkles and her new friend, Tooth Elf (this elf lives with us all the time and holds onto any fallen out teeth until the tooth...
by Santaelf | Dec 1, 2019 | Christmas elves, Christmas Memories
Christmas must be coming as we woke this morning to find Tinkles the elf has returned to our home! It was very exciting to find that Tinkles has her own little elf door… my nine year old was heard to say “If only Tinkles wasn’t leaning there,...
by Santaelf | Oct 11, 2019 | Christmas Memories
Last week I saw a 2018 Lego set of a winter village fire station at Christmas, and it got me thinking of how Lego is very much a part of many Christmases. Sometimes, it is used for major city displays, like the massive Christmas tree in Melbourne for Christmas 2015,...
by Santaelf | May 19, 2019 | Christmas Memories
Have you been to a space museum or centre? I’ve been to one near Canberra and it was interesting. As expected, there was information about space exploration and how planets, stars and galaxies work. There wasn’t much connection to Christmas though! Space...
