by Santaelf | Dec 22, 2020 | Christmas Lights/Decorations
The Boulevard in Ivanhoe (an eastern suburb of Melbourne) is well known for its Christmas lights. Most years, the Boulevard is a very popular spot. A slow moving line of cars moves along the street (which becomes one way only for the Christmas period) while crowds of...
by Santaelf | Dec 7, 2020 | Christmas elves, Christmas Lights/Decorations
This morning Tinkles was in a container of Christmas baubles (as she liked my decorating and wanted to add to my part of the tree, according to my son!)… But after school we noticed that Tinkles was holding two baubles and sitting in our Christmas tree! Ginger...
by Santaelf | Dec 15, 2019 | Christmas activities, Christmas Lights/Decorations, Christmas today
Decorating a door adds to Christmas cheer and laughs! I love this idea currently underway at my children’s school. Each class is decorating the outside door of their class, making the entire school look festive and happy whilst also expressing the personalities...
by Santaelf | Dec 22, 2018 | Christmas activities, Christmas Lights/Decorations, Christmas today
While we don’t go shopping anywhere just to get their gimmicks, we have managed to gather a few of the Woolworths Christmas collectables this year. Have you collected them, too? I decided to keep them aside so we could put them together as a Christmas activity,...
by Santaelf | Dec 15, 2018 | Christmas activities, Christmas Lights/Decorations, Christmas today
This year’s Myer windows show the story of Alice in Wonderland. They are based on Rebecca Dautreme’s illustrations from her 2015 book (published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carrol’s story originally being published in 1865). This is...
by Santaelf | Apr 29, 2018 | Christmas Lights/Decorations, Christmas today
On holidays last week, we went into a tourist information centre to grab some walking maps. I was happily surprised to find a display of Christmas ornaments – yes, in April! Even happier to discover the display was all based on Australian animals 🙂 It makes...
