by Santaelf | Dec 20, 2018 | Christmas activities, Christmas today
Wow, we’ve made it to day twenty now. What has happened on the 20th December? Well, in 1699 Peter the Great changed New Year from 1 September to 1 January, Grimm’s Rumpelstiltskin was first published in 1812, It’s a wonderful Life (a classic movie...
by Santaelf | Dec 14, 2018 | Christmas activities, Christmas today
How is your advent countdown coming along? We’re up to day fourteen and the collection of things created is growing, so let’s see what is behind the latest flaps… Ornament calendar Again, we’re back to the northern winter concept of Christmas...
by Santaelf | Dec 6, 2018 | Christmas activities, Christmas today
Day six – it may be quite (very!) warm in many parts of Australia today, but all our advent calendars are focussing on cold weather for day six! Ornament calendar I think this is a very pretty ornament – the subtle purples on the blue and white gives it a...
by accidenthelp | Dec 6, 2010 | Santa's snacks
Ok, they aren’t part of an Aussie Christmas, but snowflakes do have a traditional Xmas feel and these ones are quite yummy 🙂 To make 60 snowflakes… 2 cup icing sugar 5.5 cups plain flour 250 g butter 2 eggs 2.5 tsp vanilla essence get eggs to room...
