Weaving a spell of Nostalgia...

From my {Christmas}  kitchen ...

Christmas ~

that magic blanket

that wraps itself about us,

that something

so intangible

that it is like a fragrance.

It may

weave a spell of nostalgia.

Christmas

may be a day

of feasting,

or of prayer,

but always

it will be

a day of

remembrance ~

a day

in which we think of

everything

we

have

ever

loved.

~Augusta E Rundel~

 

For me,

nothing has ever taken precedence

over being a mother

and having a family

and a home

~Jessica Lange~

***

Every year, since my children were little, we have baked and decorated a Gingerbread house.

This year, we made 3!  One with my grand baby ... which we hung outside in the birds/squirrel Christmas tree, one for the kitchen, and one for the dining room table.

I found a gingerbread house cookie cutter set this year at The Christmas Tree Shop which worked beautifully (finally, a house with straight walls) :-)

Jars are filled with homemade peppermint popcorn and "Cookies for Santa" mixes just waiting on the counter to be placed in wicker baskets and wrapped in cellophane ...

Handmade tags tied with red & white twine have special Christmas messages inside ...

I have wanted to make a Pepparkaksgranar {Gingerbread Tree}  for years but could never find star cookie cutters in enough sizes to make one tall enough!

A few weeks ago, I found a set.

Each star is joined with a drop of boiled sugar/lemon juice which acts as a glue, and finished with a tap of  icing sugar from high like fallen snow.  aah snow ... now wouldn't that be nice ♥

***

Gifts of time and love

are surely the basic ingredient

of a truly

Merry Christmas

~Peg Bracken~