Favourites of Christmas
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Lost in Christmas
Agi's Christmas Favourite
Today I am very excited to welcome Agi, the fantastic blogger behind On My Bookshelf to my blog. She is going to talk about her favourite Christmas food. Have a look at the gorgeous pics. I am getting quite hungry now! Agi, all yours:
AGI
I'm not
traditional. Not at all. Never have been and probably never will be. I have
never dreamt of being a bride in a white as snow gown and my biggest fear is
now the upcoming wedding of my sister, with all the shenanigans, traditional
dances and all the wedding games... Oh yes, of course, I'm going to go with a
flow but please, do not expect me to dance with my every single uncle because it's
politically correct, because that's what people expect, because that's...
tradition. No way. Sorry Winnetou. Not me.
But. When
it comes to Christmas, I am very traditional. The house must be absolutely
clean, the windows must be sparkling, the Christmas tree must be the biggest
and reddest one, Christmas decorations must be seen everywhere, the pile of
presents must be bigger than to the moon and back... Call me Christmas freak,
no worries, that's me.
And one of
my favourite aspects of Christmas is of course food. Especially one sort of
Christmas food... A sweet one... It's funny actually, because for 9 years I had
no idea that these things exists. We haven't done at home, they are not
traditional in the country that I come from. But then I met my future husband,
move thousands kilometres away from home and after seeing and eating those
magical things for the first time, during out first Christmas together, I knew
that it's going to by MY tradition. Christmas cookies. In German: Plätzchen.
There are millions sorts of those little bastards, and I know people who bake
over 20 of them. My personal best is seven different sorts. It is at least one
full weekend that you can forget in your life. You stay in the kitchen from the
very morning on Saturday and ends, with aching back, legs, arms, eyes and ears
too, on Sunday in the evening. Sometimes it takes longer of course, and I have
already found myself getting up in the middle of the night to make the cake
batter that I can put in the fridge, so that I can start to bake the first
thing in the morning. It's a bloody work, believe me.
But. As
soon as the cookies are ready, my Christmas can begin. And I already can't wait
to make my shopping list with all the ingredients that I need to bake them. And
even if I can't move a muscle after the baking marathon, it's worth it all.
Especially now, when we are not alone, but we have our Sophie too. When you see
the light in her eyes and those big smile on her face, and the chocolate marks
around her mouth, you know that she's going to remember it forever. Me too.
Visit Agi's fantastic blog: On My Bookshelf
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Hi Agi! I am with you on the wedding front! I agree with Chandler from Friends who wanted to spend money not on the wedding, but on the marriage :) Merry merry yummy cookies Christmas! Thank you Agi and Alba for making the holidays bright!
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