Today we got on with the important job of Christmas preparations. First task decorate the tree and in true tradition ours in Germany is a family tree. There's no colour coordinating, instead everything that every grandchild once made at school is hung with gusto. There are clay painted hearts my brother George made circa 1982 and glass beads and mini metal cars from when my grandmother was a girl. Phin had a blast hanging decorations in his underpants while mini was bonpointed out in her grey flannels, floral blouse and paprika cardigan. Later, once our angels slept I endeavoured to make our Knusper Haus. We usually buy a gingerbread version already made and then simply smother it in sweets however we couldn't find one so out came 15 bars of chocolate and icing sugar. Let's hope it holds up once we start the sweet sticking. Those little fingers can be pretty forceful.
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