This is Lily’s first Christmas, so it’s really brought the magic back for me.
It’s made me want to snuggle up, stay home and feather our nest.
To renew old traditions, like putting our stockings up on Christmas eve and listening to mum read The Night Before Christmas before trundling off to our beds. But also to create some new ones of our own.
My husband is Dutch, so Lily is a bit too, and I felt I should bring a little Dutch magic into the house. There are little blue and white canal houses dotted throughout our stubbornly English townhouse, I have candlelit ones for Christmas and Dutch ceramic ornaments for the tree.
When I spotted Tessa’s Dutch stamped cookies, I thought they’d be just the thing for everyone to enjoy while hanging ornaments. Mine are far less glamorous than Tessa’s, let’s be generous and call them rustic!
I looked everywhere for her old wooden stamps, but had no luck so chose something more simple.
Simple enough that Lily and her friends can help me next year!
I used stamps to make my biscuits, but you could also just roll them out and use cutters if you prefer.
