The one everyone looks forward to is Peppermint Bark! Easily the most coveted Christmas treat... Slightly tricky to make and not cheap, but oh so worth it! Recipe here. 

Another favourite is Gingerbread shapes or Shortbread - especially nice dipped in melted chocolate and then left to set. 

Most Christmases I pre-make chocolate truffles and coconut ice then either freeze or store in a sealed container in my fridge, ready for Christmas parties, visitors and gifts. So delicious and festive! 

This year I tried to make a fruit Christmas cake with my youngest, found in the 2020 Christmas edition of Your Home & Garden. 

So looking forward to giving it a taste! 

Here's to a Merry Christmas and lots of delicious treats! 

It's the busy season and already starting to get a bit crazy! So, before I forget, here are a few of the things we've been up to lately...

Our church has special Volunteer Awards at the end of each year to celebrate and thank everyone who volunteers.  Each year has a theme, and this year it was 70's!  We had so much fun dressing up and everything at the event was 70's theme... think chocolate fountains, records on the walls, punch and more.

We've been getting into the Christmas spirit around here with the annual Christmas Tree photo with Egg Nog and other fun activities.

We had a Hobbit visit recently...

One of the good things to come out of 2020 was The Symon & Kristy Show!  We finished our 10th and final episode last week and featured some of our kids.  The show was started during lockdown as a way to connect with our church and help people get to know us better.  All the episodes are available on Facebook, Instagram and most podcasts apps by searching "The Symon & Kristy Show".

My Crafty Girls group had it's final night/Christmas Party last night and one of our ladies made the coolest Christmas cake!

And lastly, Symon and I are about to go on leave for over 9 weeks on our first ever Sabbatical as Pastors.  Last Sunday at church, we were surprised with the coolest basket of goodies ever, some flowers - but wait, there was more.

Some of the people had gotten together to buy Symon his all time lego dream (that he never thought he'd ever own)... the Millenium Falcon.  Photos below and video here.  Suffice to say we were blown away.  Thank you soooooo much everyone.  We felt so loved and honoured.

With going away soon we will be going on a social media fast as well for 2 months, but do not fear - I'm probably going to be blogging a lot more, so see you around these parts again soon!