The Gingerbread House at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco is an iconic holiday tradition, dating back to 1995. The construction is a life-sized gingerbread house that measures around 25 feet high and 35 feet wide and can be…
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10 Holiday Activities to Enjoy this Winter in San Francisco
With the last pumpkin put down from the porch and the last witch sent to sleep in the decorations box until next year, the festive season is about to start. And in San Francisco, it begins somewhere around November…
If you love Christmas as much as I do, New York might be the best place to spend the most wonderful time of the year and to get into your festive spirit! However, Christmas in New York is magical,…
Cinnamon Stars Biscuits: A royal recipe from Buckingham Palace
This year was the third time when I decided to bake the Cinnamon Stars Biscuits for Christmas, so you can imagine this has become one of our favorite recipes! First published by the royal pastry chefs in 2019, the…
Decorating with dried orange slices (or any other citrus) is one of my favorite festive Christmas activities. If you wonder how to dry orange slices, itβs so easy, and it also makes your kitchen smell heavenly! You can use…
With Christmas around the corner, this is the peak season for decorating your home! Every year I love gathering ideas for decorating my Christmas tree. And even though there are ornaments very dear to my heart that I always…
Christmas Markets are by far one of my favorite places to try new festive foods and discover the culinary style of a new country; they are the perfect place to find traditional specialties, tasty dishes, and comforting foods. A…
Christmas is very loved in Berlin, and so are the Christmas Markets. Most of them open at the end of November and go up to Christmas, in a wide variety of locations (city squares, old castles, woods, on rooftops),…
Itβs the middle of November, and still no snow. But here, in Germany, you can feel that Christmas is around the corner. In the country of Christmas Markets, the winter season attracts every year a lot of visitors who…