I'm now caught up with both book and thread but will probably not read tomorrows entry, tomorrow.
The memories you all shared of Christmas markets and advent calendars were lovely to read 😊 The only Christmas market I've ever been to is Sheffield, with my Guides, and I expect it'll be like that for a while yet.
We have several Advent calendars that I like to have out, as well as the girls ones to fill with small gifts. Useful things like pens/mini deodorant/funky socks go in them, collected through the year so even though they're fairly expensive to put together, I don't feel it in one hit. I do add some random stuff like strawberry chewing gum, and sweeties, too.
My card one is starting to look a little tired now though, it's doors are a touch worse for wear, and maybe the perpetual one in the shape of a tree needs a re-vamp before next year. We'll see.
I like the idea of making stollen, and I think the girls would too. I've stuck an incredibly NVN, ripped in half, bright yellow post-it in the page, to re visit and write down ingredients to buy at the weekend when we call at Asda for a kettle. I just hope I'm not disappointed!