Tanya and Munchie are getting ready for Christmas

Dear Readers:

At around this time two years ago I received a wonderful giveaway by Nina.
Tanya and a little elf named Munchie were part of the precious gifts Nina included in her parcel.

Two years later after their arrival , Tanya and Munchie are happily settled in Sweet Berry Valley. They enjoy  strolling around the village selling sweets from the Chocolate´s sweet cart.
Tanya´s cookies are very popular among the villagers and she loves baking and selling them at the sweet shop that The Chocolates own.She was very lucky they offered her to work with them.

This time of the year is especially busy at the cake shop but Teri and Frasier gave Tanya a day off to go Christmas shopping and get her little cottage ready for Christmas.


"I can´t believe it´s December alreday", Tanya thought when she looked at the last page of the calendar that was hanging on the wall. 

It seems like it was only yesterday when she moved into her new home and hung  the "Home Sweet Home" picture her friend Teri gave her as a gift.

 

December means Christmas and it´s Tanya´s and Munchie´s favourite month of the year. We should keep in mind both worked  at Santa Claus´ bakery in Findland and the holiday season always brings back happy memories of the time they spent there.
"Munchie, would you give me a hand decorating the Christmas tree?" Tanya asked her housemate, who gladly accepted.

Tanya brought down the Christmas decorations from the attic and both enjoyed trimming the  tree.

Tanya was looking forward to displaying the  ornament her friends from Riverside sent her last Christmas. "Lovely !" She said when she placed it on the tea table.

Tanya wanted the kitchen to look christmassy too so she placed a holly tablecloth on the table to give it a more festive look.

Then, she put all the ingredients and kitchen utensils she needed to make some cookies on the table. Today she didn´t have to bake for the cake shop. Instead she was going to  make some cookies to give to her friends and siblings.

The first batch of chocolate and ginger cookies is ready to go into the oven.

Once the cookies were out of the oven, Tanya decorated them and gave one to Munchie. He is an expert cookie taster so his opinion means a lot to Tanya.
"Well, what do you think, Munchie?" Tanya asked waiting for Munchie´s approval.
"Can I have one more, please?" He said with his mouth full. Tanya knew that was a good sign.

Tanya also made some of her popular cinnamon cookies.There was a lovely smell all around the cottage. The smell of chocolate, ginger and cinnamon filled the kitchen. Actually,the whole cottage smelled like Christmas.

She even made a chocolate log following Frasier´s recipe.

Once all the baking was done, Tanya filled some boxes with cookies.

A sweet little Christmas gift to treat some of her friends and love ones.

After all the Christmas preparations Tanya and Munchie sat down to have a cup of hot chocolate and some of Tanya´s just-baked cookies.
There was a warm christmassy atmosphere in their little cottage.
Their favourite time of the year was around the corner and Tanya and Munchie were all set and ready to celebrate a wonderful Christmas.

Hope you and your loved ones have a joy- filled wonderful Christmas and New Year!