The Hut Chronicles

It may just go down as one of my most favourite Christmas days ever, despite not meeting up with family for the traditional lunch feast (my ...

Just a quick post to wish you all a very Merry Christmas from all of us at the hut. We had a perfect day. I will be back to share a bit of o...

As a child Christmas Eve was as exciting as the big day itself. My mother's family being Hungarian traditionally celebrated on the Eve o...

We woke up on Saturday morning and consulted the cook books for baking and food inspiration. Stephanie Alexander's glazed ham was chosen...

We would normally cure a side of ocean trout for Christmas Day, but as we just did it for the girls birthday party we didn't think we sh...

Oh I start off keenly. I buy my wrapping, ribbons and tags in bulk from the Wrapping Paper Company (www.wrapco.com.au), choose a colour sche...

Sorry about the break in Christmas posts.  Finally on Tuesday I decorated the hut. It doesn't take long. The tree is all ready, we just ...

I love Christmas baking. When I was a teenager I started making all my families requests after my school year finished: rum truffles, cherry...

Our garden comes to the party just at the right time. Although I have quite a few white trumpet Christmas lilies, they are usually not ready...

So if you have followed me on the blog for awhile you will know I am quite fond of the colour red when furnishing the hut. It is no surprise...

I remember my mother manically scribbling Christmas cards as a child - a box of cards, stamps etc and a growing pile of envelopes ready to g...

I have written before about my families tradition of celebrating St Nicholas on December 6th. Today I got to watch our daughters open the...

Usually our poor German Shepherd Dogs, Nigella and Claudia, are forced to wear reindeer antlers or a Santa hat and endure a Christmas photo ...