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Soundtrack to December A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS Joy TRACEY THORN River JONI MITCHELl Just Like Christmas LOW I Dream Of Christmas NORAH JONES Party for Santa Claus LORD NELSON The Coldest Night of the Year Twice As Much VASHTI
That’ll Be Christmas THEA GILMORE
Christmas time is here VINCE GUARALDI TRIO
Go Tell It on the Mountain MAHALIA JACKSON
Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas? THE STAPLE SINGER
I Wish It Could Be Christmas EVERYDAY WIZZARD
Christmas was Better in the 80s THE FUTUREHEADS
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Contents
Soundtrack to December Christmas BOARD GAMES Elegant SIMPLICITY Christmas COMICS A Merry Little CHRISTMAS Christmas COOKBOOKS Favourite CAKE RECIPES Don’t MISS Beautiful BOOKS CHRISTMAS Special The Joy of SMALL THINGS CREATIVE Shopping ONLINE Shopping
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Made for You, with Love Maja & Višnja We Wish You a MERRY CHRISTMAS Follow us on Cover & Inside back: Unsplash
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Christmas BOARD GAMES Catan Qwirkle Pictionary Blockbuster Zug Um Zug
Christmas-opoly
Everdell Standard Edition
Trekking The National Parks
Scrabble Original
Chickapig - A Farm to Table Game
Jumanji Board Game
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ELEGANT
SIMPLICITY
Combine crisp snow whites with the shimmer of silver and gold for a chic, grown-up scheme for the festivities. Take out the white dishes and let your imagination run wild!
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There’s something timeless and refined about white tableware. Whether the style of the design is traditional or more contemporary, it gives any table a feeling of grown-up glamour.
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Christmas COMICS A Peanuts CHRISTMAS Moon Girl and Devil DINOSAUR 37 Sabrina’s Christmas MAGIC The Simpsons WINTER WINGDING Hellboy CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (1997) Jingle Belle THE WHOLE PACKAGE
Marvel Holiday SPECIAL 2005
Charlie Brown’s Christmas STOCKING
The Best of Archie Christmas COMICS Vol. 1
Friday, Book One The First Day of CHRISTMAS
Mickey and Donald’s CHRISTMAS PARADE
Christmas with the SUPER-HEROES (1988-1989)
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
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A MERRY LITTLE
CHRISTMAS
The decorations you made together or with your children give a nostalgic touch any Christmas. Time dedicated to ourselves that encourages us to live in the moment. 9
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For the children, try painting in white and gold, or using the gifts nature gives? Gather some pinecones, some picked berries, dry leaves. All you need can found outside, except for the paint of course :)
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If you do not intend to have a pine tree, make a couple of your own projects. Find an old basket, add some pinecones and winter herbs, candles and some baubles, and the atmosphere is already there… And for those who like scents, with cloves and a couple of oranges, for a couple of DIY baubles, design your own! Maybe some wool from your grandmother, relax and enjoy crocheting some decorations for the tree. Real hedonism!
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If you’ve more time and patience, use cardboard, coloured paper. Just be careful with the scissors. 13
Christmas COOKBOOKS Gaz Oakley - VEGAN CHRISTMAS Nigella Lawson -NIGELLA CHRISTMAS Pen Vogler - CHRISTMAS WITH DICKENS
Jamie Oliver - JAMIE OLIVER’S CHRISTMAS COOKBOOK
Disney Book Group - A MERRY CHRISTMAS COOKBOOK
Tish Rabe, Tom Brannon - COOKING WITH THE GRINCH
Julia Geogallis - HOW TO EAT YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE
Yvette van Boven - HOME MADE CHRISTMAS
Regula Ysewijn, Julian Fellowes - OFFICIAL DOWNTON ABBEY CHRISTMAS COOKBOOK
Donna Hay - DONNA HAY CHRISTMAS
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FAVOURITE
CAKE RECIPES
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Don’t stress over entertaining this Christmas, these easy ideas will wow your guests and keep the cook happy.
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PUMPKIN CAKE 350 g of smooth flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 225 g room temperature butter 125 g sugar 4 eggs a bit of salt 560 g pumpkin purée (Pumpkin purée is obtained by cleaning and cooking pumpkin, then grinding in a blender. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice (Pumpkin spice is a mix of cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg)
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Coat the kuglof mold with butter and set aside. In a separate bowl, mix all dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt). In a separate bowl, mix the butter and sugar until frothy. Add 4 eggs (one at a time). Mix on low speed and add the pumpkin purée. Slowly add the mixture of dry ingredients to the mixture. Bake for an hour at 180 degrees. You can decorate the kuglof with melted chocolate or powdered sugar.
COCONUT BALLS 1 handful of nuts (cashews, almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts) 2 tablespoons coconut flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 2 dates 1 teaspoon coconut oil if necessary a little water
Put nuts and dates in a blender. Once chopped, transfer everything to a bowl and mix with the other ingredients. If the mixture is too thick, add a little water, if it is too thin, add more coconut flour or ground nuts. Make balls, then roll them in coconut flour. Put the balls in the fridge for half an hour.
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APPLES AND HAZELNUTS Something as simple as it can be. Slice a couple of apples and cook them in a little water. You need to get a thick purée-like mixture. Cool, add coarsely chopped hazelnuts and you have a quick healthy dessert!
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POLENTA, ALMOND AND LEMON CAKE The genius cake of Ana Ugarković. For all occasions, for afternoon tea or the Christmas table 250 g butter 300 g of sugar 300 g peeled and ground almonds the core of the vanilla pod 5 eggs grated rind of 3 lemons juice of 1 lemon 180 g corn grits or corn flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 0.3 dl brandy or limoncella a bit of salt Preheat the oven to 160 C. Grease the cake pan with butter and flour it. Mix the butter with the sugar until it becomes frothy. Stir in the almonds and grated vanilla bean core. Mix by adding one egg at a time. Finally, mix the polenta, lemon zest, juice, brandy, baking powder and salt without mixing. Pour the mixture into a mold and bake for about 50 minutes, until you see a dark colour on top. Serve with heated jam, or with stewed fruit.
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GINGER BISCUITS
Ginger biscuits for 4 people 90 g butter 90 g semi-white flour (type 850) 40 g of corn flour 30 g dark sugar 1 teaspoon ginger powder 1 vanilla bourbon sugar or 1/4 teaspoon vanilla powder A finger of salt 20
Mix the mixture, and leave it to stand wrapped in cling film for 2 hours in the refrigerator. After that, roll out the dough and make the desired shapes with the molds. Bake at 190 degrees, 10 min.
DON’T MISS
We all have plans in December and January, some succeed, some don’t... wishes and possibilities are always different. Here are some suggestions for those with a hectic everyday life. 21
Part of the year is when you can enjoy picture books with children Borrow Findus at Christmas. Swedish writer Sven Nordqvist became famous with a series of picture books about the friendship between the good and patient old man Pettson and his hyperactive and spoiled cat Findus.
Story About Mala Frida plays in the Žar ptica theatre. Little Frida is a story of friendship that makes us better, it is a story of acceptance, of ourselves and others. A beautiful story about a famous artist.
Listen I Dream of Christmas is the new studio album by American singer Norah Jones. Norah Jones talks about the inspiration behind her new album I Dream of Christmas, and what the holiday season means to her.
Celebrate Winter Solstice Winter solstice celebrations honoured the symbolism of fire and light, along with life, death, the rising sun, and the moon. Create something handmade that honours the sun or the natural world, such as a wreath from what you have around your house or backyard. Paint or draw the sun. Grab an instrument you haven’t played in a long time and write a song; then share it with loved ones.
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Eat the seasons – Almonds Fill your bowl with healthy snacks. Almonds and walnuts are a great healthy choice, and you can also use them in great recipes. For spicy roasted almonds all you need is olive oil, cayenne and salt, then bake!
Read a Book - Semezdin Mehmedinović: This time now Mehmedinović’s style is chatty, engaging, but also haunting and poetic. His descriptions of big American landscapes in the road-trip sections of the book evoke ambiguous feelings of freedom, coupled with uncertainty about the directions in which we might be going.
Tea Ceremony A different experience - Tea Ceremony - In the JING YUAN Teahouse & Bistro in Gajnice / Zagreb you can arrange a tea presentation until 31 December from Monday to Thursday and bring your family a new experience. The reservation number is 0916009743.
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Get Crafty Set aside some time, switch off the screens, and get creative with the family. Making your own personalised Christmas cards.
Ceramics in Everyday Life Lidia Boševski - For all lovers of ceramics, visit the beautiful studio of our best Croatian ceramist, which this year will have open days on 23 and 24 December from 10 am to 1 pm and from 5 pm to 8 pm. Owl Atelier & Gallery, Vlaška 81a.
Inspiring Friends One of the best ways to pass the time is by playing games, by yourself or with family or friends!
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Personalise the place settings Make guests feel extra special on the big day with their very own place cards.
Holiday Season Holiday season means cooking and sharing great food. Meet Jesse Tyler Ferguson, star of Modern Family, and recipe developer Julie Tanous, authors of the cookbook Food Between Friends and discover their fascinating stories. They cook up delightful food, spiced with fun stories pulled right from their platonic marriage.
Take a Vintage Family Photo If you are in Zagreb or you intend to visit the city during Advent, relax and take a vintage photo with your family. Vintage Photo Souvenir is located at Tkalčićeva 7, and you can also make an appointment via vintage.souvenir@yahoo.com
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Beautiful BOOKS
Pride and Prejudice by JANE AUSTEN The Night Driver by ITALO CALVINO The Book of Hope by JANE GOODALL Silent Earth by DAVE GOULSON
Big Panda and Tiny Dragon by JAMES NORBURY
Me Before You by JOJO MOYES
A Life on Our Planet by DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
Nests by SUSAN OGILVY
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse by CHARLIE MACKESY
The Complete Alice: V&A Collector’s Edition by LEWIS CARROLL
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Did you know?
Here are some suggestions. Make a little home quiz and learn some facts about Christmas cards. We take you back in time!
In the period from 1895 to 1918, which we also call the golden age of postcards, the greeting card became an indispensable accompanying segment in civic customary culture. At that time, sending greeting cards for Easter, Christmas and New Year, name days, birthdays and Pentecost was considered a sign of good upbringing. Congratulations and postcards were not thrown away, but were kept in special Postkarten albums.
The origin of the written greeting card is naturally related to the appearance of the letter. At the beginning of the New Year, the ancient Egyptians wished each other happiness, hoping that the new life cycle would erase all the negativities from the previous period.
Like many modern Christmas traditions, Christmas cards date from the Victorian era. Queen Victoria sent the first official Christmas card, and Sir Henry Cole, who amongst other things was an assistant to Sir Rowland Hill in the introduction of the penny post and the first Director of the V&A, commissioned the first commercial Christmas card in 1843
The first recorded use of ‘Merry Christmas’ was in a Christmas letter sent in 1534. The first known ‘personalised’ Christmas card was sent in 1891 by Annie Oakley, the famous sharpshooter and star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show.
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The oldest Christmas card kept in Bjelovar City Museum dates from 1903
We might think that old Christmas cards are primarily decorated with religious motifs, but by contrast most are not. Comic motifs or motifs of the Christmas tree, family, children, Santa Claus and the like often prevail.
The first official White House Christmas card was issued in 1953 by President Eisenhower.
2001 saw the world’s most expensive Christmas card when one was sold for $35,800 at auction. Victoria and Albert Museum
Prince William and Kate Middleton just debuted their family Christmas card. This year’s Cambridge family holiday card is an ode to travel.
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Victoria and Albert Museum
THE JOY OF SMALL THINGS
CREATIVE SHOPPING
As the Christmas spirit start to manifest, here’s how to support independent creatives and small businesses. 1 www.takemhome.hr | 2 Illustration Maja Brodarac | 3 www.ateliernatasaninic.com | 4 www.pijat.com.hr 5 www.ptice.biom.hr/o-knjizi | 6 www.modusdesignshop.hr | 7 www.ulicni-ormar.hr | 8 Illustration Tika - Valentina Marek
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ONLINE SHOPPING
Get your wallets and purses ready as our online shopping where you can explore and find great Christmas gifts! 1 www.designvintage.co.uk | 2 www.baublebar.com | 3 www.botaniqueeditions.com | 4 www.libertylondon.com 5 www.minilabo.fr | 6 www.prescriptionart.com | 7 www.houstalet.com | 8 www.minilabo.fr 9 www.natureetdecouvertes.com | 10 www.bass-paris.com
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