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Well, well, well, it looks like Christmas are around the corner.

 You can feel it in the air (or you can simply enter any shop, where seasonal goodies have been around for a whole month now, which is kind of CRAZY).

 Personally, the main sign for me is the end of this semester professional duties.
Yes, darlings, I am pleased to say I am officialy on holiday!

 On Friday evening I threw my boring office clothing, embraced comfy clothes, favourite tea and good book. And then next morning, we put up our Christmas tree.
This is the first year we decorate the house with actual snow outside. I have no words to explain how christmasy it feels the first time!
For me, it was like finding suddenly finding myself in Narnia.




So for this Sunday post, I decided I am going to tell you about all those little things that make me feel inside my favourite Wintertide fantasy novel.
I hope you enjoy it!

  
1. Fairy lights.

I have no idea why, but there is something about all those little light bulbs shining around that drive me insanely merry.
We don´t limit ourselves to the tree, but we place them literally ALL through the house.
At this moment there are fairy lights in the bedroom, living, and even in the kitchen.

2. Snow.

Yes, I know I´ve been complaining on twitter about the cold the whole week, but even so there is something truly special and beautiful about looking through the window and watching at the white blanket covering the landscape.
I am goung to miss it badly during my Spanish holiday...


3. The perfect hot chocolate cup.

As much as I have a sweet tooth, I can paradoxically be quite picky about treats.
When it comes to chocolate (and specially hot chocolate) I turn simply ANNOYING.
I must prepare my own personal recipe every single time (which is the reason why my parents rarely offer a cup of hot chocolate on a cold December evening to me. Actually, I think my poor mum would rather go deaf than listening my grumpy chocolate-objections).

Lately, my personal formula has been consisting on simmering milk, Wittard of Chelsea cocoa, Hersehy´s syrup, icing sugar, cinnamon and mashmallows.
I DID told you I am quite picky...


4. Christmas markets.

This has been another big discovering for me, as we don´t have any traditional Christmas markets in Spain.
But I might be coming to this later on the blog.


6. Gingerbread twix

Gosh, two of the five featured Christmas favs are sweets... I know.
But hey, what is Christmas without a good dose of sweetness (and possible a slight colesterol increase)?

So tell me darlings, what are your current Christmas favourites?