This past year has brought a lot of changes to my life, and all for the better. Throughout most of the year, I watched my beautiful Bride take on that wonderful glow that comes from pregancy, and, in September, I welcomed into the world my beautiful baby girl. They both are a joy in my life. May you too have joy in your lives.
I wish everyone all the best, joy, luck, surprises, in this holiday season and into the New Year.
Lindt has some chocolate offerings flavoured with mint, such as Excellence Intense Mint and Lindor Mint, this is a version of Lindor with Peppermint and Dark chocolate (60% cacao content), a tie-in to Christmas, as the package displays holly leaves and candy canes (which are traditionally peppermint flavoured - though not so much these days, I have seen butterscotch, blueberry and lots of other flavours). The ingredient listing is very similar to other Lindor products, cocoa mass, sugar, coconut oil, palm kernel oil, cocoa butter, milk ingredients, soya lecithin, peppermint oil, vanilla, barley malt extract and artificial flavour.
How do they taste? Well, they don't remind me immediately of a candy cane, or even at all, the not-melt-so-fast chocolate coating and the melt-really-fast center bring you a shot of peppermint, though not that strong, and the dark chocolate is smooth and good tasting. I don't think I would buy these again, especially for $5-7 per bag.
Here's the wonderfully decorated cupcakes my beautiful Bride created for our Christmas Eve meal.
A traditional gift to all the children at Christmas is chocolate.
This hollow milk chocolate Santa comes from Germany.
This cute milk chocolate ladybug also is a German traditional gift for luck.
Here are some pictures I've taken this year of our Christmas tree and Nativity scene. The tree looks quite spectacular, wide and full, with lots of pine cones hanging from the top.
This is a view of the whole tree. The Nativity scene is down to the left.
Here is a picture from the side. The candles are lit, but I used the flash, so you have to look closely to see them.
Here is a closeup of the Nativity scene. It's quite crowded.
A side view of the same Nativity.
The Three Kings, with accompanying camel and elephant.
A closeup of the lake, with waterfall.
The stable, with Mary, Joseph and Jesus.
The tree, with the real candles lit.
The Nativity, with candles lit.
The whole tree and Nativity, with candles lit.
