At this time of the year, I like to look at pictures which bring back some beautiful Christmas memories. this one for instance is of some candy houses we made over the years when our grandchildren were still small.
Britney is now 25 and Grant 23. they used to have sleepovers a few weekends a month and starting in late November Hans and I would make a candy house for them. both would try to help pasting the candies onto the double sided wafers. the house had to be ready by December 6th, St. Nicholas day (our tradition from when we were kids back home in Germany) and when their parents came to pick them up the weekend around that time, they would take the candy house home with them. every day the kids were allowed to pick a few candies off to tie them over until Christmas. it works on the same principal as the advent calendar you buy for the kids, where they open a door every day to find a candy or a piece of chocolate.
I did the same with my niece and nephew when they were little... But it was a train made of little train car cakes that you decorated with candies . I was just looking at those pics the other day... Like you did here. Happy memories
@mbemis This is the first I've ever heard of this tradition, and as your collage shows, it's clearly a lot of fun. Our grandmother was from a Germany family, but I'm unaware of any traditions such as this. I fear we've lost so much. Good for you for keeping it alive for your grandchildren.
This is adorable Bruni, what wonderful memories. We lived in Germany for three years when my two were small and we have some great memories of celebrating Niklaustag which we knew nothing about before moving there.
A lovely tradition and lovely pic.`s of them . Beautiful houses they made. Fav. Was this yours or from Germany. As my Mother was German to I don`t know this. But in my time we could n`t buy sweets at all. Sugar was distributed a long time after the war. The big memories of mine are the Christmas tree burning and the lovely food dinners our Mum made.
@pyrrhula Ferry, the tradition was more from Hans's area of Germany and I'm sure the candy house wasn't as ale beret as the way he made them here. .funny enough, his daughter Debbi and here daughter Shayelynne are not for sweets and we only made one for Shayle years ago and she hardly touched it.
What a great collage, Bruni. I bet this brought back some very fond memories. I love that you had a tradition for the kids. I bet they looked forward to it every year. I wonder if they will do it with their kids. You're such a great grandmother.
