Family Circle Xmas 2016

172 Pages·2016·54.029 MB·English

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Contents
family circle CHRISTMAS 2016
16 FOOD 128 Party season secrets Look and feel
fresh throughout the festivities
14 Make your cover star Dazzle them all
130 Perfect scents How essential oils can
with caramel-frosted gingerbread cake
help you keep the peace at Christmas
16 A very merry Chocmas Spectacular
132 Y our new summer skin rules Get your
chocolate desserts with festive flourish
glow on with these simple and safe tips
32 Keepin’ it glassy! Glam up your Chrissie
cocktails with herbs, spices and glitz
REGULARS
36 Go with the glow Sweet dishes inspired
9 Editor’s letter
by vibrant orange, lemon and lime
10 H o, ho, no…The delicate art of gifting
50 A nd now for the main event Mix ’n’
In a panic about presents? We’re here
match wow-factor roasts, sides,
to help!
salads and breads
136 By the book Ripping yarns we
80 Puff the magic pastry Put flaky treats
recommend for summer reading
on high rotation this silly season
138 Christmas at the Little Beach Street
88 T ake your pick, bit by bit More-ish
Bakery An intriguing extract from the
mini bites to get your party started
new conclusion to Jenny Colgan’s
94 Make, give, love Impressive foodie gift charming Little Beach trilogy
ideas (that are a cinch to cook!)
144 Holiday puzzles Get a mental workout
with crosswords, sudoku and more
CRAFT
57 164 A n elf to call your own How your kids
102 All set for Christmas Make it festive can adopt one of Santa’s scout elves
with gorgeous paper decorations
166 Family giveaways Send us a text and
108 It’s hook up time Adorable crochet in you could win a fantastic prize!
festive berry red, cream and grey
114 Crisscross Chrissie Cross-stitch takes
centrestage in sweet seasonal motifs
118 Past presents Quotes about Christmas
gifts to help you see the funny side!
119 It’s a package deal Jazz up your pressies
with handmade embellishments
95
109
152 A d now for the fun part… All your
craft project instructions
111
170 General instructions Crochet
abbreviations and stitch guides
HEALTH & BEAUTY
122 Happy new you Find out how to avoid
comparing yourself to others
127 Sayings of the season Be uplifted by
words inspired by this time of year
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Editor’s letter
Hello all of you fab family members. Welcome to
Christmas again and our abundant circle full of
good things to eat and make
This year we’re all loving the gingerbread cake on The Christmas desserts
the cover. It might look tricky but it’s easy-peasy, takes only a smidge of your are always amazing in
effort and is as delicious as all get out! And if you buy the bickies in shapes you family circle. So here’s an
adore, already iced, easy becomes breezy! Then wait for the thrill of the crowd idea for this year: knock
when you present it at your table! Now’s the time if you’ve not done it before.
yourself out people
Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Ah ha! But the hard thing really is choosing to make
and create and advent
the gingerbread star in place of all the other amazing desserts. Any of them are
calender of desserts –
so magnificent. And that’s the wild and wonderful challenge we love to throw
24 that is, one each day –
your way each yuletide. See right for the best idea ever! But whether you choose
working down to the big
one, 10, 24 or all of them, whatever your selection you’ll adore it, and that’s not
to mention all the delightful crafty makes to fill your home to the rafters with day. Just imagine that for
good cheer as well. Can’t help but adore our friends opposite left here! everyone you love!
So loving you, dear readers, as ever, and we wish you every page full of joy
and delight and as warm and wonderful a Christmas as you can celebrate.
From us to you, the best season’s greetings ever!
and the staff of family circle
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CHRISTMAS 2016 family circle 9
HO, HO, NO...
delicate art
the
gifting
of
She seemed pleasant enough
that time you met her –
shouldn’t you at least get
her a little something? And
what about your 24 office
colleagues, your kid’s teachers,
Santa has the cushiest job Anyway, the fat guy in the rainbows and unicorns aside, the postie and the lady who
ever. The bloke literally red suit gets all the kudos but it’s not always that easy. does your nails? It seems rude
shows up for work one it’s us – you and me – who For all kinds of reasons, not to include them.
night out of every 365 days like really do all the work. You the business of giving is often Finding time to get it all
he doesn’t have a care in the want to see a real Christmas stressful and can even be done without losing your mind
world. Folks, that’s because miracle? Look in the mirror! fraught with danger, kind of like can be troublesome, too. And
he doesn’t. He never has to You’re it! From the fanfare a minefield. If you’ve ever been that’s precisely why, on the
worry about what to get people. to the food, wine, decos and on the receiving end of an lesser-known Eighth Day of
For one thing, he has kids every perfectly handpicked, unsolicited small electrical Creation, God made Amazon
everywhere sending him gorgeously wrapped pressie, appliance with the unspoken and saw that it was very good.
detailed lists. No thinking you make Christmas happen. expectation that you will You’re welcome.
required. To boot, he has the (No wonder you’re so clean or cook with it, then
The answer?
entire elf population of Lapland bloody exhausted!) you’ll know exactly what we
working around the clock doing mean. Awkward. Honestly, just keep things
his bidding. Hey, he doesn’t Present company Along with figuring out simple. Christmas is about
even do his own shopping included what to buy everyone, you spending time with your
centre appearances. That’s right. In an ideal world, gifting also have to try and favourite people and making
Stunt doubles, all of ’em. wouldn’t be ‘work’ at all. avoid bankruptcy. Kids memories. Don’t over think it.
It would be something you these days don’t want a You do not have to buy gifts for
tackle enthusiastically board game or a ball to kick everyone you know and you
with only joy around in the backyard. don’t have to take out a second
and gladness What? Are you crazy? mortgage to make Christmas
in your heart. The sheer number of people special. People actually expect
Unfortunately, you feel obliged to buy for much less than you think.
seems to grow each year, So, if you give, give with
too. Your teenage your heart. If you receive,
son’s new respond with grace. (Yes, even
girlfriend’s mum, if that gift is the most random,
for instance. ugliest thing you’ve ever seen.) ▲
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