| Although it is now more decades away than I | | | | to make their own, or the local baker would |
| care to admit too often, there were four things I | | | | make more elaborate ornaments for sale.Cookies, |
| loved most about my childhood Christmases in | | | | or at least cookie dough, make a good base for |
| England:1. the excitement of the Christmas gifts | | | | ornaments, as they are easy to cut into shape. |
| being put under the Christmas tree, and then the | | | | You can use your imagination on adding the |
| family opening of the gifts on Christmas | | | | colour, such as with Smarties or other colourful |
| morning;2. the food; all the special sweets being | | | | sweets. Adding a frosting effect is not too difficult |
| put out Christmas Eve; Christmas Lunch with the | | | | either.If you do make dough based ornaments to |
| turkey, lots of roast potatoes, brandy butter, and | | | | hang on the Christmas tree, remember you will |
| Christmas pudding being set alight at the table;3. all | | | | need to make a hole in the cookie before it cools; |
| the Christmas ornaments and decorations going | | | | that's the way the cookie doesn't crumble. Then |
| up before Christmas, and most especially putting | | | | when they do cool, you can thread a decorative |
| up and especially the Christmas tree ornaments | | | | ribbon to hang them on the Christmas tree.The |
| being put on the tree; and,4. the games we would | | | | Christmas tea table is often adorned by the prime |
| play.Food, though, did play a major part, and still | | | | edible ornament, the Christmas cake. The prettier |
| does in English homes today. So, really, it is no | | | | it is, the better it is for decoration once lunch is |
| surprise that food even became part of the | | | | out of the way. Cake decoration is only limited by |
| Christmas ornament repertoire. Food, in one form | | | | your imagination. However, you can think of other |
| or another, became part of the decoration of | | | | things that are less common to adorn the table |
| Christmas time.From my memory, edible | | | | as an edible ornament. If you are skilful, you can |
| Christmas ornaments were usually in the form of | | | | create simple models with ginger bread, moving |
| chocolate with a silver or gold coloured wrapping | | | | up a level from the old gingerbread man.You will |
| that sparkled on the tree. Chocolate coins were | | | | find lots of ideas online and in the stores, but if |
| popular, sometimes more than one in a brightly | | | | you can come up with something original, that is |
| coloured string bag dangling temptingly from the | | | | even better. Just let your imagination go and see |
| Christmas tree.I must admit, any edible ornament | | | | what you come up with. At least, if it does not |
| on the tree became a prime target, as I anxiously | | | | look too good, you can just eat it before anyone |
| awaited the all clear from my parents to start | | | | comments!This Christmas ornament article was |
| devouring whatever I wanted.Later, though, a | | | | written by Roy Thomsitt, owner author of the |
| greater variety of edible Christmas ornaments | | | | website.Relax, get in the Christmas spirit, and read |
| emerged, such as candy canes; then, as the | | | | Roy's new Christmas Story, for adults or children, |
| popularity of edible ornaments increased at | | | | about Santa Claus and a little girl living on the edge |
| Christmas, people started to use their imagination | | | | of a tropical rainforest. |