It’s three days until Christmas and I have not sent a single Christmas card or bought one present.
GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
OK. I feel better now.
It’s not that I’m disorganised – it’s just that I’ve been preoccupied with work and life. Actually, maybe that means I am disorganised.
So here’s my last-minute shopping list for Christmas gifts.
1) Gift for my laid-back dad who you can never find anything for because he has everything already
Does your dad like chilli like mine does? Get him a basket full of 8-10 different chilli sauces. He’ll love you for indulging his inner hot freak and for not giving him another CD of love songs from his youth. Or the latest John Grisham or Patricia Cornwall thriller.
2) Gift for my mum who has a sweet tooth but has to watch her sugar intake for health reasons.
Tickets to a great concert or theatre show. OK this is not really food, but you haven’t seen her house – it’s like a candy store with chocolate and sweets spread over every available surface. So I’m actually doing the right thing in buying her concert tickets.
3) Gift for my brother who is insufferably bossy but nearly always right, dammit.
The biggest box of the stickiest, chewiest toffee I can find. If I can’t shut him up maybe I can at least slow him down a bit.
4) Gift for my lovely sister in law who puts up with my brother and is therefore a saint
Haigh’s Chocolates because it is her drug of choice. And while we should say no to drugs we should never say no to chocolate.
5) Gift for my toddler who requests chocolate for breakfast every morning
Chocolate cars. His two favourite things in the world combined – bazinga!
6) Gift for my six year old daughter who seems to be going through some horrifying hormonal teenage years flash-forward and keeps stealing my lipgloss
The Adventures of the Little Chef by Sydney food blogger Mark Yeow. This book is about a little girl who has to learn how to cook to keep the two monsters under her bed from eating her and her family. Apart from being a great story, all proceeds go to the Fred Hollows Foundation for treating glaucoma, cataracts and other nasty eye-illnesses in countries around the world. Buy it here.
7) Gifts for guests on Christmas Day
Jars of the home-made festive trail mix above and my caramelised onion and chilli jam.
So that’s my Christina shopping list sorted. Now I just have to find the time to get to the shops…
Merry Christmas all! Have a wonderful day full of love, laughter and deliciousness!
Christina xx
* The Adventures of Little Chef was sent to me for my consideration by the author.
